Car and Driver, September 2007
2008 Chevrolet Corvette
The Corvette is even quicker for 2008, with an improved steering feel. Another news is that the Vette's pushrod V-8 has been increased to 6.2 liters and now makes 430 horsepower (436 with an optional exhaust system), up from an even 400. But it still has some residual numbness in the chassis, and the same flimsy seats.
The Lame Leading the Blind
The Eye Rock -- a race in which blind drivers and sighted co-drivers compete on an oval dirt track -- is a kind of novelty event held as part of a Saturday-night racing card at a half-mile country track, Lebanon Valley Speedway, in West Lebanon, New York.
Instruments of War
If you loved racing, it was in 1967 -- 40 years ago -- that America conquered the world. The legendary '60s war between Ford and Ferrari began, with the fact that even the gods -- Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari -- grow old. Ferrari was 65, without heirs, and life had become burdensome. In the opposite corner, the company of Hank the Deuce (Henry Ford II) was in full bloom. His only burden was figuring out how to overtake giant GM and become god of all gods.
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