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  1. That's awesome af. Karting is amazing for giving us opportunities for moments like that. Warning, /csb alert: I dunno if any of you ever got to drive at Driveway Austin before the Dollahites sold it, but man, I miss that place. It was the only place in Austin where you could show up and race against some pretty decent drivers, some serious karters, and all the way up to the occasional pro driver. Standing starts and actual racing, not time trialing. I used to race against Scott Dollahite fairly often. He's pretty damn talented like his old man Bill. Dude can do some mind-blowing shit on a shifter kart. I never beat him, but I could hang a little, despite Scott being so much smaller. Once, I was leading a race and this little Argentine guy got inside me on the second lap, rubbing me wide at that big, long, left-hand carousel turn and taking the lead. When you go off the racing line right there, you lose a ton of time. I lost 2 or 3 positions but hung in there, and 3 or 4 laps later I came back and pulled the exact same move on him & checked out for the win. After the race all the guys were buzzing about that guy being pissed off, complaining that his kart was too slow, etc, even though he finished P2. Turned out he raced professionally in Argentina & was butthurt about some 50 year old, 6" taller, 70 pound heavier, 'arrive & drive' nobody owning his shit. I just laughed and ignored him, enjoying the win. I didn't get the memo about deferring to the little guys with big egos lol. /csb Villeneuve. Glad someone is checking Karun & taking some talk time away from him. Re: the lack of tact, well, he's French (Canadian), so ....
  2. If I was half as good at anything as Stevie was at playing his guitar, I'd probably be a bazillionaire. He's just one of those people for whom it seems that it was very clear from an early age what they were put here to do. Man, I envy that so much.
  3. Cosigned.
  4. Yep. It's the purest form of 4-wheel racing left, afaik. Please, pleasel, please, don't fuck it up.
  5. Speaking of Karting ... F1 drivers make GPDA appeal after 'insane' development in karting https://www.gpblog.com/en/exclusive-news/f1-drivers-make-call-after-absurd-development-in-karting There is simply no good reason to introduce aero wars into karting. Beyond idiotic. SMH.
  6. And in response Trump says Swift is a 'terrific person", seemingly completely oblivious that he's said all kinds of horrible things about her. I'm really starting to believe there are multiple personalities at play here. nsiap. Trump Forgets He Hates Taylor Swift When He’s Told She’s Getting Married Three weeks ago, the president called Swift a “woke singer” who is “NO LONGER HOT.” Now, he’s suddenly rooting for her relationship https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/donald-trump-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engagement-1235416038/
  7. Buddy of mine out at COTA sent me this yesterday. Godspeed, all ye who dare to ride those rides.
  8. Yep. Totally aware of rawe ceek. It just doesn't go well with that Rey meme at all. Rey Sweek, otoh, is perfect.
  9. Tha Cadillac driver pairing is the worst-kept secret ever,
  10. You misspelled Rey Sweek.
  11. Maybe already posted on one of the ZZ threads, but not sorry. This was pretty good, minus the ZZ cover band bit. Toward the end it hit me like a ton of bricks ... someone needs to make a full feature movie about Leff & the UT student govt putting that show together, the people who attended, and the show itself. It would be perfect for Linklater. Who would play DKR, wasted Joe Cocker, Jimmy Page, Carlos Santana, and of course the Tres Hombres?
  12. Yeah, no pressure, right? I certainly don't wanna heap it on him. If he's a even half a VY, then he'll be spectacular.
  13. Yeah like the posters above, I, too, get big VY vibes from Mr. Manning. And y'all know I'm probably about as big of a VY fan as there is. Arch is gonna blow some people's minds much the way VY blew our minds back then. My 19 yo just called him 'VWhite', lol.
  14. 11-3 in the orange jersey with the orange-billed hat. Cool. That's my favorite anyway. Run 'em out there the rest of the way, whenever you can.
  15. 100% the craziest people in motorsport. Rally drivers are next, followed by IndyCar drivers on ovals imho.
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