NASCAR EFI

How is the electronic fuel injection set up on a NASCAR engine, you probably have an idea, this short video dispels the various misconceptions.

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Be Your Own EditorIts another Friday, its also Black Friday in the USA, and its the Vroom Room, come in make yourself comfortable, yes we have cappuccino and biscotti, join the conversation.

We have been (past tense) die hard NASCAR fans for countless years, back in the day there was something special about NASCAR, going to Daytona at least once. The annual tradition of watching the Daytona 500 on TV, and the Winston at Charlotte in May. 

A classic case of the "good ole boys" racing, getting aggressive, a little creative, and winning. 

At some point as expected for the sake of change, NASCAR moved away from its roots (what made the racing interesting) towards a higher form of being a business, multi car teams, tobacco no longer as predominant, and a myriad of other sponsors who are now reconsidering their positions.

In the meantime Brad Keselowski is the Sprint Cup Champion for 2012, the first for Brad, the first for Roger Penske, and Penske Racing after many years, and Dodge after quitting for 2013 wins a championship.

An informative article from WSJ on the present state of NASCAR..."Nascar's Leaky Fuel Tank".

You hopefully noticed that we covered The Circuit of the Americas on a few occasions, and yes we did watch a portion of the F1 race, and Lewis Hamilton's win...the circuit is a cool place which will impreve with time.

On a different note, if you have an interest in the music scene of the late 1960's and early 70's take a look and listen at The Smith Tapes.

Have you noticed the various publications offering the 99 cent special for one month, to subscribe to their publication...Strada as you know is still free.

A fascinating pictorial rememberance of John Fitch...enjoy!

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Headers from a Ferrari V12Friday...its the Vroom Room, come in make yourself comfortable, we have cappuccino and biscotti, join the conversation.

As you know, I'll Have Another with Mario Gutierrez won the Kentucky Derby...yes with several Canadian ties from the jockey to the owner of the horse.

If by some unforseen reason you missed Project 200K, we urge you to take a look, its starting to gain momentum, and attracting additional interest. A friend commented that it might take us "another 10 year to get to 200K" we will see.

A thought that caught our attention:

With all the technology that is available, and used by almost everyone, how come airports are crowded, plane are full? How come people still need to meet in person?

Our perspective...in any transaction/interaction that awakens human emotions, personal contact is invaluable. Humans are still complex beings, with sophisticated responses, and reactions. Think about this for a moment, prior to the onslaught of technology (internet) almost 20 years ago, airports were not as crowded as today. We were sharing our thoughts 4 years ago with The Right Stuff, and its getting more complex and sophisticated than it was a few years back.

Another thought:

We just love it, when pundits reflects on fuel economy and 500 HP...just love it. We have a saying "You need gas to make power, the more power the more gas" When we have vehicles with serious power, we just pour gas in them...simple! If you can't afford to pour gas, you certainly cannot afford the power. 

Gasoline is required (usually premium) to generate serious power. We find it intellectually insulting when presumably economical 4 cylinders use more gas than they should...happens often!

Informative and thought provoking article on wages paid in Germany by German manufacturers, seems evryone is subletting amployees and assembly line workers.

A change from our habitual old race cars...When Nascar Mattered an excellent read.

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Its Friday...yes its the Vroom Room, come in make yourself comfortable, we have cappuccino and biscotti, join the conversation.

The other day we were reading that if you read too much "stuff" your decision process deteriorates. We have often mentioned that with all the "stuff" that is out there, you need to be your own editor. Perhaps everyone is realising that with the amount of "stuff" floating around, it can become dangerous to your intelligence.

Hopefully you will remember that for years we have been telling you to be your own editor.

We have discreetly been inquiring how modern vehicles brimming with technology will be restored in 30-40-50 years, its a moot point with few answers at this time. You get the feeling that nobody wants to go there, for some reason...we got an answer from a manufacturer scroll down read the comment we posted.

Last Sunday to uphold a long standing tradition of watching the Great American Race, we settle on the couch and would you know it, its raining at Daytona...we hear that the race will be run at noon on Monday. Good thing that saner minds prevailed, and they decided to run the race at night which was totally cool, to watch the race, the rain of the previous day, the fire of Monday night, the Twitter moment during the red flag, Tide getting immense exposure as a track detergent, Matt Kenseth winning, Junior emulating his father and coming in 2nd...and fortunately nobody got hurt. 

If the brawl of 1979 set a precedent, the rain, fire, Twitter of 2012 renewed the standard, and the cars are fuel injected this year.

Did you know? The Toronto Auto Show broke the previous attendance record from 2004, is it just a renewed interest in vehicles, or the "autoblogosphere" generating an interest? What do you think?

The story of an old race car...here.

Good Ole Boys

If you watched the Great American Race, especially the end, you were reminded that although NASCAR has a lot of stuff that is not right, when stuff comes together like it did last Sunday even after lengthy delays...its exciting racing.

With the delays, it quickly became a game of speculation, as to who was going to win, and who was going to wreck. One thing that is refreshing its still individuals using their heads to win, with a bit of technology. Contrary to technological overkill, and track position. 

We were totally impressed with Junior finishing second, and happy for Jamie Mac winning. We could keep on going here for a good while...this clip with Dave Despain and DW captures the essence of the race, NASCAR, Danica, and Nelson Jr.