Sam_Smith
Sam Smith
Sam_Smith

@kake81: That... that shouldn't surprise me. And yet it does. Good job, Internet! Read more

@05Z33: Rott, you got it. Now, more pressing matters: Who let you in here? Read more

@Fodder650: Amen. That magazine was Car and Driver — I believe it was John Philips's piece on the preproduction CTS/CTS-V coupe. Read more

@studbike: They're the button-activated solenoids from the Corvette. Nothing crazy—press a button, get out of the car. There's a round button on the inside, a rubber un-touchpad on the outside. Each door has an emergency release, in case of loss of power, in the footwell. Read more

@Mavric: Correction: Duplessis now has factory sponsorship (Scion), though I'm not sure whether or not he's bringing the car to the X Games. Read more

@merlot_brougham: No. Rally America invites people to the X Games based upon two criterion. The first is speed rating — a measure of how well an athlete has done in his given field over the course of the year. The second is fanbase, following, and extenuating circumstances — this is where the "at large" nominations Read more

@solomonrex: No. I'm reasoning that, if we can get this many people involved through a website—a website with 2.5 million unique viewers, but a website nonetheless—then the story has traction. Maybe there's more to it. Maybe it'd be entertaining if we *did* more with it. Read more

@RäcinG73™: Amateur racer? Yes. He is. Normal? Yes, he is. With the exception of the exposure he stumbled into—and the fanbase he generated because of it—he's no different from you or me. Read more

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Good point, but there is no entrance application for the rally portion of the X Games — it's invitation-only, with the invitations decided by the individual sanctioning bodies that govern each section of the games. Read more

@porsche9146: Because the reader-selected car pack hasn't happened yet. We also covered some of the research and modeling for a new car in several posts. Check the Forzalopnik tag (Jalopnik.com/tag/forzalopnik) for details. Read more

@Beldrueger: Every—and I mean *every*—single one of your points is valid. And we don't intend to begrudge anyone. Read more