This is called zaghrouta. It is a way to express joy or happiness in Arab culture. Elements of it can also be found in other cultures even as far as music in the Balkans.
Me: I wonder who designed the cylinder heads for the championship winning Lexus RC F GT3?
Yamaha: Raises hand.
Me: How about the exhaust in the LFA?
Yamaha: Raises hand again.
Me: Unrelated, but do you know anyone that makes saxophones?
Yamaha: You’re not gonna believe this.
Ken Block was a legend and much of what he did inspired me to get into modifying Subarus and eventually get into motorsports. I can still remember many of the parts and pieces that went into that Gymkhana 1 car because it was so cool. Huge loss.
Checking back in on the Garage 56 Camaro and reviewing the footage from earlier this morning and you can hear the moment when the transaxle breaks here.
Imagine getting your car damaged by a track issue, missing a whole practice session because you have to swap a bunch of parts and then being rewarded for all of that with a 10 place grid penalty for swapping one of those damaged parts.
Crash test footage of the rear end updates to the NASCAR Next Gen car from the latest episode of Race For The Championship on USA.
Left side is current design which crumples but is visibly stiffer while the updated version on the right crumples much more due to removed bars.
Onboard from the
@nascarg56
Camaro now shows
@JimmieJohnson
waving to fans on the cool down lap as they have successfully completed the 24 Hour of Le Mans.
@BoziTatarevic
I would just be happy if someone would make a true AWD/RWD hot hatch with a manual box that isn't a rolling iphone. Keep it simple. Somehow, that's unpossible. (h/t Ralph Wiggum)
The roof hatch coming off the No. 41 car at Daytona as the car flipped seems to be a big discussion point from the race so let's get into how the roof hatch works and why it's not surprising that it ended up coming off the car.
#WEC
| Sebastian Vettel “in talks” to join JOTA Hypercar lineup 🤯
The 4x F1 champion has been confirmed as having conversations with the British team about racing in WEC next year.
JOTA are also confirmed to have spoken to Jenson Button and Robert Kubica…
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@gazzasportscars
]
Three tires available from
@GoodyearRacing
for the
@nascarg56
Camaro at Le Mans.
-Slick tire for dry conditions.
-Intermediate for mist to light rain conditions.
-Full Wet tires for heavy rain.
F1 team: We've modified the edge of the rear crash structure to add a small winglet in order to optimize the car.
NASCAR team: Squirrel suit glove go brrr.
Telling talented racers from other disciplines to just be quiet and take the hits is surely a great approach to get more of them to come and try stock car racing.
[Moody] “Interesting to hear the new generation of Road Course Ringers complaining about the full-contact nature of yesterday's race. Don't go to McDonalds expecting a steak. It's stock car ... (via u/UnmotivatedDiacritic)
#NASCAR
I’m glad that there were some driving standards on that last restart and that Justin didn’t dump SVG because NASCAR deserves to be on an international stage even though some around the industry want it to go back to the 1950s.
Being aggressive can be fun when it comes to racing but there's no need to push around a camera operator that's just trying to do an assigned job.
Just trying to imagine the uproar that would have happenned if this was Kyle Busch or Bubba Wallace.
As of today I am no longer a contracted writer and creator with NASCAR Digital Media and will be pursuing new freelance opportunities.
I have enjoyed my time working with all of the great writers, editors, and other creators at NDM and hope to work with them again in the future.
I started looking at used LCs after I borrowed one a few weeks ago and now I'm doing math to see if I can move my avocado toast budget around to make the math work on something like this.
Welcome to my 2023 Rolex 24 race day thread.
Follow below for my dispatches as a pit crew member competing in the GTD Pro class working on the No. 14 Lexus RC F GT3.
NASCAR released a new aero package for short tracks and road courses. Let's do a thread on what that looks like and what it means.
This new package will see changes to:
-spoiler
-diffuser strakes
-diffuser skirts
-engine panel strakes
This is where those pieces are located:
Pretty good day today.
✅Got to work on a
@NASCAR
Cup car.
✅Found the dessert cabinet in the transporter.
✅Watched
@JimmieJohnson
put our car in the Daytona 500.
The
@nascarg56
Camaro set a best time of 3:56.880 and a best speed of 298 kph during the first test session at Le Mans.
This puts it about seven tenths ahead of the fourth fastest entry in LM GTE Am.