This isn't a comprehensive list, but these are all things I will tend to remember about this year.
--- Good Moments ---
* (saluting all champions of champions and major races)
* One of the best was in watching Juan Pablo Montoya win the Indianapolis 500 after a crappy start. It was a "never give up" moment for me. I only hope he would parlay that with a title. Probably would have been in a better title position had he not been knocked out at the round in Iowa.
* I have to say that while I've never been a big fan of his, I gained a lot of respect for Kyle Busch this year. "Rowdy" did good in 2015 despite all he's endured.
* I'm proud for Lewis Hamilton and the job he's put on. I've always respected him. And for Hamilton to be a three-time F1 champ, it only further bolsters him being one of the best drivers past or present. The toughest thing to do (to me) is win an F1 race. Even tougher is becoming F1 champion. Even tougher than that is to win multiple F1 titles.
* Porsche was ballin' this year. All of their success in the endurance ranks and in the WEC surely get my respect.
* The IndyCar Series race at California was great. Too bad it didn't get as much attention and buzz. This race probably still could have been a late season race or even the finale.
* I am pleased following the first season of the Formula E World Championship. Many people have complained about a number of things about it, but I enjoyed watching it from a motorsport enthusiast's standpoint. I saw greater purpose and value in this series than most people probably seen in it. All congratulations to Nelson Piquet Jr. on being champion of the inaugural championship.
* Scott Speed gets my respect for winning the 2015 Global Rallycross Championship. The former F1 racer seemed to settle in with the GRC and become champion. Having a name like "Scott Speed" is still very cool for a racer. As a little fun fact, both he and I were born the same month (January), and I am just over a week older than him.
* I think it's great for Toyota to win the championship in Cup. Toyota's the first non-US make to win the championship on the Cup level. First time I heard of a non-US make in NASCAR was when I saw a picture of a Toyota Celica stock car in 1998 or so. I even remember the old NASCAR Goody's Dash Series from long ago. I was glad seeing Toyota compete in NASCAR Trucks and assert itself quite well in Trucks. They now have a Cup championship thanks to "Rowdy" Busch.
* Saving the best for last, all the support and adoration of Jeff Gordon in his final season of racing. I probably would have not cared about NASCAR had it not been for my interest in Jeff Gordon as I was slowly learning about motorsports. I thought everything was handled beautifully. Only thing I would have hoped for would be him getting that 5th title as a "ride off into the sunset" story.
--- Bad Moments ---
* The deaths of all motorsports personalities whom we've lost this year, including Jules Bianchi and Justin Wilson. "Bad ass" is not an expression I normally use, but I've certainly seen this associated especially with Justin Wilson. That accident Justin Wilson had at Pocono was just extremely unfortunate.
* Tomy Drissi's behavior at Mid-Ohio in Trans-Am was a low point. He's a veteran and a fixture in Trans-Am, and I like him, but he was a total tool in that race. I have some extra thoughts on the Trans-Am deal later in this post.
* The finish of the NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Mid-Ohio was sort of bad to me. David Ragan roughed up Alex Tagliani in the final few corners to win. I thought it was just hard racing at first. But in a way, I sort of thought it was somewhat a thug move.
* It wasn't the race I'm calling a bad moment, but more like the end of the race when the TUDOR race at Detroit. There was that GT crash that seemed more like an accident with one of the safety trucks rather than something deliberate.
* I hated that James "Bubba" Stewart didn't get to race in AMA Supercross this season thanks to some violation or something. If he challenges the 2016 season, I hope he just comes back and dominate.
* Non-racing related, but I've been disappointed ever since the advent of FOX Sports 1 and how races on TV have been handled. Petit Le Mans was a big time example of poor handling. Like I said here on GTPlanet and in my main blog, FOX Sports 1 is the biggest "f:censored: you" to racing fans. For more viability, I wouldn't be surprised if NBC Sports Network or CBS Sports Network don't start looking into picking up coverage of this series on television.
--- Most Memorable ---
* The most memorable to me was Amy Ruman just lashing out at Tomi Drissi during an interview on CBS Sports Network. She was saying stuff along the lines of, "Tomi is an unprofessional racer." Amy did suffer some trouble from contact. Had this been YouTube or something, all kinds of sexist remarks or kitchen jokes would have ensued. But for her to show some emotion the way she did, it was VERY memorable.
* I thought the IndyCar Series race at California was fun. What was most memorable was the stuff after the race, including a spirited rant by Robin Miller about the handling of this race and other things.
* Of course, Jeff Gordon capping off an amazing career is a very memorable deal. One thing I wonder though... if Dale Sr. were still alive and if he decided to call one season his final one, would he receive as much adoration and attention for his retirement as Jeff Gordon has had in 2015? Just a thought...
--- Indifferent Moments ---
* I am going to call the Marc Marquez deal an Indifferent moment because I don't really know the full story or have a definite opinion on how to feel about the incident with the final race of the 2015 MotoGP World Championship season. I still respect Marc Marquez, but I am not sure whether I still respect him or not based on what happened late and how many people have responded to Marc Marquez.
--- Thoughts on 2015 ---
I will be honest... I haven't paid too much attention in recent years to motorsport. Maybe I haven't been as knowing of racing since Speed Channel's demise, but I haven't followed racing too much in recent years. I still love motorsports.
--- Thoughts on 2016 ---
I most want to follow how the Ford GT does in the GT/sportscar/endurance ranks. It's going to be real fun to see how Ford does with this beast of a racing machine.
Again, these are all some basic thoughts of mine. Not a complete post, but some general thoughts from what I remember and what I've seen from other posts.