Draco-REX

Yeah, this year Diesel cars were going to be more heavily regulated to keep them competitive. Sounds like Audi decided it wasn't worth the effort to develop the cars within the new rules to make them competitive again.

They'd better be careful, Vettel showed that development teams can sometimes show up the parent teams.

The problem is that the racing is SO close, that really small things are the difference between 1st and 20th. As I'm sure all of us can relate, getting that last 0.01% is very expensive. So as long as there are people willing to spend the money to get that last hundredth, any team that doesn't will lose. In the LAST race of 2008, which is the LAST race that those chassis will ever be used, McLaren spent $3mil and gained 0.1 sec. Ferrari was right up there with them, so they obviously spent the money to gain a similar advantage. But BMW, who was looking so strong early in the year, didn't look so good for the last half because they stopped development on the car to concentrate on next year's car. Formula 1 is the ultimate expression of "Cubic Dollars." They can cut operating costs by regulating them, but they can't cut development costs because it'd be impossible to police. It sucks that Honda pulled out, but they just weren't competitive. Only a few races in, Super Aguri Honda pulled out as well. It's just not a winning platform for F1, and with the economy as it is I definitely agree that they can't spend the money on development costs. I don't know what they can do to clamp the costs of F1 without turning it into a spec series. Let's just hope the changes for '09 will make it more exciting for more people so attendance/viewership will go up

Sweet car. I hope you find it.

Jets? Jay Leno

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzhL-0_pC3E EDIT: fuck it, hedgehogs and porcupines aren't related, but the link stays due to inherent win.

It's funny, when I saw the title I thought: "What's so hard about that??" Then I saw he meant Drag Racing.. "Ohhh!" There was a wheelie competition on speed where a guy flipped his car completely over.

Sadder is the riced-out Del Sol for sale on Alton-Darby road with a 4WD emblem on the back...

I have one, but it's mainly a Blu-Ray player for me. I still buy everything I can for 360. I just think it's a better all around package. But if there are PS3 exclusives I want to play, I won't hesitate to get them... but so far it's just GT5P.

A person can be great. But, yes, PEOPLE SUCK.

I'd rather have the Sang Noir (Black Blood) Veyron.

Nothing wrong with function AND form. If you like the kit, go with it. It's your car. And besides, when that mustang pulls up next to you at the light and laughs at your body kit, it'll make it that much sweeter when you beat him.

Barnes and Nobel or Borders.. Look for the bright yellow book with a bloody happyface on it.

Closest thing to what you're looking for.. Though it's only once a year: http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/ Also, I believe this place in MI has beater races on a dirt track once in a while. You could contact them for more info: http://www.bobsfamilyraceway.com/

Grats! THough, be ready for telemarketers and junkmail.....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2041/2396011846_3a0ee33566_o.jpg

It's a joke. It's a gun controll bill modified to be about cars to get your hackles up.

please tell me this is an Onion-style joke...

Sucktastic movie... except for the Barret... Watch Shoot 'Em Up instead.

Make a killing when the stock goes back up.

I wonder if they Sin-Groove the heads....

Unlikely cars I've seen at RallyCrosses: 1G/2G RX7s RX8 Lincoln MKZ VW Karmann Ghia Subaru Justy BMW 2002 "Old" Beetle Mazda Miata

You can get similar results wth a RWD car, but the difference in the details. With an AWD car, the car is essentially in a four-wheel drift which depends heavily on the car's intertia. A RWD car can maintain grip with the front wheels and overpower the rears to start a drift. A RWD car will have more control, but it would require modified steering geometry to get the drift angles you saw in the video. The benefit of AWD lay in the grip available for exiting the drift. A RWD car must back off the throttle to regain grip whereas an AWD car ends a drift with full grip and can put down all it's power. Professional drifters prefer RWD for it's flexibility on corner entry and finer control mid-drift. Rally drivers prefer AWD for it's greater grip, obviously. As for other AWD options, it boils down to the AWD system. Many AWD systems are FWD biased which would make maneuvers like in the video difficult or impossible. Other systems either skimp on LSDs or are too active in trying to correct the drift. Subaru's AWD system is very balanced without an excess of intervention from the ECU. The STI in particular provides a full set of good LSDs, while also providing a more rear-biased torque distribution (35F/65R for 04-05, and 41F/59R for 06-07). Also, Subaru's "Symmetrical" AWD is helpful for crazy maneuvers by giving you equal length axle shafts so torque distribution left to right is even andwithout quirks (i.e. torquesteer). One cool aspect of the STI's driveline is that it can literally spin like a top if you're willing to sacrifice your power steering pump. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bZOFRNExLE&feature=related But a lot of this is moot when looking at the Ken Block video. That car is far from stock; in both engine and AWD system.

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damn.. I laughed so hard I'm in tears!