This wasn’t the only Soviet self-built/home-built sports car. There were several, going back as far as the 1930s.

I was lucky enough to work for Saleen as an engineer for a semester when I was finishing up my degree. It was a pretty cool experience and I had job offers left and right after that. It was probably the best experience I had in college. I think our team worked an average of 75-80 hours a week, at the least. I took a…

WHY DIDN’T THEY CALL IT THE E-MISSION IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO TONGUE IN CHEEK THEY’D NEED BRACES

the design process

The Space Shuttle Program was awesome. I have some special memories of it. Growing up on the gulf-side of Florida in the late 80s, I was at the prime age to be fascinated with that stuff. Field trips to Cape Canaveral were regular. I had all the Lego models and even went to Space Camp.

A little Jenks would have been the icing on the cake... I guess they would have probably required a heavily bearded little person to fulfil that role though, and that would have been weird.

I thought it was a nice tribute to the eighties Benettons.

They’re not so bad. The only real problem I have with them is how close they were to actually looking amazing.

Alessandro Zanardi, because he could probably teach volumes about what’s really important in life.

COTD

Pat Moss.

Hey Bob, we ran out of budget before we got to the seats.