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The Grand Champion competitors at LS Fest in Bowling Green was a few of the most difficult to date. With awesome vehicle drivers and autos from around the country, it sure was fun to see them all complete for leading honors.
(Photos by Wes Allison) Holley’s LS Fest events are now spread across the country, however the one that started everything is held in Bowling Green Kentucky and also has actually been taking place for 13 years. I’ve been the voice of this event since the beginning as well as have seen it expand from a small little celebration to among the greatest and baddest occasions in the world over that time. We’re discussing an event that commemorates all that is the LS engine, and also does so by inviting anything as well as everything that has LS power to find out for the program, the drags, the autocross, the road course, the off-road track, the wandering, the dyno and certainly the fatigue competition. Yeah, there is a lot going on at this location. And also it’s hugely rad.
Thankfully our brave photographer Wes Allison was on hand all weekend break long shooting photos like a crazy guy and we’ve got gallery after gallery to show you over the following week or two. We’ll have numerous images to share, because nobody brings you extra occasion pictures than we do right here at BANGshift.com.
I can inform you that there are a lot in these galleries that would have made my short list of favorites. Why don’t you take a look at this very first gallery as well as let us recognize which autos and also trucks are your faves as well as we’ll keep bringing you extra all week.
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Ferrari today revealed the Purosangue, the car manufacturer’s initial SUV, as well as also its very first production 4-door automobile. The high-riding bounding horse is the follower to the GTC4 Lusso and loads a recently created V-12 engine good for 715 hp.
Pagani Utopia Pagani exposed its successor to the Huayra, and the style makes sure to be polarizing. What’s tough not to enjoy, though, is the automobile’s powertrain, a twin-turbocharged V-12 that generates 852 hp as well as can be paired with a hands-on transmission.
2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse Ford’s revealed its redesigned 2024 Mustang this week. While the style adhered to a familiar path, there are still lots of shocks, one of them being the brand-new Dark Horse efficiency collection including track-focused variations.
2023 Chrysler 300C A new 2023 Chrysler 300C was also disclosed this week.
The nameplate is back for 2023 and 2023 just, and also production will certainly be
covered to simply 2,200 devices.
2024 Subaru Crosstrek (Japan spec) We additionally saw the covers come off the upgraded 2024 Subaru Crosstrek. The preferred portable crossover enters its third generation with refinements all over, though just the requirements for the
Japanese market have actually been introduced. Lightyear 0 wind-tunnel testing Dutch electric vehicle startup Lightyear is servicing a fastback car as its first design. The business this week introduced that the car edges out the Mercedes-Benz EQS and Tesla Model S when it comes to aerodynamic performance.
Ford Pro Electric Supervan at the Nürburgring -Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien Ford’s Pro Electric Supervan principle was seen testing at the Nürburgring as well as on a few of the German racetrack’s surrounding roads. The idea was introduced in June at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed as well as generates 1,972 hp from a 4-motor powertrain.
2023 Toyota GR Corolla Morizo Edition We drove the new 2023 Toyota GR Corolla. The warm hatch integrates a300-hp inline-3 with a 6-speed guidebook as well as all-wheel drive, as well as it’s just asking to be required to the track.
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Using not much more than an angle mill and also a measuring tape, you can make a VERY wonderful little anvil for your store. While it seems like it would be remarkable to have a big anvil that evaluates hundreds of extra pounds, the fact is that many people who are not heating and also forging steel possibly don’t have the requirement for one that huge. Yet most of us would love to have something larger as well as much more exact than the little anvile pad that you discover on the back of a lot of vises. Hell, often that does not even exist so our vise winds up obtaining a part established on the top and afterwards defeat fifty percent to fatality. An anvil can save your vise from a lot of damage.
In this video clip you are visiting a 16 inch chunk of railway track, which is really much easier to find than you could expect, obtaining measured, marked, as well as shaped, into an actually outstanding and clean-looking anvil. I seriously doubt that most of you would certainly have any difficulty making an appropriate variation of this in your very own garage at home.
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In this video, I turn a Railroad Track into an Anvil making use of an Angle Grinder. This was a great metalworking task for me, I completely appreciated doing this, it was just one of those basic jobs I like, putting something on the workbench cutting some stuff off it, as well as cleaning it up a little bit, and the task is done. Hahaha, Good times.
