Jay Leno vs. Jeff Gordon

[street_racer_00]

I happen to be a big fan of late-night television, and on the Tonight Show this evening, Jeff Gordon was one of the guests. They had a burnout contest in two identical brand new Chevy SSRs...DAMN those things can make some SMOKE...Jeff ended up beating Jay by about 1/2 a yard (it was a distance contest). Not bad for an old rich comedian!

[Robs71Nova]

An old rich comedian with one of, if not THE biggest car collection in the world. That sounds like it would have been awsome to watch.

Rob

[Underground_Killah]

damn i didn't have the tivo set for that... woulda been awesome to see

[my3rdskyline]

i would bust a fucking nut if I got a chance to visit lenos garage

[HighRev87]

Lol that reminds me...anyone see that car he built based off of a tank's engine? It was featured in car and driver.

[i3o2Matt]

lol damn i wish i could have seen that...my best friend used to have burnout contests with his TEACHER...i never saw it, but the teacher has a late model Ram SS/T with quite a few goodies...supposedly pushin like 4 or 500 horses...against a esentially stock Saturn SL2...u take a guess who would win every time...

[clawhammer]

I watched that too, but I remember Jay beating Jeff by a half a yard, because at then end of the segment I remember Jay saying something like "But you had more smoke coming from the wheels". It was late, and I was tired, but I thought Jay won.

[CivRacer95]

That would have been fun to watch. Too bad I got to bed at like 8 anyway. Jay's collection is unbelievable (car collection that is). I think it would be like putting a kid in a candy store for us car enthusiasts here. The only problem is, you wouldn't be able to touch or taste any of the candy. Late...

[street_racer_00]

Yes, supposedly Jay has a collection of around 160 cars, including an enzo, carrera GT, the last mclaren F1 street car ever built, and the new Ford GT. And HighRev, I too read about the car he has with the tank engine....basically a long narrow tube with that giant engine sitting up front...a 27 liter(no, that isn't a type-o) diesel...one of the most impratical cars ever built no doubt...but probably one of the most fun to drive...the thing tips the scales at like 9000 pounds though, lol.

[ac427cpe]

i wish i could have seen that!

i have a book about dream garages, and leno's is close to the front... soooooo many amazing cars~!

[HighRev87]

Originally Posted by street_racer_00

...a 27 liter(no, that isn't a type-o) diesel...

I cant find that mag, but if I remember correctly...it had MPG to match.

[GritMaster]

I Beleive it was around 4... or maybe it was 4 GPM can't remember, regardless it was still pretty quick, ran like a 15 in the 1/4 or something, as opposed to an abrams that ran a 33. at about 38 MPH :P

[clawhammer]

I remember reading in Car and Driver and with a manual he was getting 2 mpg, and when he switched to an allison automatic transmission his mpg doubled!! Now he's getting 4 mpg.

[street_racer_00]

Oh BOY! lol...pratically prius-like.