Archive for 'Race cars' Category
The Physics of NASCAR
12 February 2008The good old boys aren’t running moonshine anymore. NASCAR is big money racing that left the back roads a long time ago and now, with a lot less room for error than the average race fan might think, the cars rely on science, not “go fast, turn left.” A brand new book, The Physics of […]
Hot Rod World’s Fastest Street Machine For Sale
28 January 2008Hot Rod Magazine has an annual shoot out for the fastest street car in America. The 2007 winner was this 580CI 1500HP 1967 Camaro, and it’s for sale! So, you ask, how fast is it? How about 7.64 second 1/4 miles? Think about that, drive to the track, rip off a 7 second quarter mile, […]
Cheetah Continuation from BTM
2 August 2007The Chevy powered Cheetah is a less well known but really great looking car from the early 1960s. Built to compete with the AC Cobra, they produced less than a couple dozen before a factory fire destoyed the tooling. BTM LLC of Arizona has been authorized by Bill Thomas, original creator of the Cheetah, to […]
Turbonique Rocket Kart For Sale
29 July 2007A Turbonique rocket powered go kart in fully restored running condition is for sale on eBay, one of only three remaining from the five or so known to have been built. These are rarely seen. Turbonique is almost a mythic name from the 1960s when a small company, Turbonique, Inc. of Orlando, Florida, created some […]
180 MPH Rolling Road Wind Tunnel
26 July 2007Professional racing teams need every bit of technology available to win races today and if what they need is not available, they build it. NASCAR team owner Gene Haas, also owns a company called WindShear, Inc. that decided they needed a rolling road wind tunnel for testing the aerodynamics of the their race cars. They […]
Koenigsegg 1018 Horsepower E85 Supercar
19 April 2007Koenigsegg builds a pretty amazing line of cars but they have now gone green, too, with the E85 powered Koenigsegg Flower Power supercar. The power and performance numbers put this car in some very heady territory. The engine has been detuned slightly from their original 1100bhp+ and 885 foot pounds of torque to a […]