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Photo: Lars Baron (Getty Images) Welcome to the Jalopnik Weekend Motorsports Roundup, where we allow you understand what’s taking place worldwide of racing, just how to view this weekend’s Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR auto racing, and where you can talk about it, done in one hassle-free location. Where else would certainly you intend to invest your weekend break?
which indicates you ought to probably terminate every one of your strategies. We’re heading into IndyCar’s season finale at Laguna Seca along with NASCAR’s latest playoffs race– though I understand you do not wish to miss out on Monza for Formula 1. Is there anything we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments! Friday, September
Formula 3 Italy Sprint Race
NASCAR Xfinity Series Kansas Lottery 300
Indy Lights Race 1
ARCA Menards Series Kansas Lottery 150
Formula 3 Italy Feature Race
Porsche Supercup Italy Race
Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix
Indy Lights Race 2
NASCAR Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400
NTT IndyCar Series Grand Prix of Monterey
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I’m used to seeing Mexican-market cars at home in Texas because I live right on the U.S.-Mexico border, but when I visited Monterrey, Nuevo León some days ago, I was floored by what I saw.
In the Rio Grande Valley, it’s not unusual to run into a Volkswagen Gol, Suzuki Jimny, Renault Duster or Peugeot 208. Mexican drivers often journey north to the U.S. from the bordering states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León for holidays or just to do a bit of shopping. Malls and grocery store parking lots in the RGV are full of foreign-market cars that I geek out over on a daily basis.
But I was charmed by the cars I saw in Monterrey, which is famous for its Sierra Madre mountains and incredible grilled meats. I hadn’t been to the capital city of the northern state in Mexico in years. I vaguely remember visiting as a kid and being terrified of water slides at the now-defunct Sesame Street water park.
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Forget the water slides. I’ve never had as much fun at any amusement park as I did in Monterrey, where I rented a shitbox with a manual transmission and drove all around the city. Carspotting beats all amusement parks, hands down.
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I was only in town for a couple of days, but made the best of it with my rental so I wouldn’t have to wait on Ubers. The rental had to be something that would blend in, something to make me feel like a local. So, of course, I was given a white Nissan Versa. God bless the econobox with a stick shift. In it, I felt I’d gone native:
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I spent the better part of the day in interviews with folks at NASCAR Mexico, but I managed to get photos of neat cars too. As soon as I arrived at the bus station, a Nissan Tsuru greeted me:
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Not long afterwards I spotted a BMW 1-Series hatchback on the highway. It wasn’t quite the revived “ti” I’d hoped to see, but that’s OK:
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There was this SEAT Altea Freetrack:
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There was the SEAT León Cupra, which is now sold under its own performance brand:
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I even spotted this Ford Anglia at a Harry Potter-themed restaurant. Don’t ask. Themes are apparently a thing down there:
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But out of all the other cars I spotted while in the city and many others not pictured here, my favorite had to be this Dodge 1000 Van:
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This is just a rebadged Mitsubishi Delica! The little cargo vans have been imported and sold in Mexico as Dodge models since the late aughts. Their design dates back to the 1980s, but it looks as good as ever. Such a friendly van.
Driving in the city was a therapeutic experience. And I badly needed some drive therapy. I was afraid driving an outdated, foreign-market car would be terrifying on Monterrey’s highways, but the speed limits are so much lower than the 80-mph I’m used to in Texas. I never felt like I was in a lot of danger, and I slotted into the pocket on busy roads, smiling as cars I’d never see in the U.S. circled around me like schools of fish in the Gulf’s warm waters.
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The Yellowbullet Nationals has actually become one of THE premier direct drag races in the nation, as well as for good factor. Monte Mikho puts on a hell of a show, treats the racers right, and makes certain there is a huge handbag for every person that turns up. No matter what you such as to watch, you’ll find it at the Yellowbullet Nats. Huge tire? Inspect. Tiny tire? Examine. Radials? They got ’em. Index? Yes, that as well. With Pro Mod and also Pro 275 both taking residence $20,000 to win, and X275, Ultra Street, and 8.50 Index all taking home $10,000 to win, plus Warriors and also Top Sportsman both obtaining $5,000 each, there is a ton of cash on the line. There are a lot of bragging civil liberties on the line as every person tries to be the baddest person on the property at Cecil County.
Check out all the courses, handbags, as well as enrollers below, as well as see to it you listen right below to view all the activity LIVE thanks to our close friends at MotormaniaTV. They have actually been there with the Yellowbullet Nationals given that the beginning and we can’t thank them enough for continuing to supply FREE live streaming video from several of the very best races in the country.
Now this is some magically incredible things. You are about to pay attention to a collection of several drag strip ads from Indiana’s Chandler Raceway Park. These were made back in the very early as well as center 1960s and also they capture the age flawlessly and also they catch the marketing technique that as employed at the time as well. Being that the majority of you have either participated in or continue to participate in drag racing events, you comprehend the feel and also gravity that specific cars and also people have. Think of magnifying that by 1,000% on the radio since that’s exactly what you are mosting likely to hear … here.
