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The Burrito Cannonball – Day 7 – Car and Driver
Day 7: Zacatecas to Nuevo Laredo—426 miles To sidestep the solenoid issue, we have locked our grandfatherly Ford into overdrive. That means reverse no longer works. Not only that, the car won’t even roll backward due to a quirk of the transmission. Every mile from here on out will be forward, to the north, toward Mom and Uncle Sam.
Exiting the starting arch in Zacatecas, the field files through the narrow streets to the old woman and the cobblestone ski jump. We restart the Ford, slip the clutch, and claw forward, smoke pouring from the transmission tunnel. Read the rest of this entry »
Circuits: Monaco Grand Prix
The Monaco circuit is the shortest GP course of all at 3.340 kilometres. Nowhere else are more laps covered (78), yet the race distance of 260.520 kilometres is the shortest in the calendar. For a closer look at the circuit, watch Mark Webber drive the track in the video above.
Monaco has hosted 57 grands prix since 1950. The circuit length varies from 3.145 km and 3.370 kilometres. For the first 14 GPs the race distance covered an impressive 100 laps. 27 drivers have made it into the winners’ list so far. The most successful F1 driver in Monaco to date is Ayrton Senna, with six triumphs to his name. Read the rest of this entry »
Auto News and Information from Car and Driver – June 2004 – Table of Contents
COMPARISON TESTS Executive Trio, Con Brio: A summit of European left-lane huggers convenes under the Tuscan sun.
Full-Size Minivans: After 600 miles in the latest crop of Mommymobiles, we think the minivan snubbers, shunners, and eschewers are doing themselves a dum-dum.
ROAD TESTS Heaven can wait.
Maybe not one of the world’s seven wonders, but certainly a grand Canyon.
SHORT TAKE ROAD TESTS Chris Bangle’s pony car. Read the rest of this entry »
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