Mike Colville is a self-described car junkie. He s built 12 cars by hand in his Michigan garage over the years.
But they aren t just any cars. These babies can fly across a desert floor at insanely high speeds, then they slow to a crawl, creeping over the top of a rocky mountain. Colville s cars have competed in Ultra4 endurance races where he was a professional racer for eight years. It was scary, fun, exhilarating and I m proud, Colville, 42, said recently of the endurance off-road races where truck-like buggies race at speeds of more than 100 mph across open deserts and mountainous terrain. There was nothing I liked better than driving in the dust. It brought that competitive spirit out in me.