We enjoy that the audio is so crisp as well as clear on these. The truth that the very first advertisement is totally based around EJ Potter and also his motorbike, after that called Bloody Mary. The man’s tone and also the whole method they speak about the equipment is best as well as if you were a youngster that enjoyed cars and trucks, just how could you potentially NOT drop in this contraption?! During the television Tommy Ivo advertisement they actually promote his vehicle as one of the tourist attractions at the occasion. Just how radical is that? Ivo recognized that the entire bundle was what individuals intended to see as well as the track recognized that as well. By advertising not just the automobile and chauffeur, however also his hauler, it included in the entire program.
The last 2 ads have to do with wheel standers which were actually entering into their own currently in drag racing. Bob Perry’s insane looking Fugitive Corvette and Bill “Maverick” Golden’s Little Red Wagon were amongst one of the most well known wheelie devices in the nation and also they were going to race directs as opposed to make singles at this event. As much as we take this for given today, it was big things back then.
We can go on for days with this one but we’ll simply tell you to listen!
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China-based Zeekr announced Saturday that it will be the first global brand to take advantage of the Qilin battery and third-generation cell-to-pack technology from CATL, the largest EV battery supplier in the world.
It said that the battery tech will first be used in its Zeekr 009, which it calls “the world’s first electric luxury MPV,” with deliveries due in the first quarter of 2023. The battery tech will give the model, perhaps better described as a tall-riding crossover wagon with plenty of passenger space, a driving range in excess of 1000 km (621 miles) on a charge.
CATL first revealed the new version of cell-to-pack tech in April, claiming that it could deliver 13% more power by volume than the 4680-format cells Tesla is shifting to—as well as impressive energy density of 255 Wh/kg with current-tech lithium-ion cells and 160 Wh/kg with LFP cells.
Put simply, cell-to-pack tech skips a step. While usually EV cells are packed into modules, which are then laid into packs, the technology makes some technology leaps to ensure more monitoring and cooling and make the modules unnecessary.
CATL third-generation cell-to-pack tech
With lithium-ion cells, CATL said that the technology will enable EVs to simply pack more cells into a smaller volume, delivering more than a 1,000-km (621-mile) range “in a breeze,” and it hints that it’s looking ahead to other future cell chemistries with the layout, such as sodium-ion.
CATL previously announced a partnership and license agreement with Hyundai Mobis, potentially opening up the door for the tech to be used in future Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis models, but none of those brands have yet confirmed its use in production models.
The cell-to-pack tech isn’t the only innovation CATL has rolled out this year. Its new standalone Evogo battery-swapping technology enables one-minute swaps, according to the battery company. So far it’s planning to launch that technology in 10 Chinese cities. Geely might not be as likely to use that tech as it’s currently testing its own battery swapping as part of its CaoCao ride-hailing service and, perhaps, its budget Geometry EV brand.
Zeekr shuttle for Waymo self-driving service
Zeekr was formed in March 2021 as a “premium electric car company,” and it’s part of Geely, which is a massive industrial company in and of itself, with various automotive brands including Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus Cars, among others. While all those brands have their own engineering resources and manufacturing footprints, Geely’s aim for Zeekr is a bit different, in what it’s calling an “asset light operation strategy”—one that looks to suppliers for core tech, and perhaps to contract manufacturing partners for future assembly.
It has however, with its Zeekr 001 launched late last year, opted for its own “intelligent factory,” in Ningbo, China, that uses extensive robotics, automated ultrasonic inspection, and “intelligent self-adaptation.”
First Zeekr 001 rolls off the line at plant in Ningbo, China – October 2021
First Zeekr 001 rolls off the line at plant in Ningbo, China – October 2021
First Zeekr 001 rolls off the line at plant in Ningbo, China – October 2021
Another brand that comes to mind in the asset-light strategy is Fisker, which is looking to Magna for some of the technology and engineering in its Ocean EV, along with assembly, and to Foxconn for its future Pear urban EV.
In keeping with that way of doing business, Zeekr has previously announced collaborations with Waymo on a ride-hailing vehicle, and with Mobileye on a consumer-oriented Level 4 autonomous EV due in 2024. Its Zeekr 001 is based on Geely’s SEA architecture that will also underpin the Polestar 3 among others.
Geely has said that its plans for Zeekr are focused on the China market initially, but it will consider export opportunities.
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