In the American muscle wars, Ford's 2010 Mustang has received a new ally with the news ConsumerReports placed it above Chevrolet's Camaro and the new Dodge Challenger. The Consumers Union October issue hit the stands Sept. 1.
Vaughn Gittin Jr., who this year traded his 2005 Mustang for a 2010 Mustang GT with a supercharged 4.6L engine, edged up the leader board at Sonoma's Infineon Raceway Aug. 8 with a solid seventh-place finish Aug. 22.
The Top 10 finish added to Gittin's points total and moved him up two spots to third place overall with one round remaining in the 2009 Formula Drift Championship.
It was wet and wild at the start and the finish, but the eighth annual Targa Newfoundland lived up to expectations of excitement for competitors and spectators alike as it made its way up the East Coast of the island Sept. 12-18. The eventual winners toiled away behind a couple of heavy-hitting leaders through the week, but once the boots had dried Friday Roy Hopkins and Adrienne Hughes moved up to their third overall win in a row.