One Lap of the Web: Happy (belated) birthday, Sir Jack Brabham

-- At the upcoming World's Greatest Sports Coupes exhibit, which opens April 10, the Petersen asked some well-known celebrities to pick their finest "two-seat, fixed-roof high performance car of all time," many of which they happen to own. Personally, we would have gone with the 1979 Ford Mustang, the Toyota Hilux Surf SSR Limited, or the Deathmobile from "Animal House."

-- Quick, name a Japanese car that was designed by Italians. OK, the Isuzu Piazza. Or the first-generation Lexus GS. Do either of those have over one hundred horsepower per liter? Well, the Suzuki Fronte Coupe did. Come and reminisce on the svelte, Lilliputian kei jidosha Fronte, with its 356cc, air-cooled, two-stroke three-cylinder mounted behind the tuckus of Mister Sterling Moss, who rallied an early Fronte SS 466 miles down the autostrada from Milan to Naples, averaging 76 mph. Unlike his 300SLR, the Fronte only had 36 hp. It was also (in its 1971-1976 coupe guise) designed by Giugiaro.

-- Bell & Ross makes watches that resemble aviation gauges. In that regard, the industrial design tendency to make wheeled vehicles somehow resemble airplanes comes into play with the B-Rocket concept, a drag-racing Harley with fighter-jet air intake scoops. Built by award-winning Shaw Speed & Custom, it's the pair's second collaboration since 2009 -- and, naturally, it heralds a new four-figure watch line. "THE DYNAMIC DUO THAT IS BUCKING THE TREND," shouts this frenetically paced slideshow. It does look like something 1930s Batman would ride.

-- Yesterday was the 88th birthday of Sir Jack Brabham. He remains the only person to ever win a World Championship in a car that bears his name. He claimed this honor in 1966. 14 Grand Prix victories, 13 pole positions, and 126 entries marked the career of "Black Jack" Brabham, one of Australia's greatest racing heroes.

-- Brabham and his BT20 are so legendary, in fact, that someone inevitably made a Lego out of it.

By Blake Z. Rong