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The R34 GT-R was forbidden fruit in America for 25 years.
Nissan never sold it here. A whole generation grew up driving it in Gran Turismo instead. The first ones only became import-eligible in January 2024.
Worth the wait, or overhyped? #R34 #SkylineGTR
5 wins in the first 9 races. Then nothing for six months.
Tyler Reddick finally gets No. 6 at Phoenix, on the same day Larson ended up in the wall and Hamlin got hit with a flat tire and a pit road speeding penalty.
Three races left. Is Reddick back in this thing? #NASCAR
He's not finished yet!
@TylerReddick keeps his championship hopes alive with a thrilling win at @phoenixraceway!
ALT 6x winner graphic for Tyler Reddick.
Steve McQueen wrote the owner in 1977 asking for his Bullitt Mustang back. The answer was no.
The clutch went out in 1980 and it sat parked for decades. Rust, dents, original Highland Green paint.
Then Jan 10, 2020, right here in Kissimmee: $3.74 million at Mecum, a Mustang record at the time.
Greatest movie car ever, or is there a better one? #Bullitt #Mustang
212.809 mph.
April 30, 1987. Bill Elliott puts his Coors Thunderbird on the Talladega pole with a lap nobody has touched since. It's still the fastest qualifying lap in NASCAR Cup history.
In the race that weekend, Bobby Allison went airborne into the catchfence. NASCAR has slowed the cars at Daytona and Talladega ever since.
Talladega's Sunday. Unrestricted, could today's cars beat it? #Talladega #NASCAR
200.447 mph.
March 24, 1970, Talladega. Buddy Baker becomes the first driver ever to lap a closed course over 200 mph, in a winged Dodge Charger Daytona. That lap was more than 30 mph faster than the Indy 500 pole that year.
Dodge built 503 street Daytonas just to make the nose and 23-inch wing legal for NASCAR. And yes, it's named after Daytona Beach. #ChargerDaytona #Mopar
Gallardo, and it comes down to the gearbox. The 458 never offered a manual. The Gallardo LP560-4 still came with a gated six-speed.
562 hp at 9,000 rpm is a hell of an argument for the Ferrari, though. #Gallardo #Ferrari458
Flashback to December 2010, when Road & Track put the then-new Ferrari 458 Italia and Lamborghini Gallardo head-to-head in a test of ultimate supercar performance.
"No other brands in the world more clearly embody the term 'exotic cars' than Ferrari and Lamborghini. Not only do they define incredible performance, but they also invoke passion and excitement among car enthusiasts everywhere. While both companies have a healthy respect for each other, make no mistake that each also has a strong sense of pride and a desire to one-up the other. Given their intertwined history—Ferruccio Lamborghini was snubbed by Enzo Ferrari early on when he complained about Enzo’s road cars—there is nothing more thrilling than to see both carmakers try to out-duel each other with each new generation of cars. So it only made sense to round up these two Italian builders’ latest creations and toss them into the ring for a good fight: The 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia versus the 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera." -Patrick Hong
Which of these two supercar icons would you take?
#flashbackfriday #lamborghini #ferrari #carsofx #roadandtrack
Photos by Guy Spangenberg
Photos: Zacke82 / Wikimedia Commons (public domain); Jeremy from Sydney, Australia / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0"
The joke is half true. 65-degree air is about 5% denser than the low 90s we had Friday, so there really is more oxygen going in. On a 300 hp car that's closer to 10 hp than 50. Turbo cars usually feel it most.
Windows down this weekend either way. #FloridaCars
Lamborghini built tractors before supercars.
Ferruccio Lamborghini started Lamborghini Trattori in 1948. The car company didn't come until 1963.
Farm equipment to the Miura in under 20 years. #Lamborghini
