This week's "Corvette of the Week" carries a bittersweet story. For the majority of you who love all kinds of cars, this article will be more sweet than bitter. For those of you who live and breathe Corvette, and nothing else, this is going to hurt like a root canal.
One memorable development trip was to Denver in November. The weather was fine in town and the forecast didn’t say anything about snow. We needed to drive over the Continental Divide at the Eisenhower Tunnel, which is west of Denver on I-80. My partner’s truck was an 6.0L F-250 4×4 towing a 6×12 trailer. I [...]
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On September 8, 1974, the King of Daredevils, Evel Knievel made a failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Instead of making the jump on his signature Harley-Davidson XR-750, he used a steam-powered Skycycle, the X-2, designed by Robert Truax, a former NASA engineer. The first two practice attempts in the […]
On September 8, 1974, the King of Daredevils, Evel Knievel made a failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Instead of making the jump on his signature Harley-Davidson XR-750, he used a steam-powered Skycycle, the X-2, designed by Robert Truax, a former NASA engineer. The first two practice attempts in the […]
I'm betting just about everyone on the planet will be buzzing about this over the weekend.
I'm betting just about everyone on the planet will be buzzing about this over the weekend.
Toyota Racing Development wants to build fun things. They want to build fast things. They build Baja rigs. They build NASCAR cars. They build driftmobiles. And then, also sell parts to you and me to make our cars and trucks more fun. They are my kind of people. Recently, they looked at the FR-S and [
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