Former F1 driver Ricardo Patrese takes his wife for a lap of Jerez in a Honda Civic Type-R and hilarity ensues. Patrese’s perma-grin is almost as funny as his wife’s reactions. (Source: Axisofoversteer.com)
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We all know people who are great drivers in the real world but can’t complete a lap in Gran Turismo. Now Nissan Europe and Sony are trying to find out if gamers can transfer their skills to the real world. Starting on June 2nd, Playstation3 owners can submit their fastest times in a 350Z on the Eiger Nordwand track. The 20 fastest drivers will be invited to compete face-to-face in July, with the three fastest invited to enroll in GT Academy in Silverstone in England using a Skyline GT-R. As this comes from Nissan Europe, no word yet on whether non-europeans will be allowed to participate.
Source: Edmunds/Inside Line
Image: Polyphony Digital
Before I get into how much I love this thing, let’s be clear. I’m not an SUV guy. Most SUV’s handle terribly, and accident statistics show how often they are driven by people who don’t know it. Personal observation also suggests most of them don’t need them, but hey, it’s a free country. If I had to buy one, some are obviously better than others. The Cayenne. The Toureg. The Range Rover. The X5.
But none of them are remotely as cool as this Hummer H1 Alpha - custom-modified as a Storm Chaser. And it’s for sale.
If you haven’t read "The Driver", I’ll let you in on a secret. We at Team Polizei like to think outside the box…the Polizei uniform box, that is, which is why - on our final cross-country run in October 2006 - we didn’t merely strip the Polizei M5 of our traditional livery. We re-liveried as Storm Chasers, and although we were lucky enough never to have to resort to what little Storm Chaser knowledge we studied prior to departure, let me tell you, the mere thought of encountering a real tornado made me realize how hilariously bizarre a Storm Chasing M5 must have looked.
You want to see balls?
Continue reading ‘Hummer of Love - The H1 Alpha Storm Chaser…For Sale!’
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Rory Camangian - formerly of Spike TV, a three-time(?) Bullrun veteran, former co-pilot of Fast Lane Daily’s Emil Rensing, an automotive industry man-about in New York & LA, and a man who also appears in my book at a critical moment, has written quite a thoughtful and unbiased review of "The Driver" based on his far-superior-to-major-media knowledge of the history of cross country racing.
Now if only he had mention Cory Welles‘ upcoming documentary on the topic, "32 Hours 7 Minutes" just once. Just once.
Thanks, Rory
Team Polizei Wallpaper of the Day #15 shows the Polizei M5 stopped at the foot of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco on the 2004 Gumball 3000…one of the few calm moments on one of the fastest and most difficult driving days in Gumball history.
Here it is, courtesy of the BBC.
The Machester Evening News has just published an exclusive interview with Gumball crash driver Nick Morley. Read it for yourself. I’ll offer commentary tomorrow.
…courtesy of his hometown paper - Nick Morley’s first interview since being released by the Macedonian authorities and returning to the UK. I’m quite curious to learn more about the case, and hope he will release show (or at least discuss) more of the evidence and court documents than what little we’ve seen.
(Thanks to the Manchester Evening News.)
The full story is available here, but only in Macedonian.
(Thanks to Justice, again.)
All of us await a look at whatever court documents become available in the coming days. I’ve been told to expect some coming my way any minute now. For those who haven’t seen it, take a close look at this accident scene video:
