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Hooray for Hypercars!

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. I’m not sure I understand all the drawing board rules of the new world sports car category for what’s called hypercars. But I do understand that hypercars will expand hybrid technology, electrification and production-based machines at the top of world sports car racing.…

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Sebring Success

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. Some thoughts on Saturday’s 12 hours of Sebring. A great weekend! An eight-hour World Endurance Championship race on Friday and the IMSA Sebring 12 Hour on Saturday. We need more weekends like that. Eleven drivers did both races. Just a great show. My…

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Water Powered Race Cars?

This is the Statt Mann Baby. Time to Scatt a little bit. For years I’ve argued that motor racing began suffering when factory budgets strayed from research and development to marketing. Engineers weren’t trying to learn things for your driveway. Instead, pencil pushers were trying to learn things to put in your kitchen or closet.…

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Time for an Audi Answer

This is the Statt Mann, Baby. It’s time to Scatt a Little Bit… After two rounds of the World Endurance Championship Toyota has a near fifty point lead over Porsche and a near 60 point lead over Audi going to the marquee event, the Le Mans 24 Hours next month. Toyota dominated in Silverstone and…