During the Texas Invitational Fall 2012 Roll Race Event this past Sunday, October 14, there was a race held between two heavily modified versions of the previously mentioned sports cars, both of which featured twin-turbocharged engines.
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And yes, as you probably already have figured out, there's nothing legal nor safe about these street races…
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The vehicles that stood out the most were a Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 dressed in a chrome foil wrap with contrasting red pin stripes decorating and highlighting the supercar's hard edges, a Batmobile replica from Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film and a Dodge Viper ACR.
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Found for sale on eBay, is this 1971 Plymouth ViperCuda, which as the name suggests, is powered by a V10 engine sourced from the modern day Dodge Viper. But there's more than meets the eye to this creation that started life as a four-seater 1971 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible with a 318 cu.in. (5.2-liter V8) engine.
The comprehensive conversion was performed by Time Machines from Hudson, Florida, which begun by acquiring the intact chassis and V10 engine from a wrecked 2001 Viper with 23,000-miles on the odo.
After stripping the Barracuda's body from the original chassis, they then fabricated a hybrid platform incorporating most parts of the Viper's chassis components including the fully independent suspension.
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Calling it a roadster is probably a bit of a stretch as the only part of the roof that has been removed is the center section above the heads of the passengers. In this case, Targa would be a more appropriate name.
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After production stopped in 2010, there were reports that the Viper would not be resurrected, which the group later dismissed. Nevertheless, for a while its future was shaky, a fact acknowledged by the company’s executives.
“Beyond being the flagship for the new SRT brand, the launch of the 2013 Viper proves that we simply would not let the performance icon of the Chrysler Group die”, said SRT boss Ralph Gilles.
“Willed to live on by a very special group of performance enthusiasts inside the company and across Viper Nation, this SRT team under our new leadership was challenged to not just continue the legendary Viper, but to create a world-class supercar that would showcase the very best we have to offer.”
An anonymous tipster sent the images to Insideline, which suspects that they are sourced from a video that will be shown during the sport coupe's presentation in New York tomorrow afternoon.
What we see in these shaky, but high-resolution screenshots pretty much matches the car in the previous photos and even SRT's own teaser images.
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After affording us our first look at the interior last Thursday, SRT has now published a darkened image of the new 2013 Viper's front end where we see the sports coupe's sculptured hood with a prominent center air scoop that is flanked by two smaller vents.
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So, here we are with what could be that last teaser before the actual reveal of the brand-new Viper on April 4 at the 2012 New York International Auto Show, unless SRT has more competitions in mind…
What you see is the next Viper's interior with a shot taken from the front and in an angle from the driver's position showing part of the center console, the red sport seats and the manual gearbox shifter.
If you pay close attention to the seat in the picture, you'll see that SRT's people have sneakily added a bar code that takes you to another page to join next week's webcast once you scan it with a smart phone.
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The web page also includes a picture of the new Viper covered in a white sheet that outlines the shape of the sports car.
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"Want to sneak another glimpse of the 2013 SRT Viper?" SRT asks in a post on its Facebook page. "Help us gain 2013 new 'likes' in 2013 minutes, and we'll drop a special teaser image. The race is on. Let's go."
In the past 4 hours, the said posting has received 1,161 'likes', meaning its more than half way there and that it will reach its goal in much less than 2,013 minutes or 33.55 hours.
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Foust and co-driver Wood try to outwit a Cobra attack helicopter driving the last and soon-to-be replaced, Dodge Viper SRT through a small Southern town.
You can catch a glimpse of the video after the break and if you wish, you can also leave us a comment on what you think about the show up until now.
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Unique Movie Cars, a company run by the Sciortino family, who design and build vehicles for movies and television, created this one-of-a-kind Viper RT/10 limousine.
It measures 25-feet (7.62 meters) long and can seat up to 12 passengers. The stretched Viper will make a special appearance at the Sam’s Town 300 NASCAR race in Las Vegas this Sunday, running the first lap around the race circuit.
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And it’s not only the digital rendering from the 2012 Hot Wheel list, as photos of the actual toy car version of the 2013 SRT Viper also slithered their way into an enthusiast forum.
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The picture was posted on Brazilian Hot Wheels enthusiast website T-Hunted alongside several other car models from the toy maker's 2012 lineup, but the news quickly spread around like wildfire to websites all over the world including Jalopnik and Autoblog.
Now, you might be wondering why we didn't post the story last night. Well, to be frank, we were not yet convinced about its authenticity so we set out to do our own research before telling you about it.
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The new image shows something that looks like it could be a carbon-fiber dressed air intake, though we're not entirely sure. You can check a larger version of the teaser photo after the break and tell us what you think.
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The man had a very difficult time positioning the Ferrari on the ramp leading towards the exit, and all this because of the car's extremely low ride height.
He and some other people, who all appear to be participating in some sort of rally (judging by the decals on the car and their badges), tried all sorts of ways including driving the F430 in reverse, but to no avail. Finally, one of the men lifted the Ferrari's front wing and the car was able to make the ride to the top unscathed.
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Following last month's release of the black and white teaser of the new Viper, which will be marketed under the SRT brand instead of Dodge, the Detroit automaker has now revealed the new and more sinister looking "venomous" logo nicknamed "Stryker".
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The black and white picture outlines the front end of the model, which seems like it will keep the familiar face of the previous generation Vipers, but that's about it.
We'll remind you that the new Viper drops the Dodge nameplate and adopts the SRT moniker.
A couple hundred clicks later, SRT came out with an announcement saying that the teaser was the teaser it would release the first official shot on Monday, 11:59.59 PM Eastern Time.
