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Jason Channell
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Jason Channell is Lanesplitter’s most Texan contributor. He likes long rides in search of epic Texas BBQ, playing Led Zeppelin at absurd volumes, and creating graphs that go up.

Turn 1 at COTA is pretty bananas. You’re coming up that hill, braking later than you think because you’re already starting to lose momentum from the steep hill, and you can’t see the apex until the very last moment. You know where it should be, and you look for it. Read more

“One of these majestic aircraft may have cost $300,000,000 a year to operate...” Read more

Was there a week before the race in a rental Altima.

Moto2 does something similar and it works great. All engines are spec from Honda.  Read more

Wha? Each race of the 3 classes is about 45 minutes. (I usually fast forward the middle laps of Moto3 and Moto2) Read more

Yes there is... Unless it’s that 90s Renault Espace concept. Read more

Jeff Bezos disagrees with you on anecdotal evidence being invalid. (at least where Amazon is concerned.) He mentioned recently that where the anecdotes and data differed, it was often that they were measuring something wrong. Read more

Don’t tell Eddie Brannon. He will just come by to insult your car. Read more

Puerto Ricans are US citizens. You also don’t need a passport to travel there. Read more

Having some kinda of homologation rules like other series could work too. Also less ovals and less stupid rules. Read more

If you thought F1 was exciting yesterday, you should have seen the MotoGP race. Read more

Top tier tracks can be about $500. That’s what COTA costs when I have gone. Read more

My girlfriend’s brother was an extra in the San Juan, PR scenes. Read more