You really hit a lot of cones in the autocross!

This was what Scott had to say about my autocrossing skills as he was editing the following video. All I have to say for myself is that it has been an awfully long time since I ran the cones!

Really though, Scott was much kinder in his portrayal than I was expecting. Thanks Bro!

Autocross at IMPA 08 from Scott Simmons on Vimeo.

Seeing as all of our readers south of the border are going to have a bunch of time on their hands with this super long weekend, we are going to have a video marathon here in The Garage. Over the next few days, you can expect to see the BMW 1 series in action, a very dirty Nissan Xterra and we put the Dodge Challenger SRT8 through it’s paces.

Oh yes, that 19 second run was clocked by non other than Crash Corrigan.

We’ve watched The General trying to reinvent their marketshare and there is no question that they’re working hard. Here in The Garage, I’m wondering if they are about to make a giant brand image blunder. The rumour floating around is that they are close to launching a V6 Corvette coupe based on the Kappa platform. This platform is the base for the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice. Wow, talk about diluting the strongest brand in GM’s arsenal.

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