Author: Speedbox

  • Nietzsche’s foreboding insight

    From the outset, it must be said that German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) was a troubled individual who suffered a wide range of afflictions during his relatively short life.   Having said that, in the preface to his work ‘On the Genealogy of Morality’, Nietzsche wrote: What if a regressive trait lurked in “the good…

  • Targa rallying and the death of Peter Brock

    Targa rallying is a unique form of motorsport where purpose-built rally cars compete on (normally public) bitumen roads that have been closed for competition.  Starting at 30-second intervals, the cars race against the clock with the winner being the fastest car over all the special (closed road) competition stages.  A typical Targa event will usually…