Would be drag racers can live the Top Fuel dream easier than ever before through a training and rental program offered by four-time FIA champ Urs Erbacher and crew chief Wayne Dupuy.
In an effort to raise funding for their race team so they can remain on the NHRA tour for the entire 2009 season, Erbacher and Dupuy will teach clients the intricacies of piloting an 8,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragster, get them licensed, and turn them loose at an NHRA national event.
“We think there’s a group of people out there, maybe competing at a lower level of drag racing or some other form of motorsports, that have always wondered what it’s like to drive a Top Fuel dragster, even if it’s just for one race,” Dupuy said. “This is their chance.” … More info
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Manvel resident John Hendrickson remembers racing Volkswagen Beetles in his younger days.
Those days are long gone, but he still drives a VW, and this one is different that all those others. That’s because he never has to fill it with gas.
It was while filling his Cadillac at a gas station in 2007 that Hendrickson first thought about building an electric car.
“I thought gas stations were ripping us off, so I decided to just go build my own electric car,†Hendrickson said.
He asked a neighbor if he knew of any VWs for sale. That’s how he learned of another neighbor’s rusted 1972 Beetle that hadn’t been used in over five years. Hendrickson bought it and parked it in his garage.
“It wasn’t much to look at,†he said. “It was full of snakes and fire ants. We had to cut small trees that were growing up through it, and drag it out of the woods.  More info
Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block has a target on his back heading into Round 2 of the Rally America championship. The fast and flowing course suits Block’s flat-out style and he’s proven tough to beat at this early spring event. The event was the scene of the driver’s first national win in 2006, and he’s taken the top spot every year since then.
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Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block has a target on his back heading into Round 2 of the Rally America championship, the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood, in southern Missouri Feb. 27 – 28.
The fast and flowing course suits Block’s flat-out style and he’s proven tough to beat at …Â More info
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A Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa racing car is expected to set a record auction price of $15 million when it comes up for sale in the Italian city of Maranello in May, said the auto auctioneers RM Auctions.
The Testa Rossa is “the most significant and desirable Ferrari to be offered on the world’s auction stage,†said RM Auctions, which will be holding its May 17 “Ferrari Leggenda e Passione†sale in association with Sotheby’s.
The record price for any car at auction was set in May last year when the U.K. television and radio host Chris Evans paid 7 million euros ($10.9 million) …Â More info
