Though the current F1 fleet sport a turbocharged, 1.6-liter V6 motor, they’re a far cry from the absurdity of early and mid-eighties turbo cars. Nowadays, the electric motor helps generate a linear power delivery, which is better harnessed by modern tires and a paddle-shifted gearbox. Thirty years ago, the turbo cars were more violent, more prone to self-destruct, capable of shredding gears without any real provocation, and much, much smaller. Observing the front … More
The star of this year’s RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction at Pebble Beach was undoubtedly a blue 1962 Shelby Cobra. Not just any blue 1962 Shelby Cobra, mind you. No, this is chassis CSX2000, the very first example ever built. It’s rolling piece of history, the crème de la crème of prototypes. Over five decades, it had never been outside Carroll Shelby’s stewardship, initially as part of his personal collection, and, since his death in 2012, part of the the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust. When the gavel fell Friday night, it officially became the most expensive American car ever sold at auction.
2 brothers duking it out with their 2000hp Underground Racing Lambos?! Because seeing a couple 2000hp Lamborghini’s in the final race isn’t cool enough as is! Right? This was so cool to see, knowing that no matter who wins its all fun and games. Props to dad for raising these boys as gear heads!
Danny Thompson, son of American racing legend Mickey Thompson, has set a land speed record at age 66. And it was a long time coming.
In 1960, Mickey hit Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats in a streamlined car called Challenger that was built to set a land-speed record. And it did. Sort of.