Driving Circuit of the Americas in a Cadillac CTS-V
Two weeks ago I had the chance to drive on Circuit of the Americas in a 556-horsepower Cadillac CTS-V. Needless to say, it was an incredible experience. The track is light years beyond any track I’ve ever driven. Here are a few notes: Continue reading…
Attending the 2012 United States Grand Prix
It’s not very often that your favorite international racing series decides to hold a motor race practically in your backyard, but I’ll take it! It’s taken me years to make it to a live Formula 1 race, but it finally happened and was better than I dreamed.
The last time I was at Circuit of the Americas was in March, and it was still mostly dirt and expectations. My, has it changed. The facility is incredible, and almost overwhelmingly huge. It takes a while to get anywhere, so you tend to stake out one spot and stay in that area for most of the day. Continue reading…
WTF happened to this Mercedes?
This is a couple years old, but it’s always fascinated me so I wanted to give it a more permanent place on the web. I was riding my shoddy bicycle on the upper west side of Manhattan in summer 2009 and came across this baffling Mercedes 300TD wagon. What happened? Why was it parallel parked here? And where did the piano that fell on it go?
A look at the McLaren ‘P1′
I hate to do something “news-ey” since that’s not really what I’m about but something happened and I wanted to comment on it.
Today, one of the most anticipated cars, with perhaps the highest-ever expectations for a supercar, was unveiled: the McLaren P1. Or, at least, it’s “design study.” So let’s do our own design study. Continue reading…
35mm Pictures from Monterey (that took 3 years to scan)
These previously-unpublished images are scans from the 2009 Monterey Historics which featured Porsche. In addition to the digital and Holga pictures I took at the time, I shot a few rolls with my Olympus Trip 35, which I finally got around to scanning. I’m headed to the same event later this week, which was partially the motivation for getting these scanned. Continue reading…