No one was quite sure how Franz acquired the nickname "Keanu"...

The Star News article mentions Forrest Lucas (of Lucas Oil) and Tony Stewart have both been rumored to be interested in buying it. I'd love to see Smoke buy it and add a winter all star charity race, similar to the Prelude to the Dream he runs at Eldora, but instead invite drivers from a huge mixture of series (IndyCar, sports cars, WRC, F1, NHRA, USAC, World of Outlaws, DTM and V8 Supercar in addition to some of NASCAR's biggest names) and get enough sponsor dollars involved so the purse is huge (e.g. $10 million total, $2.5 million for the winner). Use identical (other than paint job) late model stock cars and run it in two heats (one on the 1/2 mile outer oval, one on a makeshift oval/infield road course hybrid) and the driver with the lowest total time is the winner of the event and however many millions for the charity of his or her choice.

Think of it as the glory days of IROC reborn for a good cause.

And another:
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Here's a glimpse of the banking in action:
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A Grand Prix's not the only front-drive GM product they fit, apparently. I found this Dustbuster in a local parking lot a while back:

You could split the difference (sorta) with the GT70.

I'd dearly love a Pinto Wagon (or a Mustang II hatchback) with a BDA Cossie/Hewland 5-speed combo, lowered over Minilites and fitted with smaller bumpers. Sort of a Euro-style Pinto RS shooting brake.

"Nissan remains the only manufacturer other than Ford and Holden who can claim outright victory at Bathurst..."

O RLY?


Anyway, this news pretty much makes up for the move away from production bodies-in-white.

Ford even did a faux-vertible with the Mustang.

"There's no way you're the third Mehta brother. That car, like you, is too pale!"