Looks like I’ll be going to watch the June Sprints at Road America this year.  I’m pretty excited.

Any tips for getting the most out of watching races at Road America?  Naively checking the map it looks like turns 1 and 12 would generate the most passing, but Google Maps shows a heck of a lot of trees between those corners and the rest of the track.  Maybe the infield near turn 5 would be better.

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In more dismal (but more predictable) news, we discover this morning that General Motors have run themselves into the ground:

• General Motors follows Chrysler into bankruptcy (Below the Beltway)

Gosh, and the Canadian government just gave them lots of money, too.  I wonder what’ll happen to that?

• Most of GM loan won’t be repaid, Harper says (Globe and Mail)

Nope, not even a little bit surprising.

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Here’s a riddle: what could possibly make me want a Ford Fiesta more than a Corvette?  GM’s clumsily grasping avarice is one answer, but this is another:

(Image link goes to Jalopnik article)

That, folks, is a Ford Fiesta.  A Ford Fiesta hillclimb car destined for Pike’s Peak.  An eight hundred horsepower Ford Fiesta hillclimb car with a vastly upgraded suspension and all-wheel drive.

Yes, please!  I’ll take two.

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And while we’re on the subject of track-ready cars with ridiculous power-to-weight ratios:

(Image link again goes to Jalopnik article)

That’s an Ariel Atom 500.  Five hundred horsepower from a 2.4l V8 in a five hundred kilo chassis.

…I’ll be in my bunk.