The RP's Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of Speed

The Politics of Speed

Kyle Busch was arrested on May 24th after being caught by police going 128 mph while test-driving a Lexus LFA. However, I learned something much more interesting from this article: NASCAR does not require its drivers to have a driver's license to race in its events. How is that possible?  If anyone knows a good reason for this please let me know in the comments section. [USA Today]

Some of you may have heard that the U.S. Department of Transportation recently released a...