Drive It Day commemorates the Thousand Mile Trial which was first held on April 23 1900. It was held to convince the general public that were wary of motor-cars.
Found a Grand Prix poster (starring James Garner) on Heritage Auctions. I was reminded that Saul Bass directed the title sequence of Grand Prix. It's a timeless work of art.
Mono: this is exactly the kind of bat-shit craziness that happens when you break all the rules and let some car designers think they can create a lightweight race car that's street legal. No wait...that's what we want more of