(MILWAUKEE) – OPTIMA Batteries’ announces its highly-anticipated 2014 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational will now take place at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The new, larger location will be more convenient for spectators and accommodate 100 vehicle participants. OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car championship event will feature the world’s top modified … [Read more...]
Optima Ultimate Street Car Qualifier: Road America
This weekend we're at Road America for the Ultimate Street Car Associations Optima event. The day started at West Bend Dyno for registration and the Detroit Speed and Engineering Road Rally. The stream of Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car competitors entered Road America, and the Lingenfelter Design and Engineering Competition judging began. It continued while we got … [Read more...]
More Hot Rod Power Tour 2014 Pics
One of our Lateral-G members posted up nearly 900 pictures he took at this years Power Tour. So a big thank you to Marty McGuire (syborg tt) for these pics. I've added about 300 in this post, but you can see all 889 pictures HERE. HOT ROD Power Tour records set this year include: 5,828 registered vehicles came out to be a part of the fun 2,071 of these made the … [Read more...]
Ultimate Street Car Association Optima Qualifier in Fontana Ca.
We've got coverage of Saturday and Sundays event at the USCA Optima qualifier in Fontana Ca. Special thanks to Armand DiCarlo for all the great pictures. Also, a special thanks to Tim at Code510.com for his pictures starting on page 12. … [Read more...]
Goodguys 21st Summer Get-Together – May 31 & June1, 2014 at Pleasanton Ca.
Author and Photographer: Tony Huntimer It’s that time of year again. Out here in sunny California, there’s plenty of days out of the year to enjoy your hot rod, street machine, and/or Pro-Touring vehicle. But you have to count down the days on your calendar for the great Goodguys shows to come around. Lateral-G contacted me and asked if I would cover the Goodguys 21st Summer … [Read more...]
Hot Rod Power Tour 2014
HOT ROD Power Tour records set this year include: 5,828 registered vehicles came out to be a part of the fun 2,071 of these made the entire week long trip as ‘Long Haulers’. 3,000+vehicles attended each stop on the Power Tour 15,000+ people attended the kickoff day in Charlotte(Concord), North Carolina 3,497: 2014 Long … [Read more...]
Hot Rod Power Tour 2014 Short Videos
I'm getting a lot of short videos from different people who are on the Power Tour this year, so I figured I'd make a separate page to keep them all in one place. Check back often as I'll be adding new ones as they come … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Cup at Hot August Nights. $100,000 in cash and prizes!!
I had not heard of this event until recently. I believe it's the highest payout of any of the big car builder awards, and it's at a very popular event, Hot August Night in Reno Nevada. Plus the winner and finalists will be presented on National TV. The video above features last years Barrett-Jackson Cup winner, Troy Trepanier. You … [Read more...]
Ride along with Kyle Tucker from DSE on the high banks of Daytona International Speedway
Ever wondered what it's like to go all out in a street car at a track like Daytona? Well, take a look at this video of Kyle making a lap for the BFGoodrich hot lap challenge at the recent USCA Optima event. … [Read more...]
Video recap of the USCA Optima event at Daytona International Speedway
http://youtu.be/qjTD9-JnneY If you weren't there you missed a great event! This will give you an idea of what their next events at Fontana and Road America will be like. … [Read more...]
