Dodge supplied driver Kuno Wittmer with a 2010 Viper ACR, and Kuno supplied Dodge with a Corvette ZR1-beating new lap record of 1:59.995
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Comparisons of the Cadillac Escalade are usually made between other luxo-SUVs and how well their all-wheel drive systems handle the snow-blanketed roads to the ski resort. But what happens when the Escalade sports a pair of turbos?Â
That’s exactly what the folks at Hennessey did with the blinged-out behemoth. The tuner’s HPE1000 kit adds a huge list of engine upgrades including two turbos … Details
Godzilla vs 6,000 lb. SUV: See what happens when a 2011 Nissan GT-R races the HPE1000 Twin Turbo Cadillac Escalade.
Ever since they were launched, something has been holding these two cars back. In the Cayman’s case, it’s Porsche. That its engine is in its middle theoretically means it could be a better-handling, technically superior car to the company’s own 911. And on Porsche’s watch, that ain’t going to happen. Porsche tacitly admits that the Cayman has never been allowed to be all it could be, lest it puts the squeeze on its rear-engined, range-topping (and, coincidentally, surely more profitable) sibling.
The Lotus Evora has had its own, arguably more serious issues  … Details
The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2011 will be held June 4-5 at the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Infineon Raceway Sears Point road course. From a 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B to a 1991 Riley & Scott Trans-Am Camaro, nearly every marque produced and raced worldwide during the last 70 years will be featured at the 2nd Annual Sonoma Historics.
Four hundred entries, some coming from as far away as St. Croix, Australia, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand, will compete in a series of “time capsule†historic races each day  … Details