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Elizabeth Blackstock
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Senior editor at Jalopnik. Co-author of "Racing With Rich Energy." Producer of the Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys podcast and Grand Prix Gastronomy.

hahahahahahaha we got married the Monday after IndyCar at COTA and I got absolutely destroyed during a track walk Read more

this photo does not prove he is Canadian but it does prove there Is A Man. a fake husband sounds like way more work than a real one and I'm not about that life

Thank you! My biggest downfall has been that I get very anxious and have to remind myself to chill out. It's the same thing that happens to me when I'm on a road course or an autocross circuit. I get all tense and shaky, but I think it's gonna help to have no one around to see me. Except for my neighbor, who is chill Read more

Thanks for sharing your story, too! There are a ton of valid, genuine reasons why people don’t know how to drive stick. I had a car enthusiast for a dad, and he just hated driving stick. Just straight up didn’t enjoy it — but he was the traditional car dude in all the other senses. Did his own work on cars, was a Read more

I think that’s my plan. I’ve got a big driveway to get the hang of starting, moving, and reversing. I’ve got a pretty empty rural neighborhood to start properly driving in. And I’ve got a beefy hill. Solid combo Read more

In all my very short stick lessons, I've done okay........ until I get to downshifting. I haven't been able to figure that out for the life of me Read more

Thanks for the kind words! My mans is pretty great, and I’m stoked to start really learning with a car I freakin love Read more

This is why I’m glad my parents never tried to teach me. Learning to drive a car that shifted itself was stressful enough lol Read more

my dad was a car guy who hated driving stick, and my mom just never cared. I grew up in the "most cars are automatic" era, so I never really had a reason! Read more

I don't think that we can really expect any statements from Verstappen. As with the Black Lives Matter movement, he's said before that he's not keen on public displays or public statements.  Read more

I've got another one. Walk really fast through the airport, but frequently come to a dead stop in the middle of a busy passage. Then give everyone else dirty looks. Read more

If my armrest could also serve as a toothpick, it isn't an armrest. It's a lie. Read more

I have a big pile of books from that era to get through, and I'm really excited to read them. There's definitely a machismo that's Of That Era, but it's valuable to read that to see how the modern perceptions of motorsport formed Read more

One day!!!! I fully intend to take part in some infield camping, but that is one of those events I am definitely bringing my husband and our friends to haha. Read more

My best guess is that it's the restaurant ambiance itself, but I can't say for certain! Someone pay me to eat a three-star meal and I'll report back Read more

the best meal I've ever had was in Chinatown in Montreal where I had a platter of divine soup dumplings that cost like $10 so I understand exactly where you're coming from Read more