ELECTRIC RACE CAR BREAKS SPEEDWAY RECORD

FONTANA, CA –  The KleenSpeed WX10, driven by Timothy Collins, set a record at the Fontana Speedway, smashing the previous one set by Jeff Gordon in 1997.
During time trials held at The Fontana Speedway in Fontana, CA on July 18th, the KleenSpeed WX10, averaged over 193 miles per hour.  The car was developed by KleenSpeed technologies.  In 1997, Jeff Gordon averaged a Sprint Cup Race record of 155 mph and the track record had previously been held by Kurt Busch, who averaged 177 mph in time trials in 2000.
The KleenSpeed WX10 is the product of a joint venture with West Racecars, who provided a state of the art prototype sport racer platform, and KleenSpeed, who sourced, developed, installed and integrated the electric engine and systems.  After learning of the record, Collins celebrated by jumping up-and-down in the air thirty times, rolling on the ground five times, and then downing a cold bottle of Soy Milk.
The Fontana record has both racing aficionados and automotive engineers baffled.  The designer of the KleenSpeed WX10 system, Dante Zeviar, said the race car had just been tested on July 14th and topped out at 120 miles per hour, “I don’t know how Tim got that much out of the car.  We’re all amazed.”   To confirm the results NASCAR is sending representatives to the Fontana track, to KleenSpeed’s offices and to the home of Collins.   Some have made the ridiculous charge that Collins might have been using performance enhancing drugs on the day of the time trial.
NASCAR President, Mike Helton, said they are taking the track record very seriously, “If these results are confirmed, we’ve not only proven the viability of electric cars on the NASCAR circuit, but also… we’ve found our next NASCAR superstar.”
A pit boss at Fontana, John Kehoe, said that he’s never seen a driver like Collins.  “That man could make a VW Bug fly around this track!   He’s magic behind the wheel…pure magic.”
Many who were there that day remarked that when they saw Collins climb into the KleenSpeed WX10, they thought they saw a flash of light.  “It was like he had some kind of magical fireworks flashing all over his body.  Dang, it was something,” said rear-tire changer, Steve Arcano.  “Some guys got it.  And some guys got it.”
Jimmie Johnson, the NASCAR superstar, saw a tape of the time trial and was not only impressed, he was nervous.  “I didn’t believe it when I heard about it, but then I saw the tape and either there’s some voodoo stuff going on in that car or Collins is one heckuva driver.   I hope he joins NASCAR, so I can have some real competition for once.”
Collins, who is already being courted by the biggest sports agents in the country, is celebrating his 70th birthday with his family in San Francisco this weekend, so he is holding off making any decisions about his racing career.  But WWN has learned that he has already been entered into the BrickYard 400, which takes place in Indianapolis on July 25th.  NASCAR has also officially entered him in The Chase for The Sprint Cup.  He’s picking up endorsements fast – you’ll  see Red Bull and Hair-Color-For-Men emblazoned across the KleenSpeed WX10 when it hits the Brickyard.
And Collins we’ll be wearing lucky #70 when he hits the track.
“Plugged in, fired up!”  Collins shouted to reporters as he rushed into his birthday bash.
Here’s a video of an earlier time trial of The KleenSpeed WX10 with Collins at the wheel:
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