Back Field In Motion 1991 Corvette' title='Back Field In Motion 1991 Corvette' />9. Thank You for Making Corvette Funfest 2017 Unforgettable Opening Ceremonies on Saturday followed the trend of new additions, with the announcement of a new. Bring Back The Fiero. There used to be a car called a Pontiac Fiero. It was awful. Like a mid engined Corvette with half of its cylinders and silly little tires. But it allowed a bunch of really cool kit cars to be built around its mid engine layout, and some people were foolish enough to swap in V8 engines thinking they had just built a GT4. Testerossa. Editors note We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special bout of insanity from friend of the site and crapcan racer hero, Bill Caswell, who is taking over for us this weekend. There was also the Toyota MR2, which was a decent little car. The final iteration with its four cylinder turbo was fun to drive. I took one for an extended, high speed test drive back in the day and loved it. I remember thinking that it needed a limited slip differential and larger sway bars or something to keep the roll down but it was a fun little car. I really wanted one back in high school, because it was mid engine and we all know that the best sports cars in the world are mid engined. Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche sort of, and so on. But then it all stopped. The cheap mid engine cars stopped showing up. There was the Lotus EliseExige and Porsche Cayman but those are expensive. Thats the whole problem. According to the Post, US security experts are almost universally opposed to moving nukes back onto the peninsula. But this is an era where Donald Trumps. We need cheap, mid engined cars so we can build our own race cars like this Fiero that was sold on Craigslist recently. You could also strip them down and cover them with modern day versions of these kit cars and build a Lancia O3. Or we just need cheap mid engined cars because they are so much fun to drive. A lot has changed since the Fiero first came out in 1. I bet GMs engineers could build a modern Fiero that would be awesome. If they can make a Camaro beat a BMW M4 around a racetrack, they can build a Fiero that will be faster and cheaper than a Lotus. I say bring back the FieroThe Dirtiest Corvette Ever. Corvettes are dirty cars. Back Field In Motion 1991 Corvette' title='Back Field In Motion 1991 Corvette' />I dont care how many times they go to Le. Mans with the Z0. Corvette will always remind me of Dirk Diggler, the 1. Even the new ones. Most owners I know embrace their heritage rocking excellent vintage mustaches and jewelry. They learned at an early age that gold goes well with a Corvette. I learned this as a kid too. I also learned that you never button your top three buttons when in the presence of a Corvette. You cant let it know that youre not cool. But this Corvette is different. Its like someone shrank it into a little Miata and then turned it into a dune buggy This is Brian Ballinger and Chris Smithss build for the next Gambler 5. Sly Park. Before we get into how great this is, lets get one thing out of the way. This is my least favorite Corvette model. Its the one Barbie drove. Its the Corvette most likely to enjoy the latest Michael Bolton album with its owner. Yet Brian turned it into heavy metal. You see this pull up and you pray hes not here to pick up your daughter. No way Barbie would drive this. This is awesome. I actually dont know that much about Corvettes but I can only assume that the factory gas tank was somewhere near the rear bumper and all the stuff that Brian cut off. I assume thats why there is now a giant fuel cell dominating the back of the car. I also cant help but see the desert racing dune buggy like stucture thats been hiding under all that sports car. Amazing what a set of 3. Corvette. The mustache and mullet completes the look though. Brian and Chris call their creation the Van Damme Vette and it reminds me so much of my Baja Pig The really cool part about their build is that its still on the factory suspension. They just cut away the bodywork instead of putting the wheels outside of it. Brians entering it in the Detroit Gambler next Spring and you can follow the build on Brian Ballingers and Chris Smiths Facebook page. Maybe I should build a V8 powered Corvette I asked why he started with the Corvette and Free was the answer. Oh, and with the one condition that we race it This is how the best racing stories start. I naturally suggested he cage it and run in the Baja 1. Brians response was, Its on my bucket list.