500 as in 500hp. Fusing 2 hayabusa blocks with a few other modifications the English track car will offer up a whole new level of scary. The thrill ride will not come cheap, estimates already indicate a price upward of $160,000 with the engine and custom 6 speed transmission accounting for almost $70,000 of that. [click to continue…]
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Forbes recently released a list of the Nascar top 10 highest earning drivers. This includes prize money and endorsements. [click to continue…]
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A relaxing day for the drivers Friday due to rain, the field will now line up based on their points standings and that gives Tony Stewart the pole position. Four time Pocono winner Jeff Gordon will be right behind Stewart with his teammate Jimmie Johnson sitting third on the line. Last years winner Kasey Kahne and the #9 Budweiser Dodge will start from 14th position.
Starting Line up
1. T. Stewart #14
2. J. Gordon #24
3. J. Johnson #48
4. K. Busch #2
5. R. Newman #39
6. K. Busch #18
7. D. Hamlin #11
8. M. Kenseth #17
9. G. Biffle #16
10. J. Burton #31
11. C. Edwards #99
12. M. Martin #5
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4 hours to charge. That was the promise of the BMW owned company. Well the first 23 customers forking out the ridiculous $850 price tag for the 1yr lease are finding that it’s actually taking 23 hours to completely charge. [click to continue…]
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Roger Penske has come to an agreement with General Motors to purchase the Saturn brand. The agreement saves more than 350 car dealers and 13,000 jobs at Saturn. Some good news for an industry that is taking a few hard body shots right now. [click to continue…]
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Here’s a concept vehicle thought up in 2007 by Turkish design student Ugur Sahin. You’ll never see it on your local dealership floor but I still like to see the way up and coming design influences will shape the future of the auto world. [click to continue…]
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Francois Couture of Quebec, decided 4 years ago that he wanted his own Hummer H1. That must have been a strange sensation for the self proclaimed Ford nut. Unable, and probably unwilling, to pay the $100,000+ msrp he decided to fabricate his own. That’s right, Francois decided he would build his own H1 and now has the best of both worlds. This may look like the AMG version, but it’s not. It’s a salvaged Ford version. This H1, or H150 as it’s been called, is built on the the frame of an old ’87 F150, powered by a donated E350 engine from a shuttle van, and sports other component swaps all from Fords. [click to continue…]
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