Over the weekend Abe Lincoln was brought back to life by Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln brand.
- Tony Stewart was invited by Roger Penske to compete in the Indy 500
- Drop Top Customs will turn your hard top into a rag top
- The 5 fittest drivers in NASCAR include Mark Martin and Carl Edwards
- You can still find new Saabs for sale – in Europe
Instructions for how to be an American on Independence Day:
1. Buy three pick up trucks, a Ford, a Ram and a Chevy. Apply a #99 sticker to the Ford, a #43 sticker to the Ram and a #3 sticker to the Chevy.
2. Road trip to a state that’s notorious for selling illegal Chinese fireworks. If they’re legal anyways, still drive to a state that’s notorious for selling Chinese fireworks.
3. Drive each truck through a river, preferably the great Mississippi. Creeks will also do.
4. Set up the barbecue (propane or charcoal) at the fireworks store and grill up some hot dogs. Apply yellow mustard to the hot dogs and eat.
5. Put the garbage wherever and by wherever we mean a trash receptacle.
6. Buy fireworks and drive back through the great Mississippi while holding lit sparklers out of the window because it would just look cool.
7. Park the trucks on the front lawn of a house and crack open a cold beverage. Watch people drive by.
8. Grill up some more hot dogs, give the leftovers to the dog and discuss the wrestling career of “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan.
9. Set off fireworks from the bed of each truck at night. Leave the garbage in the front yard and pick it up the next day.
10. Go to bed content because you’re officially American.
Photo credit: accelerator3359
The weekend that was November 18-20 gave us time to prepare for a short three-day week and, of course, the latest Nascar Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart. Read more by following the links below.
- Chevrolet’s proves that “Chevy Runs Deep” aint no joke
- Tony “Smoke” Stewart took the Sprint Cup Championship over the weekend at Homestead in Miami
- ESPN’s Ed Hinton calls Tony Stewart a Nascar legend
- The VW Caddy got some cred from Hooniverse’s “What the Truck Weekend”
As November closes in towards Thanksgiving, a couple of things have to happen. First, lots of delicious turkeys have to be brutally killed for next Thursdays festivities. Second, the finale of the Nascar Sprint Cup season will culminate in a battle between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards this Sunday. Until these two things happen, check out the links below this picture of an Alfa Romeo American roads will never see.
- For more pictures of all the cool cars America rarely sees, check out Simon’s Car Spots
- Consumer Guides Auto created a gallery of the “weird and wild” cars from SEMA
- Edmunds InsideLine’s intel report on the the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7
- What’s really better for the environment: diesels or hybrids?
- Jimmie Johnson is going to come out on top in the 2012 Nascar season
Have you started hearing Christmas music yet on the radio? If so, we apologize. In other, non-Christmas music related news, we’ve provided a tidy set of links from across the web below.
- A proposed license plate with the confederate flag was rejected by Texas
- Izod IndyCar announces a race scheduled in China for 2012
- The Nascar Sprint Cup Chase between Edwards and Stewart is about to be epic
- Mojo Motors is now on Google+ posting auto news, pictures and other sorts of silliness
- Five concept cars that the world will see in 2012