I nearly bought one, but the Fiat engine (not going to happen,) and the salesman’s insistance that the car was made in Italy (it’s made in Hiroshima, Japan on the same line as the MX-5,) put me off.

Awesome!

Great story, but one question. How the Hell did a 2WD Datsun wagon make it out there?!?

Especially when the deck is stacked against them.

Early 70's Chevelle?

It absolutely doesn’t matter what you buy, but nothing you could possibly get — not even an Edsel — could come close to matching the ugliness that is the Aztek.

Mystery? Seriously? How hard is it to pull the VIN and track down the owner?

Maybe the Nevada Highway Patrol needs to hire an investigator to figure this out, since obviously they don’t have any of their own.

I believe that was called “Can-Am” and Porsche/Penskie spent so much, no one else could compete and theseries died.

The volume of oil lost to pipelines is nothing compared to coal. UP hauls three 5-mile-long coal trains to a powerplant in the Dakotas three times per week.

That’s for one power plant.

Street tracks suck (Yes, even you, Monaco.)

You don’t screw with railroad police. Its not like in the movies. These are serious men.

“Manufacturing?” Nope. UP has idled those locos because they used to haul a TON of coal, and now that coal is on the downswing, UP doesn’t haul as much of it. The lost coal business means their business was down something like 20% two years ago.

(UP is a major customer for a rail industry company I worked for.)

Not acceptable, Fiat engine.

Other race venues beckon, I think.

Swing! And a miss...

Aw shoot. The Judge was just working with unwed mothers — trying to help them get their start.

Sorry, but on a hot track, you NEVER stop, unless you’re red-flagged. If there’s an accident, you drive on through, to prevent incidents exactly like this one.

The wheels look right too. In one photo you can count the spokes in the wheel.

You’re seeing a reflector. The actual light is along the bottom of the headlight assembly and looks to be an amber bulb in a clear housing.

...and if it’s an AC charger, shield the damned cable. This ain’t hard, folks.