What could have done this?

Driving home from work on Wednesday, I heard a very loud bang. I knew immediately that I had blown a tire, but was surprised at how loud it was. It sounded like a gunshot. End result was a blown tire, no surprise, and a surprisingly large hole in the inside of the wheel.

When I get a chance to dismount the tire, I can find out what, besides chunks of wheel, is rattling around inside the tire. Until then, I can only speculate...

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A Taste of Lemons

The 24 Hours of Lemons race series is, according to some guy named Jay, the fastest growing form of motorsport in the United States. While I can neither confirm nor deny its empirical growth, I can tell you that it is perhaps the best motor racing value in the country. Endurance races featuring $500.00 cars, thematic team liveries and costumes, and a judging system to keep things safe and sportsmanlike on the track all add up to a weekend of fun racing with other people just as crazy as you. The nature of the cars and the reasonable entry fees keep costs more realistic, and attract a broader audience. To quote the 24 Hours of Lemons website, "It's not just for rich idiots. It's for all idiots." Speedy Monzales To say there is a fair amount of theater involved would be fair, but it is also serious racing. Safety is the top priority, because a serious accident would be a serious buzz kill. Winning is, of course, one objective, but mo...

Something I Started That Turned Into Something Pretty Cool.

Through the magic of social media, I discovered a young woman in the suburbs of Dallas, just minutes away from me, building amazing cafe style motorcycles. My friend Brad Holt volunteered his time and his skills to create this great video about Sofi, her father George, and GT-Moto. Another friend, Wes from Megadeluxe, offered to share the video on his site to help spread the word about the amazing bikes and the noble cause that drives Sofi and are the foundation of GT-Moto. Sofi Tsingos :: GT-MOTO @ Megadeluxe

Who is this guy, anyway?

The best car I've ever had. I miss this one the most. 1988 BMW M3 As a component of my attempts at personal growth and self-promotion, I took it upon myself to establish a personal mission statement. This required a little retrospection, and turned into this biographical statement about how I got here and how that has shaped my goals as a writer. So here it is: A future automotive idealist, taken home from a New Orleans hospital in a silver Volkswagen 411 sedan, my automotive obsession was but a glimmer in my tiny newborn eyes. A few years later, per my mother’s frequent re-telling of the story, from my car seat in the back of that VW, I was recognizing far off in the distance a car that I knew to be a Mercedes Benz. Precious, but she pointed out that I couldn’t possibly recognize even the three-pointed star from that distance. Oh, but I could. And I had, and it was. The first treasured moment in the life of a true car geek. My ...

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