It has been a while since I went to visit Nick (ask for him if you are buying a car) at Lamborghini of Las Vegas. I was too busy to go to the official Gallardo LP560 event, so I was anxious to see it in the showroom.

The LP560 is beautiful. As its name implies, the new 5.2-liter V10 puts down 560hp. And it does it with better fuel efficiency (17mpg) and a reduction in CO2 emissions. In addition to the additional power, it has new suspension bits, full-time four-wheel-drive, and greatly improved styling. The new front bumper comes to a point in the center of the car, like the Reventon (see pics elsewhere in the blog), and larger intakes help engine cooling and look aggressive. I think the new headlights are the best feature. The new rear end treatment cleans things up, and makes the car look wider, and lower.

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We were very happy to see the first Rever shirts arrive today. They look AWESOME! We can’t wait to share them with everybody, so you can order your shirts on Monday. We’ll get them out to you speedy-like. Check in regularly to see if there are new clothes for people who love cars.

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Many of us in Vegas avoid road trips in the summer. But a few of us, tired of waiting for cooler temperatures, took a quick blast to the Techatticup Mining Camp. The curvy, nearly abandoned roads make for run driving, and the driving-to-rest stop ratio is wonderful if combined with breakfast in Boulder City and a slight detour to see the Colorado River. The group included friends in a Lotus Esprit, Ferrari 355 and Angie and I in the Porsche. It is only 40 or 50 miles from Rever Clothing’s T-shirt HQ in Vegas. Watch out for HiPo on the main highway.

The “mining camp” is really a little rest stop with a lots to look at. Old gas pumps, rusted cars, and a million things that I can only group into the category of “cool old stuff.” There is a barn filled with aged signs, tools, furniture, soda machines, pictures, televisions and radios. You can also wander around an acre or two of buildings, signs, cars and assorted stuff. The shop has hundreds of photos and articles of historic happenings, as well as the many films and TV shows filmed in the area.

For some reason, they have a sign on the door that says “we don’t rent pigs.” I wish I would have asked about that.

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I thought this would be the year that I finally made it to Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats, but managing our first run of Rever T-shirt designs kept me in Vegas. Fortunately, we still had people go to check it out and take pictures. So, no clever commentary, but lots of great shots of things that go fast on salty surfaces. Next year HAS to be the year I make it to Speed Week.

As an incentive, a friend has announced 2009 is the year he goes over 200 miles per hour on a motorcycle. Hopefully, we will start working on that project soon. A turbo ‘Busa should have no problem going that fast, but will it go 250 miles per hour? We will see—it might take a few years.

For those not familiar with Bonneville… It is a 159-square-mile salt flat in northwest Utah. W.D. Rishel recognized it as a perfect speed-testing ground in 1896, and it became famous when Malcolm Campbell set several speed records there in the 1930s. Cars now go over 600 mph. The salt keeps anything from growing, and every rainfall cleans the surface and keeps the densely packed salt very flat. Trivia: The huge beach scene in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was shot there because it is large enough for the curve of the Earth to make the salt seam endless.

A few days ago (September 5, 2008), Cliff Gullett was killed going 239 mph on his motorcycle. His family said he died doing what he loved.