Ben is on a public racetrack.

Or, this Ariel Atom is on a public street.

Spotted this car on Aero Drive by Fry's at lunch.


The Atom is a road legal race car, it is powered by a K20A engine from a late-model Acura RSX/Honda Civic Si.  It weighs 1350lbs so with the 200hp K20A 4-cyl engine it accelerates to 60mph from a standstill in 2.9 seconds.

Read about it here:

http://www.arielatom.com/

Photography courtesy of Brian via my iPhone.  Blur added in post =)