Posts Tagged ‘track’
Scion FR-S – Las Vegas Preview and Quick Drive
We don’t venture out of Texas that often to review a car. We normally like to drive the car here in Texas, on our normal everyday driving roads, so we get a real perspective of how the vehicle behaves for everyday driving. Obviously, we’ll make exceptions like we did with the Scion FR-S. We were [...] read_more»
Goodguys 2nd Spring Lone Star Nationals
Coming up this weekend, March 16th-18th: Classic American nostalgia rolls into town when Goodguys Rod & Custom Association returns to Texas Motor Speedway March 16th-18th for the Goodguys Spring Lone Star Nationals GIANT car show! Don’t miss three big days of hot roddin’ fun Texas style! See over 2,000 ’72 and earlier rods, customs, muscle [...] read_more»
Texas welcomes Formula One
Formula One is coming to Texas. You may have already heard that after some commercial tussle, the US Grand Prix has found it’s new home at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, with the signing of a ten-year agreement last December between COTA owners and the Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Although F1 [...] read_more»
Austin F1 and the U.S. Grand Prix is still alive:
That’s right. All the news we are getting now confirms that the track in Austin and the race will happen. If you have been following along, construction of the 3.4-mile track was halted when the Texas comptroller’s office refused to put up the $25 million it pledged to pay for the F1 sanctioning fee. It seems now that an agreement between read_more»
SRT Track Experience: on the track with txGarage
Last week, we were invited to come out and experience the SRT Track Experience put on by the SRT division of Chrysler and the Richard Petty Driving School. This is a member’s only experience, hence to be involved, you must first purchase a SRT product. None of the staff at txGarage own any SRT products, but luckily, it’s more about read_more»
2012 Ford Mustang BOSS 302 review by txGarage
I wasn’t alive in the 60’s and 70’s, a time that most call the golden era of American motorsports. I never had the opportunity to watch the original Boss 302 race in the Trans-Am series and win, yet it’s a car I’ve heard of many times as this American classic certainly has a reputation that precedes it.. read_more»
Quick Drive: 2012 Acura TL
We haven’t had much interest in Acura over the past few years, although I owned an Integra back in the day, but we’ve tested a few cars that compare to this so we thought we’d jump right in. Also we drove the new TSX real quick at the Main Street in Motion event and were pretty impressed with it. read_more»
The Jay Leno Show:
A little bit about Jay Leno’s new show, called The Jay Leno Show, has been revealed. According to Jay they are going to have a segment challenging the gests racing against each other in “green cars”. Jay says, “You can see who is faster, Shaquille O’Neal or Cameron Diaz” can’t wait for that one. read_more»
Update: Jay Leno on TopGear
As I wrote before, Jay Leno and Jeremy Clarkson are my two favorite car guys out there. Now we have footage on YouTube of Jay Leno’s interview and lap on TopGear. read_more»
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