Thanks to Jeremy Clarkson, the answer is blindingly fast! Running on a 850CC Mini engine (and rear axle), a coke can for a brake, candy bar shifter, and pizza pie steering wheel; this couch is serious business on the road and the track! Think that's crazy? Watch for the rolling shed and boat! All of these vehicles are road legal and eye catching to say the least, personally nothing would be...
-J.F. Musial
Switzerland; always loved for great chocolate, great views, and a mass transportation system that works, has finally decided to lift a 50 year old ban on motor-sports. After the horrific 1955 accident at Le Mans which killed 80 spectators, the country opted to ban all forms of the sport. Last week, the small nation's parliament opted to lift the ban in the hopes that it...
We're hoping that Joey and the unnamed Porsche driver will be attending the Watkin's Glen driving clinic in late August...
-J.F. Musial
As a subscriber and daily reader of the Wall Street Journal, I found it somewhat shocking to see this article related to a field I know a thing or two about: exotic cars. Wouldn't ya know it; it seems as if they are crashing. Before I go off on a rant here and throw my two cents into an ever growing fire, lets first examine what makes a car an exotic. Is it the color...
Two great races came and went this weekend; the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France. Le Mans started in the rain yesterday with the three factory diesel powered Audi R10s leading the field. By dawn this morning though, two of them had dropped out, one mysteriously due to a lug nut failure caused by the car jacks coming down to early in the...
What more could a piston-head ask for: two amazing racing events in one weekend. Saturday started with the 24 hours of Le Mans, the race of races. Since 1923, Le mans has been known as the Grand Prix of Endurance racing. Le Mans is an event that not only tests the limits of drivers racing throughout the night, but also the technology and engineering of the vehicles which...
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