Just having a bit of fun from the TLAC 1 photos. Hop over to the Autoxforum thread for submissions.

I’ll have the rest of the TLAC1 photos I took up a little later. But this special collection is dedicated to Delta’s TLAC tradition of having a bit of fun. This year’s target was Ken Orgeron, who’s bought and sold so many cars in the last few years that his insurance company is in his Fave 5 and writes his policy in pencil.

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Very, very cool animation.

Gotta love The Onion…

DOT Creates New Lane For Reckless Drivers

WASHINGTON—Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters unveiled a new $270 billion federal project Monday to build special lanes for dangerous and careless drivers on most major U.S. highways…

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Joe Ricard helped Matt Patterson put some more support into the Red Rhino for the new torque arm. If your project doesn’t involve melting things or throwing sparks, don’t call Joe.
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If only it were this easy!

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In-car camera video from a VIR track day.

I laughed.

It’s a toss up for me, but I give the nod to 1968’s Bullitt, starring Steve McQueen. Old school just rocks: no CGI to be found. Even if someone tried to redo this scene, they still wouldn’t have Steve McQueen.

Bullitt had no peer, until Ronin came out with a phenomenal sequence, again without CGI or major special effects. The driving was simply amazing.