Hot and bothered at Road Atlanta with Jim Allen

A scene from Road Atlanta, 2007.  Tires were overheating that weekend.  One solution was to remove a measure of rubber from the surface of the tire--less rubber means fewer rubber molecules rubbing against each other and getting all hot and bothered and stuff.  Dunlop's Jim Allen, seen here demonstrating the tire shave technique on the rear tire of a Fast By Ferracci MV Augusta Superbike, would probably explain it differently.  Elraldo Ferracci stands by. 

Incidentally, the April 13 edition of SoupKast contains a charming Ferracci anecdote. 

Pardon me while I teach myself some macro skills

Play ball!

It's opening day.

I don't know Chris Peris

But I like the way he follows cars.

Daytona

For motorcycle racing fans in the U.S. March means Daytona, and the beginning of the new racing season.   For the first time I experienced it first-hand rather than on the telly or page.  It was pretty much as I had expected it to be--for better and worse--but there still is no substitute for the smell of race fuel and howl of racing engines at full rip.  What follows are a few samples from my Bike Week.

Apparently for some Bike Week means something other than racing on the high banks.  The diversity of humankind never ceases to surprise.

The following three days brought familiar actors, even if the stage was new to this noob.

Until next year . . .

Almost, but not quite

Looking at this photo I almost miss the place.   Full update coming soon.

Under the Paint

Daytona is fast approaching so the mind turns to high-bank fundamentals like the high-speed tuck.  Click and make big.  And learn.