What can you buy for $100,000 or less?

The New Dodge Viper SRT10, hitting the streets in Spring 2008.

The Racetrack ready Dodge Viper SRT10 is a 600 horsepower racing machine that goes from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds and zero to 100 mph in 7.8 seconds.  The car’s estimated gas mileage is 12 miles per gallon, but who cares about gas mileage if you can afford this bad boy?

The car is designed with nothing but speed in mind.  Reportedly getting into the Viper can be tight, and the car is “difficult to tame”.  It is not made for a trip to the grocery store.  Although, if you have money, why not?  Why not drive this car to the grocery store, the mall, the post office.  If I had this car in my hands, everyone would see it.  This car wouldn’t be sitting in the garage under a cover.

The Dodge Viper SRT10 is a front engine, rear wheel drive 2 passenger, 2 door coupe.  Forget packing up the kids.  Leave them at home with the babysitter and take your wife out on a ride.

And the winner is?

In the closest race in NASCAR history, the Daytona 500 was won this year by Jamie McMurray…by 6 inches.  Following closely behind McMurray was Kyle Busch, although neither driver knew who won the race until a slow-motion camera was consulted.  The time difference between the two drivers was .005 seconds. 

Jamie McMurray, born June 3, 1976, has been driving in races since he was a young boy.  His official start with NASCAR began in 2002.  He currently drives the #26, sponsored by Crown Royal, and his team is Roush Fenway Racing. 

So far in 2008, McMurray is having a good year.  He made $276,888 for his Daytona 500 win on 2/17/08 and over $400,000 in total this year – and it’s only February.

Kyle Busch, who drives the #18 car, is part of the Joe Gibbs Racing Team.  Busch, who races around the track in the unmistakable M&M car, has been winning races since his 2005 rookie season. 

In his first year in NASCAR, Busch had five wins, 16 top five finishes, and 13 top ten finishes.  He was a runaway candidate for the Rookie of the Year.  Busch, born on May 2, 1985, is one of the youngest drivers ever to win a NASCAR race.