Hybrids may be fuel-sippers, but they can go fast, too.   Pictured above is the GZ09, a gas-electric speedster scheduled to race in the American Le Mans Series' Northeast Grand Prix in Lime Rock, CT next Saturday, July 18.

Developed by Corsa Motorsports out of Salt Lake City, it's the greenest of a new generation of race cars that are being developed to maximize fuel efficiency while still delivering plenty of get up and go.  The American Le Mans Series racing circuit is promoting a "race within a race" for its cars, handing out points and a prize for the greenest as well as the fastest car on its tracks.  I wrote a feature recently for The Baltimore Sun about the greening of motor sports, which you can read here.

This baby boasts an E10-fueled 4.0 liter V8 with an "on-board lithium-ion energy storage system," which heightens its fuel efficiency by capturing the energy generated whenever the car brakes.  The dashboard, pictured here, is slightly more complicated than your standard street hybrid, but what did you expect?

If you want to see it up close before it races, it'll be on display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday in Washington, D.C. outside the Department of Energy, at the intersection of L'Enfant Plaza and Independence Ave SW.