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RACER, I Will Miss You

Paul Pfanner on reading the news posted to X by RACER Editor David Malsher-Lopez, and other news outlets that issue 341 will be the magazine's last in print, and on the people, readers, and advertisers who built it.

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Who, or What, is the Media Now?

Paul Pfanner takes apart the word "media" in 2026 and finds a surveillance economy sitting under the pull, then makes the case for the one thing paper can still do that a screen can't.

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Standing Still at 230 Miles Per Hour

Paul Pfanner on why IndyCar's new car is frozen on purpose, now that a broadcaster owns a third of the series, and what that costs in a world moving faster than 230 mph.

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A Moonshot Run Out of a Race Shop

Paul Pfanner was in the All American Racers shop in 2018 when this car's corroded, unfinished monocoque came down from the rafters. Now it's finished, and he explains why its fifty-eight-year wait matters to anyone with an idea on the bench.

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The Audience Has Already Voted

Paul Pfanner traces the three data points that have already decided the future of sport, mobility, and media — and asks why the industry is still arguing with the scoreboard.

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Now. 34-Years Ago.

On the anniversary of RACER's launch at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1992, Paul Pfanner reflection on what it costs to build something that lasts — and what it teaches you.

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