The Protouring Network

UMI Autocross Challenge 2019!

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UMI Autocross Challenge 2019! This past weekend marked the annual UMI Autocross Challenge, located at UMI Motorsports Park in Clearfield, PA. This event was two full days of autocross action from sun up till sun down, with over 1200 runs completed! The track itself is a 5/8-mile oval that has been converted into an autocross complex. Located on top of a mountain, the views … [Read more...]

Viking Performance: The Future Of Shocks?

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Active Shock Management with Viking Performance When you're driving down the road, wouldn’t you love to be able to change the valving in all four of your shocks one-thousand times per second? If you could, wouldn't that be the ultimate ride for comfort and, more importantly, performance?  While this may seem like a far-fetched reality, that's the Berserker Active Shock … [Read more...]

Back To The Future Of Gauges With Dakota Digital

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One of the most popular interior modifications is upgrading your factory gauges. In many classic cars, they were lacking the proper instrumentation that most people want. A speedometer and fuel gauge were the most common found and gauges like a tachometer, water temp, volts or oil pressure were usually upgrades from the base model. Even if your car has these, they aren't as … [Read more...]

Good Guys PPG Nationals Columbus 2019

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Good Guys Columbus 2019 PPG Nationals After years of attending the Good Guys Del Mar show, last year we attended our first Good Guys Columbus show. This is the show everybody says is the biggest of them all and for good reason. Walking around the show this it's easily 3-4 times this size of the Del Mar shows. The amount of cars here is just about endless. Every time you think … [Read more...]

Hot Rod Power Tour 2019 – Seven Cities in Seven Days!

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Hot Rod Power Tour 2019 After being on the Hot Rod Power Tour for a week, we are still on a bit of a high. We went on Power Tour back in 2016 and had a blast, racking up a little over 4,200 miles in a week. After taking a few years off we decided to hit the road again! This year's Power Tour went from Concord, NC all the way up to Norwalk, OH. Stops included Martinsville, … [Read more...]

Project Way-Gone: LS Swap Radiator Install

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LS Swap Radiator From Flex-A-Lite Overheating is never a fun time. As hot rodders build bigger and more powerful engines, overheating has always been a bit of an issue. Luckily, radiator design and technology has improved just like those engines. Now you can have well over 1,000 horsepower while sitting in the hot traffic and the air conditioning cranked. It's truly amazing to … [Read more...]

Rainy Good Guys Nashville Nationals!

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Good Guys Nashville Nationals 2019 Going to as many car shows as we do to bring you coverage, we get pretty lucky weather wise. Usually the worst case scenario is some hot weather and sunburn to accompany it. Unfortunately the Good Guys Nashville Nationals was a wet weekend. With rain in the forecast for most the weekend, it did scare some people away. Luckily not everybody … [Read more...]

Summit Racing Atlanta Motorama 2019!

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Summit Racing Atlanta Motorama 2019 What a weekend of racing in Atlanta! Normally people call it "Hotlanta" but this weekend the weather was absolutely perfect at the Summit Racing Motorama! Cool breezes and warm temperatures made for some great racing. Atlanta Motor Speedway made for a great venue with lots of room for cars and vendors to hang out and enjoy the sights and … [Read more...]

Optima Ultimate Street Car – DAYTONA!

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Daytona Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge DAYTONA. A single word that conjures up images of racing, steep banking, ultra high speeds, and sunshine. This past weekend at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Series, there was no shortage of any of those. If you've never been before, Daytona is a mecca for automotive racing and one of the largest tracks we've ever been to. High … [Read more...]

The Future Of Hot Rodding

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The Future Of Hot Rodding One big question in the automotive industry is how to sustain and continue the growth. The reoccurring theme there seems to be "how do we get kids engaged?" This question has been raised thousands of times, and has received a thousand different answers. Things like take away their cell phones and get them outside! Sure, that's one way to do it. But … [Read more...]