| September 30, 2002 |
Revealed: Paul Walker's Skyline GT-R |
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When Paul Walker, star of the hit movie "The Fast and the Furious," wanted a hot tuner version of the Nissan Skyline GT-R, he turned to MotoRex, a leading Southern California importer of the Japanese cult car. MotoRex, is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Gardena, a traditional home to hot-rodding and street-racing enterprises....  |
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| September 30, 2002 |
Rod Millen: The King of the Hill Takes Goodwood |
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What was it like for Rod Millen, the undefeated record-holder of the Pikes Peak hill climb, to run an eight-year-old Toyota Celica in the hillclimb at the estate of Lord March, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and drive -- and win -- against a field of Formula One cars?
A thrill, that's what. But listen to it in Millen's words...... |
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| September 30, 2002 |
Best Performance in a Supporting Role: The "xXx" GTO |
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| We did all our own stunts. And we looked great in the close-ups. No wonder the makers of the hit movie xXx picked BFGoodrich® tires for Xander Cage's scene-stealing Pontiac GTO.... |
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| September 30, 2002 |
HUMMER H2: Designing a New American Icon |
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| For GM designer Clay Dean, designing the HUMMER H2 was a dream come true. Previously he had been on the design team that produced the C5 Corvette, and before that, some of the competition Trans-Ams and Camaros. So Dean has always been a performance design guy. But the HUMMER H2 commission took him straight into design nirvana.... |
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| September 30, 2002 |
Bruce Canepa: Uncommon Towing Sense |
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Bruce Canepa is a big name in performance, as a race driver, a high-performance vehicle designer, and one of the inventors of the sport utility vehicle. One of his specialties is tow rigs for race and show vehicles.
Here are tips from an expert on how to tow -- safely. It's much more than hooking up a trailer to your tow vehicle.... |
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| September 30, 2002 |
Rod Hall: Driving Slow Enough to Win |
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| Rod Hall has won too many off-road races to count, but it's safe to say the number is over 200. Rod always raced a full-size pickup, and his specialty is desert racing. One of the few things he will brag about is having raced every Baja 1000 since 1967. What he will add only if you ask him is that he is one of the very few who managed to win the race overall in a pickup -- beating not only the single-seater racers but the motorcycles, which traditionally finish ahead of all the four-wheel vehicles.... |
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