056 - Power and Speed - TX2K, GM FAILS, EPA

Mike, Tom, and Tad in Studio.


 


Our very own "Hollywood Tom" visited the Royal Purple raceway
this past week for the Texas 2K race.  This is a fairly
interesting event in comparison to straight up drag racing.
 If people do not know what this is all about, think "roll
racing" but at a drag strip.  For most of the old school
drag racers this is a little strange, but the numbers are very
impressive.  


GM's fails can be debated and argued forever.  The guys on
the show are all GM guys for the most part.  (Tad is sort of
a Chrysler guy)  It's really hard to understand from the
outside why GM does what it does.  Mike has a love hate
relationship with the Excursion but at this point there is
nothing to replace it on the market.  Why can't GM
make a Duramax Suburban?  Diesel performance interest
is pretty high, and lots of people love trucks/SUVs.  GM are
you listening?  Mike has an idea, try not to get arrested.


EPA and politicians, two very dirty words in most car guys
vocabularies.  Is this why we don't have the cool rides that
seem like no brainers to build?  It's hardly an excuse for
GM's designs, but could explain the lack of vehicles people want
to see.  


Nest week is up in the air.  Tom is traveling to Abu Dhabi
for the "Custom Show".  He might call from the plane being
the high powered celeb he is.  Follow on Facebook to get
updates on the plan for next week.


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