As we got ready to start the Speedhunters coverage of Bonneville Speed Week I was silently hoping there was going to be a Japanese campaign at the event. The legendary Japanese tuning shop Jun Auto's Bonneville runs are now the stuff of legends, and I was praying we'd be able to find something similar to document at Speed Week. However, when
You know, I get the sense the Bonneville car builders are all closet inventors; each with their own home brewed speed secrets learned from many years or even decades of running on the salt. For these constructors there are no boundaries... the only limit to a build is their own imagination... At Bonneville it often seems like the crazier the design
Sorry I thought this was pretty funny.... Found in the Reader's Rides thread on the Speedhunters Forum. :R
This one is for Mr. "I lust after FCs" Kang... :>
.... Found at Clubroadster.net .... that thing sticking up at the rear of the car is the exhaust BTW :> .... Click here to see the video ... :Rod
Some of our long term readers will know that I'm a big fan of late '70s/early '80s Group 5 and IMSA GTX cars. These are some of the most extreme production based cars that ever raced and for me their crazy bodywork and massive power really sparks the imagination. They are one of the main reasons I'm such a car nut these days. A few months
I'm a big fan of this car. Photo is from Mad Mike's official website .
The Mazda 254 at the Le Mans 24H 1982