Jim Clash

3 days ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

It was 22 years back that I had run laps at Texas Motor Speedway. I was younger then, and had set up a test to clock an average lap in an Indy car at over 200 mph, a pretty daunting task for a journalist who is not a pro race-car driver. Put into perspective, the average speed the real-deal IndyCar drivers turn laps is around 220 mph.

6 days ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Morgan Lucas joined the management ranks of Lucas Oil in 2016 as vice president of sales after having been a successful NHRA Top Fuel drag racer in the early part of his career. In 2024, he was named chief executive. Lucas’ transition from 300 mph on the drag strip to the tranquility of the boardroom wasn't as hard as people might think. He never looked back, or "hung on" past his prime, as many professional athletes do.

1 week ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Last time, veteran storm chaser Tim Bovasso covered the exponential rise in the storm-chasing community population and what that means for severe weather prediction, where and where not to be during a tornado warning, his first tornado experience and more. Here, in Part 2 of our interview, Bovasso turns to the controversial subject of staff cuts at weather-predicting institutions, and tells us what his favorite tornado experience was. Following are edited excerpts from a longer conversation.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

I've been watching fallout from the recent Blue Origin all-women's suborbital trip to space. Public reaction has generally been vicious. Most social media posts have called the flight a PR stunt for the rich. The six women, the coverage says, went up on what essentially was an 11-minute Disney joy ride, then came back only to call themselves "astronauts.”The funniest social media post I've seen is a reporter greeting Katy Perry just after the pop star had exited the space capsule.

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Jim Clash |James Clash

Really good storm chasers are few and far between. With the recent boom in tornado hunting, a number of newcomers have hung up shingles to take regular folks out to America's midwest and south during the peak season - April through mid-June - to encounter storms like the ones they’ve seen in the popular "Twister" flicks. So, like I warned in my last two stories (links below), do your diligence before choosing a tour company. A great chaser in Dallas, Texas, is Tim Bovasso.