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F1 2016: The F1 Game We Have Been Waiting For
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When I reviewed last year’s F1 Game, I was surprised at how far the game had come from the previous year, 2014, but was disappointed by the lack of a real career and how the engine felt during races. A solid effort, but hamstrung by time and dealing with new hardware. All of that came together…
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Experiencing Toyota's Motorsports Past and Present
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Toyota Motosport GmbH is based in Cologne, Germany. I trekked to Germany to learn more about them and one spot to do just that is at their factory, and their small, but very impressive, museum. The museum sort of spoke to me about the soul of that organization all the way from their rally history,…
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Mike Conway on His Career and Toyota Motorsports
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The DFL Show – Pat Interviews Mike Conway As part of my trip to Toyota Motorsports, I had the chance to interview Mike Conway over the phone to talk about his career, and his place at TMG. Mike has driven everything from Indycar, to these amazing LMP1 Hybrids. It’s a good interview, so go ahead…
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Alex Wurz on Safety and the Current State of Racing
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The DFL Show – Pat Interviews Alex Wurz As part of my recent trip to Germany to visit the lovely folks over at TMG, I was given the chance to talk with Alex Wurz over the phone for a nice interview about his racing career, his safety advocacy, and what he thinks the right way…
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The GT-86 Cup; Customer Racing at The Ring!
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As a part of my trip to visit the lovely folks over at TMG, they arranged a taxi ride for me around the Nurburgring in one of their VLN customer team’s GT-86 cup cars. Developed in house at TMG, the customer GT-86 cup races in VLN around the legendary Nurburgring. So, how does it feel…
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I'm Going to Germany! Toyota Motorsports and The Ring!
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That’s right kids, it’s finally time to take the lovely folks over at Toyota Motorsports up on their offer to bring me to Germany. I leave tomorrow afternoon at the time of this writing, and I am very excited. But what I want to do most of all is get some good coverage for all…
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What COTA Means to Me
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Yes, I went out and got my favorite place in Austin immortalized on my left forearm. Some reactions have been super positive, some have been super negative, wondering if I was in an altered state of mind or wondering how long it will take for me to regret this. Sure, COTA looks like it might…
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Do Not Do As I Have Done…Or Don't Use Walmart Tire
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Mokoto, my little Miata, has been a darling car. I’ve enjoyed a lot of miles with her already. One thing I seem to forget to do, however, was rotate my tires. So this past month I have had the wonderful experience of trying to get tires mounted and balanced before I head off to Germany. I…
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Project Car SOTU 2016: MokotoNB Update
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So here we have it. One year later, the Porsche is gone, replaced by a Miata named after an anime character. What happened? What is going to happen? And will I ever fix my broken fog lights? A full rundown as I log my SOTU for this year. #MokotoNB
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Pirelli World Challenge: Diversity in Racing
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When you first walk into the open paddock of the Pirelli World Challenge you are struck by two things. One, how open and inviting all of the teams big and small are. Two, that it almost has the variety of your local track day. Teams are either giant, almost factory efforts, or a small rag…
