On Sunday, June 26, 2011, Subaru Rally Team USA driver David Higgins needed only six minutes and 11.54 seconds to finish the famed Mt. Washington Hillclimb — nearly 30 seconds faster than Frank Sprongl’s previous record from 1998. Higgins also beat the unofficial record of 6:20.47 set by Travis Pastrana last year. Higgins did it sans co-driver in his Vermont SportsCar-prepped Subaru WRX STi rally car equipped with BFGoodrich RC01 Rally tires.
The Ferrari 599XX is the first ever production-derived sports car to break the 7-minute barrier on the classic 20.832 km Nordschleife circuit, lapping in 6 min 58.16 sec. Watch a be amazed.
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shaq at it again at the all-star game
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On today’s Brief we break-down the first Presidential Debate, gear up to break the land speed record and go for a Color Run! First up, did Obama get out-debated by Mitt Romney last night? I mean, the president’s just so eloquent and well-spoken usually and Romney has had more than his share of gaffes leading up to the debate. And yet, most reports have Romney easily winning the first showdown between these presidential candidates. As for highlights – well, let’s see…Romney stood firm in his plan to cut taxes across the board while Obama remained committed to raising taxes on wealthy families. Romney also hammered Obama on the economy while advocating for a smaller government, and defunding PBS. And when it was all said and done, many commented that Obama came off as angry and listless despite getting an extra four minutes of talk-time over his opponent.Who do you guys think won the debate? Did either candidate’s performance change your voting opinion? www.latimes.com Next up, you speed demons ready to smash the land speed record? Cool, cause current record-holder Andy Green will attempt to outdo himself next year in his Bloodhound SSC, a rocket-powered car expected to reach top speeds of over 1000mph. It’ll take 55 seconds for this beast to reach its top speed and from there it’ll be able to travel a mile every 3.6 seconds and reach 50000 g’s of force. That’s enough to make a sugar cube weigh as much as two grown men. The Bloodhound team will be test firing their …
With development engineer Jim Mero behind the wheel, the ZR1 paced the Nürburgring in a time of 7:26.4. The engine rpm and the vehicle speed are the actual data taken during this lap. The elapsed time was measured electronically and confirmed with two hand-held stopwatches. The video is continuous and unedited. Watch and listen as the ZR1 tackles the twists and turns of “the Ring” and sets one of the fastest times ever clocked for a production car. Distributed by Tubemogul.
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Facebook: on.fb.me Twitter: www.twitter.com Car Blog: www.shmee150.co.uk My Vlogs bit.ly –––––––––––––– INFO BELOW! –––––––––––––– Camera: Sony CX700 amzn.to Location: Silverstone Circuit Music: Nothing Like Captain Crunch by Broke For Free bit.ly Silverstone circuit today held an attempt to break the Guinness World Record number for “The Largest Parade of Ferrari Cars”. The previous target stood at 490 and this has been beaten today by a new confirmed Guinness World Record of 964 Ferrari cars! Ferrari Formula 1 driver, Felipe Massa took the wheel of a new 458 Spider to commence the proceedings before a trail of almost 1000 cars from Maranello took to the tarmac of the world famous Grand Prix circuit. Followed by a number of F40s, Enzos, and just about every other car produced by Ferrari it made for quite a sight as they just continued to roll on and on and on…! Not that I’m complaining. Thanks for watching, Tim
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www.performancepowerracing.com http www.performancepowermaterials.com http www.stage3imports.com Performance Power Racing Re-Sets the Guinness World Records holding for Fastest Standing Mile-Street Car at 283.232 mph Johnny Bohmer Owner of Performance Power Racing and Driver of the World Famous BADD GT, along with Matt Lundy, Lead Design Tech, piloted the 1700+ horse power Ford GT down NASA’s Shuttle Landing Facility Runway this week setting a new Guinness World Record at 283.232 mph in the Standing Mile. The Standing Mile is an event in which a vehicle, from a dead stop, accelerates completely through the one mile mark. “Automotive Racing is the perfect channel to introduce some of the new technologies we are working on in to the main stream market. The Pandalloy™ Aluminum Alloys Project through Performance Power Materials, Inc is very exciting. The multiple series of Aluminums are vastly outperforming what is on the market today and we are excited to see how far we can push the limits of performance, and more importantly efficiency to have a positive impact worldwide. We break records to prove that these systems and designs really do function and can be implemented on vehicles of all types.” said Johnny Bohmer. Performance Power Racing is a West Palm Beach based Research and Development Company working directly with Pratt & Whitney on a new high specific strength, high temperature tolerant, Aluminum Alloy branded Pandalloy™. Performance Power has successfully …
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What would you do if you had 48 hours with a Lamborghini Aventador? Jethro Bovingdon, Car and Driver’s European correspondent, takes the exotic supercar across the United Kingdom to see if the Aventador holds true to its supercar lineage. Do you want to speak with Jethro Bovingdon, or Mark Bramley, the cinematographer? You can reach them at their Twitter handles below! Jethro Bovingdon: @JethroBovingdon Mark Bramley: @MarkBramley Subscribe! bit.ly Twitter: bit.ly Facebook: on.fb.me Each week, the Car and Driver YouTube Channel will launch episodes of The Full Hoon, Driver Rehab, Battle of the Beaters, Car and Driver: Tested, Popular Mechanics Saturday Mechanic, and Road & Track Presents.
Peruvian New Car Sales Rose to Record Last Year, Gestion Says
Peruvian new car sales rose 25 percent to a record 188,000 units in 2012, the newspaper Gestion reported, citing Edwin Derteano, president of Peru's Automobile Association. Sales this year will increase 25 percent to 230,000 vehicles, Gestion said …
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