Another week in the books. You made it. Salud!

-The big grill BMW’s are growing on me a bit, but only in coupe/cabriolet form.

-Formula 1 is getting more and more campy and annoying. The rock and roll atmosphere is at an all time low. They’d be lucky to have Andretti racing involved. I suppose I miss Bernie?

-The Ferrari 296 GT3 is the prettiest GT3 car ever built.

-The Nissan Juke is a very absurdly designed car and it looks even more strange when viewed at night after a small dose of psilocybin. So I hear anyway…

–Rising Edge had a great feature this week discussing egos in racing. This is something that I feel might become more and more relevant as more and more people experience performance driving for the first time. T.J. speaks about it through his own perspective and his self awareness is admirable. Unfortunately, I do not think that introspective point of view is as common as it needs to be; not in motorsports or the world in general. That can be considered dangerous. Give it a read here

-This week’s bit of Youtube serenity comes from the Motorweek archives and their in period review of an AC Schnitzer E36/318ti. That’s right, only here will you get this much Ti content, and anyone else who claims otherwise is simply plagiarizing.

–Finally, this week’s driving tune fits the season to me. Leaves falling onto the pavement as you carve through the country road, a bit like Steve McQueen in the beginning of “Le Mans”. Perhaps on a coffee run or simply crossing tasks off a list, this song takes me somewhere serene. The intro is perfect. I see it playing through the speakers in my wife’s Tiguan as we drive through the tunnel into the infield at the Daytona 24 Hour. Also, it HAS to be the Norfolk Mix as heard here:

Have a great weekend everyone!