Kirk. Enjoyed seeing Depalma getting some recognition.  He’s was the best of his era. His 88.5 win percentage is amazing.  Unlike Oldfield who ran many prearranged outcome barnstorming races DePalma victories where real.    Two items in article need correction.   He was injured in Milwaukee but it was at the Vanderbilt cup on a road course.  Victory did not elude him at Indy.  He was the 1915 winner ... View more

Well Done good article.  I am in the it’s not going to happen for a long time camp.  Algorithms work well solving complicated problems.  Throw enough code at the problem to keep solving all the unintended consequences and it will work Engine control modules come to mind.  However autonomous cars are a complex problem which are much harder to solve. Current Computers do not work well enough to handle a complex and complicated problem (No complex and complicated are not synonymous.).  Will it happen? It’s possible.  It could happen.Go down a rabbit hole hard enough and fast enough and you will find the  bottom.    The question to me is it worth the cost.  Could we use the resources for better things. Like Cleaning up the pollutants in the Oceans. World hunger the senseless repeating cycle of poverty in this country etc.  just seems we could do better than autonomous cars.  Maybe we should revisit Alchemy LOL ... View more

To Oldcarman pit crew. There are several references that the 1901 winton ford race was at the gross pointe track. Are Gross Point and the DDC one and the same? ... View more

Enjoyed your article but 999 never ran on a board track except for demonstration. Milwaukee was dirt. The short film looks like it was shot at Beverly Hills which was built in 1919.  No board tracks prior to 1910. ... View more