I don’t believe I’m mistaken when I say that VLN racing has about 5,194 cars on track at the same time. So when you crash at a narrow track like the Nurburgring on the first lap and have the entire field coming at you, you need to pray you’ll be Read more
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Filed under: Safety Four people were killed in Louisiana back in February, after the tread separated on a ten-year-old SUV tire. There are a number of questions surrounding the tire industry following an investigation by ABC News into its attempts at blocking legislation that would require tires be inspected on Read more
Welcome to Sunday Matinee, where we highlight classic car reviews or other longer videos I find on YouTube. Kick back and enjoy this blast from the past. Read more…
Filed under: Motorsports, Honda, Racing Open-wheel racing is almost always incredibly exciting to watch, whether it’s the constant passing of the Indy 500 on an oval or the technological tour-de-force from Formula 1. However, both of those disciplines are essentially impossible for a normal person to enter. Of course, there Read more
Jalopnik Detroit writer Aaron Foley is a national treasure, that much is settled Fact. Every goddamned day he brings the perspective of someone who actually lives in Detroit, an incredibly complex city, and it’s a task that can seem daunting. So when another Gawker Media writer messes up, he takes Read more
There’s been a bit of consternation recently about how to make the Indy 500 popular again. Not that it doesn’t have any friends, but it’s not the absurdly massive spectacle that it used to be. One of the reasons is that much of the innovation is gone. And a lot Read more
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors After writing about their Tesla Model S running out of juice on the side of the road between Las Vegas and Barstow, CA recently (read about it here), the fine folks at Teslarati figured they had some ‘spainin’ to do. The brief explanation is headwinds. Read more
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is experiencing a scary, ongoing problem that nobody can seem to solve — the cockpit windows are cracking at an alarming rate. Read more…