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Craving for the sound of revving engines and metal clashing? Or simply having the need for speed? Now, you definitely don’t have go to the race track since this Friday, April 3, director Justin Lin presents his latest car racing movie into U.S. theaters with the fourth installment of “The Fast and the Furious” series, “Fast and Furious”.

Throughout the years, Hollywood has produced various kinds of car racing movies, bringing to big screen heart-pumping actions in both the race track as well as the plain street. While some classic car racing movies pave the way for the modern ones and still are worth revisiting, the technology in filming evolves to the better and so does the action behind four-wheels. Nowadays, filmmakers are competing to lay in the open more and more intricate stunts in feature films no one imagines could be done.

In commemoration of the impressive car race stunts presented in many tire-burning films, AceShowbiz assembles the list of top ten car racing movies from the classic ones to the most recent. While most of the movies listed are Hollywood films, three of them are internationally-produced. With that said and as Darrell Cartrip put it in “Cars”, “Boogity Boogity Boogity! Let’s go racin’!”

50 Cent is attempting another career reinvention just yet. Already has a very successful rapping career and has established himself in a wide variety of fields outside of his career in the music industry, it indeed is his first foray into the automotive world. Word has it that 50 Cent has teamed up with high-profile car maker Pontiac to produce his own customized G8 sedan.

The unique G8 reportedly is being manufactured by Australian automaker Holden and will go on sale in the United States by 2008. The company plans to ship 30,000 to the US each year.

“Partnering with Pontiac has given me the opportunity to create something truly unique, a customized performance vehicle I am really proud of,” 50 Cent said of his new business venture. “The G8 is like none other and it pushes the boundaries of what people think a car has to be.”

The new G8 is said to be totally customized, with custom paint and exterior appointments, a re-trimmed interior outfitted with an audio system that shakes the ground, 22 inch rims, a customized exhaust system, leather interior, an 800 watt system, low-profile Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires and other features.

A prototype of the customized Pontiac G8, which was designed with Will Castro from Unique Autosports, has been unveiled at the 2007 Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, an automotive trade products event, Tuesday October 30th.

“The most interesting aspect of the project is what we didn’t do to the exterior,” Castro said on the vehicle. “We didn’t add a body kit, spoilers or lower the car. The G8 has the right stance and appearance, so we only accented the original form with details that made it unique.”

Below are some pictures of Fiddy posing with his own customized G8 sedan at the SEMA.