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Daily Drive

Monday, February 3, 2020

Events

Here Are All the Super Bowl Car Ads You Missed Last Night

The Super Bowl is over: Congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes, who coincidentally carried my fantasy football team to a runner-up this year. But the side story is always the commercials.

Supercars

Adoration of the Elva

The rest of the world gets a gander at a McLaren Elva when it officially debuts at the Geneva motor show next month, but McLaren held a secret sneak peek of its latest Ultimate roadster in Los Angeles last week.

Spied

Zora Head Logo Spotted on New C8 Corvette

Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Corvette's first chief engineer and the one who first dreamt of a midengine version of America's Sports Car has his own sticker. That's important for two reasons.

Movies

The Fast 9 Trailer Is Here, Also Totally Ridiculous

Love it or hate it, The Fast and the Furious franchise keeps chugging along, and its ninth installment looks even more over the top than the last one.

Autoweek Talks: Tolerance

How Things Move and Why: Tolerance

In the world of engineers and machines, tolerance is the allowable variation in the size of something such that it will still work with other parts in a system. Too techy? Think of it like a cup in a cupholder. The cup has to be small enough to fit in the holder, of course, but also big enough to not slide around or tip over.

Racing

Mike Salinas Sitting out Opening 4 Races of NHRA Season

Just one week after NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series officials announced a change in their Countdown playoff format designed to help ensure more participation and more full-time racers, Top Fuel dragster driver Salinas says he plans to sit out the first four races of the season.

Racing

Tony Stewart Steals the Show at 2020 NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction

The NASCAR Hall of Fame in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, inducted its latest five-man class on Friday night in the fancied-up Charlotte Convention Center.