This was the week I returned to my day job (on Wednesday) and CMW had her “external fixator” surgically removed at oh-dark-thirty (yesterday morning) so I haven’t gotten a lot of writing done. The two long-forms I managed to complete are below:
For Road&Track comes the third entry in the rebooted “Avoidable Contact” series: Racing Can Change The World. We’ll see if it has the blockbuster popularity enjoyed by its predecessors. For the new “No Fixed Abode” series at TTAC, we have a piece about The Cadillac-killing Ford. It’s worth noting that after I wrote this, Ford debuted their C-Max Energi television ad that takes direct aim at the ELR. (Of course, they started way before I did.)
What else is going on with me? Well, not too much, really. Life moves more slowly when you’re in repair, but starting a week from now, I’ll be accelerating back to escape velocity, trust me.
Since I can’t comment on the state and future of racing, at R&T, here will have to do.
I have a lot of counter thoughts on the state of racing expressed in your article, but that will have to wait. Busy day.
As to the future… I’m just wondering when in the fast coming future, the shoe will drop and we will see a cataclysmic change in the propulsion means of top tier racing. And the quick switch to EV race cars will be that cataclysmic change.
And I hope it will be a return to the early days of auto racing with no restrictions, where technology is the driving force and who ever can build the fastest vehicle with the greatest range, wins.
Good too hear, that physical progress is being made by CMW and You, Jack.
Ref your Racing can change the world article, I agree. In fact I had been saying this to my friends for years - aside from safety, only rule should be how much fuel you get at the start of the race.
Imagine seeing turbo 4’s up against tiny V8’s, add a dash of KERS, and it could be very exciting. And more to the point, interesting indeed!
PS - I hate that I need to be on Facebook to comment and R&T. I am not a Facebook fan and am never gunna join it. The way it is almost an expected thing nowadays is mighty annoying and I wonder when companies will realise they alienate some of their customers by going in that direction.