Racecar Engineering

The ‘new normal’

We’re racing again! After a five-month pause, the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship re-started at Daytona International Speedway on July 4, right where it left off at the end of January.

The re-start provided us with a welcome change, but also a new challenge. I’m happy to admit I felt apprehensive about going on a ’plane again, and the prospect of wearing a face mask throughout a transatlantic flight.

Heathrow was eerily quiet, and the Department of Homeland Security check freaked me out when they said they had been waiting eagerly to meet me! The ’plane carried 60 passengers to Miami and there

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