0-200-0 Shootout

It’s been said there’s addiction in everyone, an adage that certainly applies to the denizens of 2002 Hogback. Our chosen agents? Horsepower and speed, of course. And we just went on a bender that plunged us straight to rock bottom by running five modified sports cars—three of which made more than 1000 horsepower—from standstill to 200 mph and back. It’s the world’s first 0-to-200-to-0 smackdown, and it has left us with one question: Where’s that number for Betty Ford?

Five years ago, this test would probably not have even been possible. In those days, any car boasting four figures in the horsepower column was most likely a temperamental drag racer burning specialized high-octane race gas and generally unfit for street use. But thanks to advances in electronics and turbocharging, several companies today claim to produce modified production cars with 1000 and more horsepower that run on 93-octane pump gas and are civilized enough for everyday driving. Contiuned...