Hey, I know that guy! Mark Murnahan is one of my driving school buds and if it weren't for my despising Subaru the company, I'd try to get him onboard co-driving One Lap in my 08 Screwbaru STi. Going for engine #3 in less than 10k miles. Drove it to the dealership because of Check Engine Light constantly complaining about an O2 sensor (likely left dirty/oily by previous "technician" who replaced engine #1, and may've contributed to #2's failure), they dismantled the engine to determine what everyone already knew; that 140,140,140,75 compression is probably a broken piston ringland, and refused to rebuild the engine even if paid because I expressed less than warm, fuzzy feelings about the technician who lost a wrist pin from this engine, inflated the tires to 54 PSI before I took delivery, and constantly displayed a serious lack in fundamental automotive knowledge.
I'm the bad guy, but I drove the car up there and had to have it flatbedded home with the engine in boxes in the back. With less than 10k miles on it. And fasteners under the hood on the firewall where real mechanics do NOT put them, and even a wristpin puller (thanks, dude! Didn't have one of those!) thrown in. Wonder how many things fell off the truck on the way home.
But I digress. Tale is slowly being told at www.mysubarusucks.com
Murnahan would be a formidable co-driver in One-Lap. One of the few naturals we see come up through the ranks in driving schools. I think he was instructing toward the end of his second year in the hobby, which I believe is unprecedented.
Last time he ran, he was using some really cool technology (he's a major dotcom geek, too, and has great marketing chops) so people could interact with him and his co-driver and watch them go down the road from inside the car.
Now if only they'd put in web-controlled servos, I could help him perfect the "Diamond" line at T7/T8 on MAM.
Requisite on-topic: I think I recall Mark telling me about this company. CVT's that can handle mucho torque? CV Joints that rob less torque than what everyone uses these days? I'll need to check it out because I think CVT that can handle real power would be real cool. Especially if the uppermost ratio is either infinitely high or just so darned far up there that if you catch a good downhill, you're doing a few hundred RPM at 100 mph.
