Tim McKenzie
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Watch Alcohol Funny Car Crash at 250 mph (402 Kph)
21 Aug 2022, 10:14 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It's hard to imagine what could ruin a sunny summer Saturday afternoon quicker than losing control of your 4,000 horsepower funny car and hitting a wall. That is exactly what happened to top Alcohol Funny Car driver Doug Gordon yesterday (A...
Zero to 334 Miles per Hour in 3.66 Seconds in Brainerd, Minnesota
21 Aug 2022, 07:08 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Brittany Force rebounded from a forgettable weekend in Kansas last week by arriving in Minnesota and posting two solid and consistent days of qualifying to earn a first-round bye for Sunday's Lucas Oil Nationals. She followed up Friday'...
It's Official! U.S. Pulls Plug on EV Momentum
17 Aug 2022, 06:32 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It's really hard to digest the enacting of legislation that effectively kills the momentum that has taken place in the electrification of the automobile over the last couple of years. The same financial incentives that were yanked yesterday in...
World's Largest Airline Is Going Supersonic
16 Aug 2022, 16:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Not since the demise of the Concorde in 2003, after 27 years in the skies above, have commercial airline passengers had the option of flying at supersonic speeds to reach their destinations. Slowly but surely, the second coming of supersonic com...
Polestar 6 Concept Roadster To Hit the Road but After the Polestar 5
16 Aug 2022, 13:31 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Gothenburg, Sweden-based Polestar has announced plans to move forward with the Polestar electric roadster comcept straight into the production phase. However, not anytime soon ,as production of the Polestar 6 is not scheduled until 2026. &...
To Hellcat and Back – Most Powerful SUV, Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, Returns in 2023
16 Aug 2022, 09:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Muscle SUV enthusiasts rejoice! Dodge is bringing back their Durango SRT Hellcat in 2023 by popular demand. Thanks to demand, the original production run of 2021 was extended, but the model was curiously absent from the 2022 model year. Now it i...
Porsche U.S. Headquarters To Utilize Hot Georgian Sun To Power Operations
16 Aug 2022, 06:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Atlanta, Georgia, commonly referred to as 'Hot-lanta' during summer months, is widely known as the home of Coca-Cola, CNN, and UPS, and one of the busiest airports in the world. However, a much more important resident of this Georgian cit...
Just Maybe the Porsche IPO Gig Is a Bad Idea Right Now
15 Aug 2022, 15:01 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Back on February 24, 2022, Volkswagen AG announced that an assessment would be done on the feasibility of potentially taking Porsche AG public through an initial public offering (IPO). Porsche AG is controlled by Volkswagen AG, the largest autom...
Two Top Qualifiers Win, Two Others Don't Come Close on the Dragstrip
15 Aug 2022, 07:09 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The parity in NHRA drag racing was crystal clear in the Heartland of America over the weekend, all but assuring an all-out dogfight until the end in pursuit of the championship. After struggling all year as the owner of AB Motorsports, Antron Br...
Harvick Ekes Out Second Consecutive Win After Driving Blunder
15 Aug 2022, 05:08 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / For a gathering where cars are traveling at over 200 mph playing bumper cars jockeying to gain the advantage around a short racetrack, Sunday's Federated Auto Parts 400 was relatively uneventful. Of the 36 cars that began the race, 34 finished...
Is an Electric Vehicle Subscription Service a Viable Business Model?
14 Aug 2022, 15:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / As an American, I am well aware of how much we love to be tethered to a monthly financial obligation whether we indulge in what we pay for or not. Boy, do we love gym memberships, we love magazine subscriptions, and many love prescriptions as well,...
Dragster Blazes to a 3.754-Second Run in NHRA Top Fuel
14 Aug 2022, 12:34 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / With a heat index somewhere between OMG and hell, the Menards NHRA Nationals entered qualifying Saturday to see who would emerge with the yellow cap for Sunday. Big-bodied, big horsepower engines are designed and built to harness heat to produce...
Red Bull Racing Plunges Into America's Cup Design and Tech Competition
14 Aug 2022, 12:30 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Red Bull Racing began its campaign in earnest on August 8th to challenge for America's Cup by splashing their AC75 racing boat into the waters of Port Vell in Barcelona, Spain. The city will host the 37th America's Cup, set to kick off in...
Gatsby Rolls-Royce From the Film 'The Great Gatsby' Rolls Onto the Auction Block
14 Aug 2022, 12:20 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The 1925 novel by American F. Scott Fitzgerald 'The Great Gatsby' is often described as the great American novel, with the Gatsby Rolls expertly illustrating the theme of the story. Ironically, the novel sold just 25,000 copies during ...
1 of 15 Skittles Sold in 1940 Hits the Block Fully Restored
13 Aug 2022, 21:33 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The year was 1936 when the American Bantam Car Company was formed in Pennsylvania by a group of partners led by Roy Evans on June 2nd. They transferred assets purchased from the American Austin Car Company and $500 into the new company with the ide...
NHRA Rolls Into Topeka for Menard's Nationals
13 Aug 2022, 09:25 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / This weekend's Menard NHRA Nationals is playing host to all four NHRA Pro classes at Topeka's House of Speed for the first time in 25 years. On a blazing afternoon, Mike Salinas, Bob Tasca III, Greg Anderson, and Joe Gladstone took the to...
GM Will Power All Volcon Off-Road UTVs, Including the Upcoming Stag Four-Wheeler
13 Aug 2022, 07:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Austin, Texas-based and publicly traded Volcon, Inc., announced yesterday (August 12) the company will use General Motors' propulsion systems exclusively to power their line of off-road utility terrain vehicles (UTV). The first all-electric...
Classic Indian Sport Scout Was Kept in a Living Room, Now Heads to the Auction Block
13 Aug 2022, 07:34 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The original Indian motorcycles were manufactured from 1901 to 1953. They were made under the name of Hendee Manufacturing Company, until a name change in 1923 to the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company. During this period they developed ...
Damen-Built 44-Meter Bad Company Support Yacht Goes Fishing After Refit
12 Aug 2022, 11:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / It is highly unlikely the anglers aboard this luxury yacht will suffer the same fate as the fisherman in Earnest Hemingway's tale "The Old Man and the Sea." In it, the old man spends days at sea trying to catch a legendary fish. A...
From the U.S. to the DMZ and Back - 1967 'Vietnam Mustang' on Sale for Veterans' Education
12 Aug 2022, 07:15 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the World's Fair in Flushing Meadow, New York on April 17, 1964, by Henry Ford II, the eldest grandson of the Ford Motor Company's . The 1964 ½ as the model was also unveiled in show...