Commuting in Atlanta often feels like a track day, every day. Except, only if you were permanently stuck in the novice group on an overcrowded track, and none of them have instructors to teach them how not to kill everyone else with their two ton death machine on four wheels. The bypass, I-285, used to have a speed…
A bunch of Opponauts on the Live and Let Diecast group-blog are sending the Traveling Torchbug — a small replica of Jason Torchinsky’s Beetle — all around the world. Now that it’s in Austin, it found my couch and my toys. It’s like the ultimate Jalopnik Puffa-Bump.
The eagle-eyed investigators over on Oppositelock have been hard at work tonight getting to the bottom of a mysterious photo that surfaced featuring multiple Pontiac Azteks parked at one home.
Two NASCAR El Spec Ute-aminos lighting up their rear tires to stay out of the wall is by far the coolest save of the year. Why eat wall when you can eat tires instead and keep going?
Speed is an addiction. Speed will take your time, your money, and your sanity. Speed leaves grown men dazed, mumbling incoherently about the importance of every tenth of every second. Speed is a cruel temptress, luring us in with glimpses of what could be, inflating egos and inspiring (false) confidence in talents and…
The Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, with 10 different manufacturers and 17 separate models features the most diverse lineup of street car based racecars in the world. Driving them, are some of the most deranged, maniacal and talented drivers on the planet (emphasis on the deranged and maniacal). I am lucky enough
Every so often, I get a wild hair up my ass and set out to find the impossible: The car that isn't supposed to exist, the variant that they were never supposed to make, in the rarest color, owned by a grandmother who only drove it to church: A Unicorn. Mercifully, my friends (and now my wife, hi honey!) tolerate these…
A reader with a BMW 228i MSport and Scion FR-S in their garage got them out on the town for an on-road comparison test drive, here's what they thought of the two very different rear-drive sporting cars.
Another great turnout this week at Cars and Coffee. Some highlights included a custom Lola based racecar, about 5 or 6 GTRs and an Alfa Giulietta. Enjoy the gallery!
This was a research paper written for my capstone in Economics, and remains the only paper I've ever been proud of. It might be a little thick, but I thought I'd post it seeing its pertinence.
Today had to be the biggest turnout to C&C I've ever been to. The entire parking lot was full of cars. Some highlights included a Corvette car club, custom Ford show car, 200,000+ miles Chevy truck in perfect condition, Ferrari F12, and some sort of home made racecar. Enjoy this huge gallery! I may or may not post a…
Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least…
Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least…
IndyCar is boring; there, I said it. The oval-hazed pseudo Formula 1 racing series' lack of chassis originality between teams, limited North American scope, and lack of relevance towards absolutely anyone does not help it overcome the I'm-an-open-wheel-version-of-NASCAR stigma, but instead of complaining, let's fix it.
Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least…
The Koenigsegg Agera One:1 was just unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, and is highly important for the automotive world because it achieves a power-to-weight ratio of 1. The world's first Megacar got me thinking, what if every car, your car, had a power to weight ratio of 1?
Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least…
Formula 1 cars will continue to evolve over time with regulation changes; this is inevitable. However, this years crop of Formula 1 cars aren't particularly pretty due to a ignorantly worded regulation. However, the aesthetics are undoubtably subjective; which brings us to the question: what is the ugliest Formula 1…
There you were, driving somewhere as usual, when suddenly the road starts to turn. Left, Right, crest, dip, turn and twist. Blood pressure rises, and your right foot gets a bit heavier, one second to the next. The trees clear and you find yourself driving into some manner of godliness encased into a stretch of…
Technical innovation is what makes Formula 1 so different from any other form of racing. The on track action is as much played out by the engineers and aerodynamicists as it is the drivers. We are here to admire, study, and discuss this beauty that exists on the ragged edge of what we think is possible, or at least…
