Stick-Lee: The duct tape, Fifth Ave General Lee

When I saw the story (17-year-old car lover and his Fifth Avenue), I was thinking it’d make a nice Next Generation feature for Koch. Patrick Varnadore is enrolled in the Okaloosa Applied Technology Center, on his way to the NASCAR Technical Institute August, so he’s clearly interested in more than just a cheap ride.

Then I saw the car. According to the story in the Northwest Florida Daily News, Patrick needed to hold in a window on his ‘86 Fifth Avenue. “One of my friends came up with the idea of going for a world record and covering the whole thing in duct tape,” Varnadore said. “I took it one step further and wanted to make it look like the General Lee.”

I’m not sure there is a “car most covered in duct tape” world record, but Patrick went for the gusto, anyway. He’s about 60 percent of the way there, and is in it for more than just the novelty value: He’s looking for a Grave Digger scholarship, up to $10,000 awarded by Grave Digger driver Dennis Anderson, to help cover his $40,000 NTI tuition. “I’ve always loved to watch NASCAR, but I’ve never raced,” said Patrick. “Pit row will be the next best thing to racing”

The NWFDS photos are obnoxiously watermarked, but you check out their gallery here. Their video is somewhat better, although at no point to they actually show the whole car.

Things I learned in writing this post:

1. There’s a NASCAR Technical Institute
2. There’s a Grave Digger scholarship at the NASCAR Technical Institute

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Head Over and Check Out StreetFire’s New Homepage!

Last week, we launched StreetFire’s new homepage for registered users—you had to be logged in to see it—but now, we’ve taken the plunge and pushed it out for everyone. At the very top of the page, you’ll still see a widget highlighting nine videos Nads and I have picked, but everything under that has changed. In addition to a section showcasing the Popular New Videos, there’s a new home for our Channel Partners—Speedhunters, Bang Shift, SpeedTV—and a constantly updated area showing the Newest Videos on the site. Since StreetFire and CarDomain are totally BBFs now, we canned the StreetFire blog and added a feed that will feature the lastest posts to the CarDomain blog. That means you’ll see stuff from writers other than me, which I’ve been told is a very, very good thing. Overall, we’re really happy with the redesign, and think it will do a much better job of showcasing all the awesome content on StreetFire.  Head over, check it out, and let us know what you think!

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Video: Honda V10 F1 Engine On A Dyno

What a way to start off the morning!!! The sun is out in full force for the 1st time in 3 weeks, so life is automatically great. Then I get to work and what is waiting for me in my inbox? A killer video link from my friend Jesse @ Whynatte.com that will turbo charge even your most sleepy morning at the office. So crank up the volume, fire up a Whynatte and enjoy the sweet ass sound of the Honda V10 F1 Engine being tested on a dyno.

Its so Freaking Super Sweet I can guarantee you will watch it more than once!

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The Best Opening Scene(s) in Motion Picture History?

With all this Gumball talk, and RedLine opening just EIGHT days from now, I have to post up the opening credits scene from the original Cannonball Run movie.

The 1981 comedy about the illegal cross-country road race was written by Brock Yates, of Car and Driver fame, who had organized the real-life race as a protest against the 55 mph speed limit. Yates and co-driver Dan Gurney (Le Mans/ F1 winner) also won the first Cannonball, blasting from NYC to LA in 35hr 53min, in a Ferrari Daytona coupe.

The stunning black Countach used in the movie was lent to the studio by Ron Rice, owner of Hawaiian Tropic, and friend of Burt Reynolds.

If you really enjoyed that, check out the opening scene from the 1984 sequel, but be warned, this clip is 8 minutes long, and the Lamborghini shows up only from the 2:43 mark onwards.

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