Upon closer review, the Phoenix shape is that of a Mustang and not the Ford GT or GT40 that are to the left of the blue oval.

Mustang II's have always been cool.

THAT CAR SITE HAPPENS TO BE JALOPNIK.

Traction? Half the time i'm hearing the front wheels spinning up.

This is a case of being better (braver) than the opposition. Given the circumstances (lack of track knowledge), i'd be quite confident in saying it's the second option. There's a reason FWD is limited to less powerful cars when it comes to HP numbers -…

Well they do race in the same category. Also, you decided to cut the sections in a way that doesn't show the obvious difference in the shape of the nose.

Am I the only one that sees a Subaru XT here?

While the Redhead is associated with the 80's thanks to TV, the problem is you had to be Gordon Gekko or Tony Montana to afford one (or apparently a detective that had access to cars seized from Tony or his buddies).

You're a fun sucker.

The Chrysler 300 has been the safety car at every V8 Supercars race for the past few years

Wrong sir! We all know V8 Supercars is THE BEST touring car series hands down!

They fight and yell at each other in V8 Supercars too, they're not that special.

Shakotan is essentially the term for any type of automotive style that takes inspiration from the old widebody silhouette Japanese GT racers, like this old DR30:

That's called Shakotan, not Bosozoku.

I'm always bewildered when people are amazed at racers who survive big wrecks. Race cars are literally the safest thing anybody can sit in, and it's only a bizarre case that results in a death. The most spectacular looking crashes look so spectacular because the car is doing its job: disintegrating around the…

Re "take a family sedan, completely strip it out to turn it into a race car" - they don't share anything important with the production cars. They are just similar-styled body panels bolted to the space-frame chassis.

While Mr. Vettel is undoubtedly very talented, I don't think we can attribute this "save" purely to his skills as a driver. I think physics is more responsible for the fact that he didn't slam any harder sideways into that wall, after bumping it with the rear tire. So yeah, physics and probably a lot of "luck" >…

In my home state of CT, we call this "X-cars". bunch of beater pos Saturns racing on a short oval, wheel to wheel for 30-100 laps. Its pretty exciting.

With the right setup, the old Saturn S-cars aren't too shabby. For example, if you have a standard S-car, and you swap the PCM from an auto, you just removed the rev limiter. The torque converter was used as the limiter on auto cars. I used to work at a dealer that had a built car for a local speedway. This was one of…

That is true. Especially the last part. "Hey man, what car did you bring?" "Oh, well, it doesn't really fit in...but that's ok, it's a Miata. I'll be fine. Did you know, I run autocross on the weekends? I'd love to talk your ear off about it for the next 3 hours while passively asserting whatever you do for fun…

On the flip side of this argument, the autocross guys i've run into are typically the first ones to act as though they've written "The Bible of Performance Driving at the Absolute Limit" and are quite quick to tell you how much they know about controlling a pants shittingly frightening 1.8L 4 cyl in a parking lot. …