A huge congratulations to Australian racer Duncan Forrest, who has smashed the Class 4D lap record at Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney. The old lap record had stood since 2005.
Racing in the NSW Supersprint Series in his Nissan R35 GT-R equipped with an Aeromotions R2 Dynamic Wing, Duncan destroyed the old lap record by a massive 1.323 seconds, posting a time of 1 min 41.087 seconds.
Ford has announced its new "active park assist" system that is optional on the 2010 Lincoln MKS sedan and the new Lincoln MKT crossover.
With the touch of a button the Active Park Assist system uses an ultrasonic-based sensing system and Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) to parallel park the vehicle without any assistance from the driver. There are sensors on the front and rear of the vehicle to help the system guide the vehicle into the driver's desired parking spot. Ford claims that its system is better than what is offered by Lexus since it requires less driver interface.
The Active Park Assist system will be available in mid-2009 on the Lincoln MKT and MKS. Ford hasn't stated what vehicles are next in line for the technology. Instead only mentioning that the system will be on 90 percent of Ford, Mercury and Lincoln vehicles by 2012.
