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New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph
An anonymous reader, apparently a member of the BUB racing team, wrote to let us know that on Thursday, their crew set the new ultimate motorcycle world speed record at 367.382 mph with the BUB Seven Streamliner at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The Seven is powered by a 3 Liter, turbocharged, 16-valve V4 engine that produces a claimed 500 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque at 8500 rpm. The pilot, Chris Carr, hit 380 mph during the run.
I find it interesting because it is about engineering. "IndyCars", on the other hand, are boring. All the cars are identical so it's just about the drivers. Who cares about the drivers?
I held that opinion for quite a while, but later came to amend it. I find it even more boring when it's like the Formula One races were for several years, with Nissan coming in 1st and 2nd every time because they came up with a particularly effective turbocharger. All about engineering, but not very interesting engineering. Really, car racing is boring as fuck to watch. Probably interesting to do, but it holds no particular value to intelligent spectators.
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.