Ford is continuing their series of holiday themed videos inspired by the popular Ken Block Gymkhana video series. The newest installment, entitled “Snowkhana 4: Ho Ho Hokhana”, features not only many recognizable characters from popular movies but also the new Ford Focus RS.
Previous episodes featured classic looking stop-motion video with a miniature version of Ken Block’s rally prepped Ford Fiesta HFHV in the starring role. The miniature Fiesta returns for this episode but is now mixed with some live action sequences featuring Santa at the wheel of the Focus RS. Santa even finds himself being pursued by the North Pole Police, but easily evades capture thanks to 350 horsepower and all-wheel-drive.
Russ Harrison had taken delivery of his 2016 Camaro SS just four days prior to running 10.62 at 128mph at Tulsa Raceway Park. I’m not sure that Chevrolet would call this proper break-in procedure, but racers and hot rodders are a different sort. Russ and the crew at B&R Performance in Oklahoma City, OK planned to hit the ground running with a list of modifications before heading to the track. To get the most out of the new direct-injected 6.2L Gen V LT1 and 8-speed auto, James Karger (of Calibrated by Karger) tuned the factory computer. Using a set of drag radials and skinnies mounted on Weld Racing wheels, Russ went 11.77 right off the bat. Things escalated quickly from there. Planning ahead, B&R installed a nitrous system. Seeing as though the Gen6 had just hit the streets, B&R and Nitrous Express started with the C7 Corvette plate kit with a stand-alone fuel cell for nitrous enrichment. Race gas was dumped into the cell to fend off detonation. With jetting for a 150-shot, the red Gen6 became the first to run 10s, clicking off a quick 1.55 sixty-foot in the process.
Well, that escalated quickly. But anyone familiar with late model Camaros would have expected as much. Many big shops have just gotten their hands on the Gen6 as well, so you can expect this record to be broken soon enough. In the mean time, Russ, B&R and CBK will not be standing by idly. Ported heads and a camshaft are in the works to push this car into the single digits. According to Karger, the purpose of the project is to serve as R&D for a Fireball Edition Camaro, which “will be a package that delivers supercar performance out of GM’s most recent pony car offering.” Stay tuned!
Many fans of the hit UK television show Top Gear know that stunt and race car driver Ben Collins was the man behind the wheel on their test track as “The Stig” for 8 years. With all that seat time behind the wheel of supercars, as well as his own time spent racing in Le Mans and NASCAR, you would think his pick for top stunt car would be something rare and ultra-expensive. Apparently that assumption would be wrong though, as he has gone on record as saying the Ford Mustang is the top choice when it comes time to do some over-the-top movie stunts or chase scenes.
Ben is the star of a new movie called “Ben Collins: Stunt Driver”. In the film Collins uses a Mustang GT Fastback to outrun an assortment of high-performance cars during a very “Top Gear-esque” adventure featuring 48 hours of explosive, high-speed challenges featuring aerobatic planes, helicopter gunships and military vehicles. Collins says "The point of this adventure was to find the perfect car for an epic, high octane, Hollywood-style car chase, and it's the iconic Ford Mustang that gets top billing, Mustang has starred in many a classic car chase during the past 50 years, and is still the stunt driver's weapon of choice to leave the bad guys standing in a cloud of tire smoke."
Roelant de Waard, the VP of Marketing, Sales & Service for Ford Europe said "Mustang has made more than 3,700 movie appearances and has kept cinema-goers on the edge of their seats in car chases from the legendary 'Bullitt' sequence in 1968, to the first movie to feature the all-new Mustang, 'Need for Speed' in 2014.” He went on to say "Being named the ultimate stunt car in 'Ben Collins: Stunt Driver' further cements Mustang's place as an automotive and screen icon."
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