September 22, 2005
Upcoming car-related plans
I'm leaving tomorrow evening for a few weeks in Europe. Some car-related stops on the itinerary: This Sunday, I'm hoping to drive the Nurburgring in a rental car. And in early October, I'm going to drive through the region of Andalucia, in southern Spain, with my girlfriend. Any suggestions for good drives? Email me.September 14, 2005
Jeremy Clarkson gets pied
Comeuppance was probably inevitable. Jeremy Clarkson, the irascible and provocative presenter of the BBC's Top Gear, took a pie in the face at a media event shortly after receiving an honorary degree from Oxford Brookes University in England.
His selection had proven controversial, mostly because of his complete disregard for all things environmental. In recent episodes, he has driven his 4x4 across an environmtally sensitive peat bog and used shoulder-mounted missle launcher to fire at cars launched by a catapult. It does make great TV, though.
Original link to article
Update: the Daily Mail article originally linked to has mysteriously disappeared. Strange. Here's another link to a similar article at the BBC
Related: More pieings
September 8, 2005
Lime Rock Vintage Races
Every Labor Day weekend, Lime Rock Park hosts one of the largest gatherings of vintage race cars in the country. The track is a superb place to spectate; much of the infield overlooks the racetrack, providing good vantage points all around. Though some drivers find the fast, 1.5 mile circuit to be a bit of a repetitive, dizzying roller coaster, the low lap times work to the spectators' advantage; you're never waiting more than 80 seconds to see the same car come around again.
As always, there was a pretty impressive collection of machinery, both on and off the track:
I'd like this one, please.
The driver of the winning Alfa Romeo points to the impressive aerial acrobatics above.
This driver of this Porsche 356 was provoking it into some pretty serious liftoff oversteer every time he came into Big Bend. I would love to drive a 356 on the track at some point.
The Sunbeam Tigers always did have more motor than brakes...