Hot take or HOTTEST take?

"Brian, The Life of" (familycar)
08/25/2016 at 11:17 • Filed to: None

When you’re right, you’re right.

DISCUSSION (26)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:20

And the cars look more like planes than cars.

For Sweden > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:21

says the writer for the Wall Street Journal

McMike > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:23

Instead of complaining about a race series, he should have put all his energy into the company that made the TV remote so complicated that he couldn’t figure out how to turn the channel.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:24

Agree, but here’s my hot take: oval tracks are incredibly lame and boring and rally cross is the ultimate spectator motorsport.

Brian, The Life of > McMike
08/25/2016 at 11:25

Well, he is an auto journalist so I suppose it might be relevant for him to have an opinion on the subject.

Brian, The Life of > For Sweden
08/25/2016 at 11:26

True yet I’d honestly rather attend a Lemons race

Batman the Horse > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:27

The idolatry of money does not exist in other professional sports I agree with Dan Neil.

Brian, The Life of > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
08/25/2016 at 11:27

True and true

For Sweden > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:29

Does Buzzfeed have a car section?

crowmolly > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:30

Takes like this are the real evidence behind global warming

Justin Hughes > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
08/25/2016 at 11:31

I’m totally with you.

Wheelerguy > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:33

Except that his take is the general take on F1 these days. The hot take is this:

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Leadbull > For Sweden
08/25/2016 at 11:40

Yes, but as the name implies, it’s solely dedicated to old wankels.

S65 > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:48

Kinja'd!!!

EL_ULY > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 11:52

he’s mad, bro :] lolololol!

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 12:22

But you can watch F1 without beer.

I get Neil’s point, and I agree with his criticisms of the pompousness and the obvious funding issues. But the longer I follow F1 (this is year 3 for me), the more I’ve come to appreciate its subtleties. It’s like team chess at 200 mph. There are so many planning decisions and insane engineering details involved. I can’t help but geek out. Yes, it would be more fun with less regulation, but I still dig it.

RallyWrench > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
08/25/2016 at 12:46

Rallycross is badass, but have you been to a small dirt oval? There are few things in motorsport as cool as wide open, wheelstanding sprint cars, 3 wide and sideways, right in front of you.

shop-teacher > Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed
08/25/2016 at 12:46

Love me some rallycross, but before you dismiss ovals out of hand, I suggest you go see a winged sprint car race on dirt. It’s a hell of a thing.

RallyWrench > Brian, The Life of
08/25/2016 at 12:46

He’s not wrong.

shop-teacher > RallyWrench
08/25/2016 at 12:48

Probably every five years or so, I try to get into F1. It never sticks for me. I tried to can, but I can’t.

RallyWrench > shop-teacher
08/25/2016 at 13:27

I’ve been into it my whole life, but have lost interest. I always start out watching the season, but last year I gave up on the last half of the season and this year I haven’t watched the last two races. I had them recorded and lost them to a new DirectTV box this week, and I’m not even mad. I’ll probably watch Spa this weekend just because that’s an all-time track, but otherwise it’s all about WEC & other endurance series.

shop-teacher > RallyWrench
08/25/2016 at 13:58

I watched most of the season two seasons ago. I gave up two or three races into last season. It wasn’t a conscious decision or anything. I just kept missing the race/forgetting to record it, and not caring. Once I missed a half-dozen or so races without caring, without even checking the results, I realized I just didn’t care about F1.

I love sports car racing and IndyCar racing, and any short-track oval on a Friday or Saturday night is a good time by me. I noticed we said nearly the same thing at the same time to the guy who said all oval racing is boring.

RallyWrench > shop-teacher
08/25/2016 at 14:11

I didn’t catch that, nice! Great minds... I was bummed to miss the winged 360 Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway near me last Saturday, but that was when I took my daughter to Laguna so it was a good trade. There’s one more 360 event before the end of the track’s season, I hope to make that. I haven’t been in a few years, but I grew up going there with my dad and love the place. Something about dirt track cars, cheap beer, and crappy nachos that makes you feel properly American. I love it.

shop-teacher > RallyWrench
08/25/2016 at 14:22

Yes! It’s the best. I don’t get to them often, but I try to go once or twice a year. I saw my first race ever at age 8, a 360 Sprint race, at Wilmot Raceway in southern Wisconsin. My dad wasn’t into cars or racing, but my grandpa’s company (a small regional oil company) was sponsoring a car there, so he took me up. About 20 years later I took my wife and my little sister to see their first races there too. I think I’ll take my oldest next year for her first race. She’s used to going to bed early, so that’s a really late night for her, but it will be a lot of fun.

RallyWrench > shop-teacher
08/25/2016 at 14:42

Yep, sometimes you’ve gotta give them a late night. So worth it.

shop-teacher > RallyWrench
08/25/2016 at 14:56

Definitely. I took her to a local cruise night last month, after she asked me, “Daddy, can we go to a car show today?” It was the best.