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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.

I’m drinking bubbly wine out of a can and watching Drive to Survive while I chat with you fine folks. How has your Friday been so far, everyone?  Read more

I presume you're from Texas so might actually be able to go here, but: There are tons of county highways and back roads to the east of San Marcos that I love driving when I have a press car. It gives a good mix of proper highway, poorly maintained highway, gravel roads, and dirt roads, and I always end up in some new Read more

From my perspective, I don’t think it’s ever really going to go back to “normal” in the sense of what it was pre-pandemic. We’ll get a little more leveling off as supply chains get back to normal, but it’s kind of like what happened with airline tickets after 9/11 — the auto industry has realized people are willing to Read more

Okay okay okay I hear you, the distilleries are VERY GOOD. On the topic of locally crafted beverages, though, I’m pitching Argus Cidery, Texas Keeper, Thorin’s Mead & Cider, or Meridian Hive (specifically for the bottled meads). Blue Owl is also the KING of sour beers Read more

I'll accept that. It's really grown on me because my neighbors drink Shiner almost exclusively so when we come over to say hello, we shoot the shit over Shiners for a few hours Read more

Solid picks all around here. I'm more just hoping we don't have another Scott Dixon Year, if only because my wee heart wants to see the young boys do well. Also, Palou as a 500 winner would be great — he absolutely killed it last year. He's really shaping up to be a fascinating driver! Read more

There’s not a ton of comparison, no, because the specifics of what those emissions would look like would depend on the build of the car. But if you compare F1's old sustainability report with Extreme E’s: Extreme E produces 1,774 tons of carbon dioxide per event where F1 produces 12,216 tons. F1's power units account Read more

they have aggressive whistles in the pit lane to let you know when these cars are coming! I've been to Long Beach, NYC, Montreal, and London, and I loved hearing the tires and the bodywork more than the sound of the car! Read more

if you have a solid VPN service you can watch it streamed live on YouTube I believe Read more

Adding to this to say that Road America is GREAT! I keep meaning to go back for the full weekend because I've only been there once for race day. If you're up to walking, there are so many good vantage points and a lot of places on that track that give you the really cool vintage feeling of watching a race without Read more

Peacock is a great deal and it's saved my butt plenty of times when I'm trying to watch race car on the go!  Read more