Reposted by Alex RipsteinRacing Clips @racingclips.adriafitzy.com · 10hFinal 2 laps for the V8 Superutes Race 3 at Bathurst for the Bathurst 1000 Weekend! 181
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 9hThe only people who want to play things they've created are people who've never made anything themselves. The joy of making things is to both enjoy the process and see what others think of what you've made. 010
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 10hHey now, there was 1 organizational and 4 Goodyear tests in cup this year! And the truck drivers don't get to run on the sim weekly, which im sure is a huge benefit to them with only a half an hour of practice if they're lucky! 000
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 11hI was told the next gen car would put teams and oems on such solid financial ground they'd be able to hire the best drivers even if they didn't bring money 050
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 11hMini is also well enough known in the area/ garage that it isn't necessarily a death knell for his career. It's not like he's a random dude from the middle of nowhere that suddenly appeared on the radar. 020
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 13hThe anti pest chirpers are bad enough for my 35 year old somehow can still hear them ears, I can't imagine one turned up enough to actually be intentional 010
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I would rather someone actually build an affordable road course in wny to break the monopoly the glen has on the area 110
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's too middle of nowhere for a warehouse. I don't think it would get bought for solar because they're just paying farmers for land use. 110
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don't think the smiths have any desire to sit on any more lands anymore. If they did they'd have bought it a decade ago. Empire i could see being bought back by the guy who owned it before, but yeah I don't see it being bought for development 210
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Double all points values but keep stage points as they are 110
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So what do you think is the lowest bid they'd accept for one of the outlier drag strips? $200k? 320
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That was one of the all time great questions. And that was several years after they had already decided they wanted high df 020
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Imo they should have put a 2" wide splitter and banned anything from coming close to that level for like a foot behind it. The splitter got flack for the amount of front aero, but it really all came from the radiator pan and everything else making the cars flat bottom 020
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Their data said that people only care about cars being close for 10 laps after a restart and whatever happens after that didn't matter. So less power and more df meant cars couldn't separate from each other as quick. They thought it would boost highlights and forget about long runs 210
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yep. Trying to match the sideforce of an offset tail with symmetrical rear fenders. repository.lib.ncsu.edu/server/api/c... 020
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yeah, wouldn't this have been so much cooler? Also, Tony brought it up on DBC last week as well. Basically they told nascar what to do and nascar ignored them. I'm pretty sure the last guy who was determined that the NA18D thing was going to be the best no longer works for nascar finally. 230
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Those weren't the x car, that was Michigan 2014. The x car had things like square rear fenders and a duct running from the right side window to the rear fender 220
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There was at one point a presentation that included a gen 6 car with a 3 inch spoiler and a diffuser mounted under the rear axle but I'm not sure it ever made it past model 120
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Truly a great color. I wish it was available on the van 010
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Everyone also forgets how bad aero push was both with Gen 4 and in 2014. It's just that every change they made to try to "fix" it seemed to make it worse because they weren't actually interested in fixing it so much as having tight racing for 10 laps after a restart 170
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hey now, they also got rid of the rear sway bar and offset the tail 120
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Larson gave a master class in that last corner of what happens when you over drive the ng car. You get loose and it's just gonna snap. 152
Reposted by Alex RipsteinNASFACTS @nasfacts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026despite the perception, many nascar fans are environmentalists actually. they’re always complaining about the dirty air 26526
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026You know it's kinda weird that there's discussion about improving the ng car after a certain person that had a lot to do with it's development left earlier this year 020
Reposted by Alex RipsteinBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Actual Richie Tenenbaum level disaster 917334
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It is certainly of its time. www.facebook.com/share/1Dk5GL...facebook.comFacebook 100
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you want racing that isn't in the rain, there's live karting from the UAE on YouTube right now. www.youtube.com/live/5aig-1w...youtube.comRMC MENA Trophy 2026 Grand Finale Day 2 - Al Ain Raceway - LIVE!YouTube video by Karting Live TV 000
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I never made it past the licensing test that was "viper in the corkscrew". 120
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Apparently it is listed as $250mm now, but I really thought he was in the multiple billion range. Something must have changed recently 100
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Thanks for the tip. I've been needing something to get into after making my way through Leguin. 010
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The led itself lasts forever. The control board in the bulb is made to fail sooner so they can sell more bulbs 040
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026static.klipy.comMiles Davis & John Coltrane Live Jazz PerformanceALT: Miles Davis & John Coltrane Live Jazz Performance 020
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh if it wasn't for the headers it would've been done a long time ago, but here we are. I also need to redo my custom rear shock mounts that broke in transit 100
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Well I'm like 5 years into putting a 460 (472) into it and making a custom set of 180 degree headers. 3 of that has been spent with the truck in storage though. I've also considered slapping a few turbos on it 110
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's just on the list right below the garage tools, civic racecar, f100 engine swap, and 49 Packard restoration 110
Alex Ripstein @axelripper.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have a 600cc snowmobile engine in my garage that I want to build into something along the lines of a locost/ Morgan concept. Or a deltawing. 210
