An exotic-car track experience in Las Vegas is a fantastic way to beat the Utah winter blues. Dream Racing, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is where I learned learned that racing is not driving!

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car Series (OUSCS), presented by Advance Auto Parts, is all about showcasing highly-modified, but still street legal, cars in a high-performance environment. The 2024 Lingenfelter GTL Class champion is none other than Utah driver Lane Farka.

I recently got a brief test drive in the Lotus Emira, which Lotus claims is the last internal-combustion powered vehicle they will  produce. I also got to test the Lotus Eletre: the electric “hyper SUV” that heralds their future. 

So what were my impressions of the old and the new?

Salt City Drift claims to be “the only organization in the Wasatch Front for drifting on track.” I got to hang out with this crowd at the Utah Motorsports Campus West Paddock on July 6th. The adrenaline was pumping almost nonstop.