Meant to post this Wednesday night after reading about it. Even the pro’s like to switch it up—a mountain bike in lieu of their typical road bike. The professionals of auto racing are no different. Take NASCAR driver Tony Stewart and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton. They got to swap rides for a few laps and it sounds like they enjoyed the crap out of it. It’s got to be a big shock to the system— the characteristics of the handling, acceleration—even shifting all crazy different. I keep thinking of the scene in Days of Thunder where the crew chief (played by Robert Duvall) is explaining to new to stock car racing, Tom Cruise how the weight and tires are different—how the stock cars weight twice as much and the tires are half as wide and vice versa on the open wheel cars.
Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton Swap Cars at The Glen