LoveFab sets out for Pikes Peak: Autoweek TV

April 2, 2013

Also in this episode: NHTSA is requesting permission to change noncontroversial rules; Lewis Hamilton singing.


-- NHTSA wants more power.

-- LoveFab is headed back to Pikes Peak.

-- And Lil' Chinstrap wants a career in music.

Our little buddies over at the National Hookers Travel Safely Administration are proposing that they be given the authority to make “noncontroversial rules” the law of the land without public comment. Who decides which rules are noncontroversial? NHTSA, that's who. You know what? Why not. Nobody likes having to get permission.

Traverse City's own Pikes Peak daredevils, LoveFab, are heading back to Pikes Peak. The car they will drive is loosely based on an Acura NSX, but it will sport a Chevy LS1 making around 800 lb-ft of torque and weigh under 2,000 pounds. Good luck guys, try to keep it out of the trees this year.

Finally, if you've ever seen Lewis Hamilton on TV and thought “hey, I need to hear this guy sing … now,” here's a video. Now, if you saw that video and thought “I need more of that” or “I need a poppier version of that,” well, good news: Lil Chinstrap's got a new pop record in the works. Maybe. Yahoo reports that the former World Champ is renting a studio and laying down tracks with producer/singer Angel, who you may know from…

Just kidding, there's no way you know him. Want to try? How about the hit EP “Seven Minutes Before Time”? No? Ok, how about some singles -- these were big: “Go in, Go Hard,” featuring Wretch 32? Nothing? What about Wonderful? Exactly. Well, if things don't work out with Lewis and Angel, we hear Phil Spector has some time on his hands. That's topical. See, I'm with it.

Anyway, that's the news.