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Fifteen-year old American racer Santino Ferrucci emerged fastest during the last two days of the collective Formula 3 test at Valencia. It was Ferrucci’s first outing in a Formula 3 car. Driving for Eurointernational in a Dallara 311-Mercedes, Ferrucci was impressive, posting P1 times on both Thursday and Friday and outpacing 30 of some of the top F3 racers in Europe.
“I am very surprised to have been so fast in the F3 car,” said a delighted Ferrruci. “I did a few days of testing at … More
If you wanted to go faster than everyone else in 1988, then Callaway had a Corvette for you. The company called it the Sledgehammer, and it would set your mullet on fire.
While the fourth-generation Corvette remains the least lusted-after iteration of Chevrolet’s fiberglass-bodied big V8 formula, Callaway offered solutions to the ’80s Vette’s woeful performance. The company’s solution for horsepower dilution came mostly in the form of … More