A rainy day at the track is better than a sunny day at work!

We've all heard of regenerative braking, but there's been a technology lurking about that could both aid a car's handling characteristics while recovering energy at the same time: the Power-Generating Shock Absorber. Recent news articles, like this one… Continue

I know the Runoffs happened two months ago, but this has been a very busy semester so please forgive the tardiness of this post. The 2008 SCCA Runoffs were held for the third, and last, time at Heartlan… Continue

We watched the weather report on Sunday morning with great interest. On Saturday, the prediction had been for increasing clouds and thunderstorms, some heavy, through out the afternoon. They couldn't have been more wrong as Saturday was hot and sunny all day. So when we saw… Continue

Saturday started out slightly overcast, but rapidly became sunny and hot. With all the rain from Friday, it also became incredibly humid! We did run into the strangest sight of the weekend, two cars parked next to each other from completely opposite sides of the automotive design spectrum. We couldn't help but laugh at the scene.… Continue

In a word. Ick. Here I refer to the weather, not the on-track action which was amazing. I never did make it to a Formula One race when the the USGP was at IMS, so this was my first time seeing the Speedway in its road course configuration. Looking at the track, the flow of the curves, and the transitions from inf… Continue