In 1971, NASCAR banned Chrysler’s winged cars, forcing teams like Bobby Isaac’s K&K to park their fastest rides. K&K owner Nord Krauskopf decided to take the team’s Charger Daytona to Bonneville for one last romp. They’d end up setting 28 world records.
They arrived at the Flats on September 12th, with a few others in tow. An engineer from Chrysler, George Wallace, used vacation time to be there. There was also a USAC official named Joe Petrali.
The entourage spanned a tarp between their trucks for a makeshift garage on the Flats. They drilled holes in the salt with a power drill and stuck in doweled markers to lay out a course … Pictures and more
Swedish Automobile (SWAN.AS), owner of cash-strapped car maker Saab, said it would sell its Spyker luxury sports car business to the private equity firm of racing car enthusiast Alex Mascioli for about 32 million euros ($44 million).
Swedish Automobile has struggled for months to stave off bankruptcy, seeking new investors and selling off various assets so that it could pay suppliers and employees and resume production at its Saab plant in Sweden.
Last week, Saab … More
Are you looking for a used vehicle to cruise the streets in a sunny weekend day? You just found one! Named the De Dion Trycicle, the vehicle is actually the oldest running car and it isn’t exactly cheap. In fact you can call the iconic McLaren F1 cheap compared to this one.
Over 1.6 million British pounds will have to pay its new owner before he or she will be able to take it home and speeding won’t be a worry in this vehicle because it can do only  … Pictures and more