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Holley LS Fest: Day Three

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In just a blink of an eye, the third and final day of Holley LS Fest 2015 was upon us. While today was light on spectators, it was still heavy on the racing. Beside racing, the Dyno Challenge was going as well, with the scream's of LS engines being heard through-out the show ground. The drag strip was in full force, with a ton of racing action going on over there. The … [Read more...]

Holley LS Fest 2015: Day Two

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Wow. After yesterday, we just didn't think that LS Fest could get any better. Much to our surprise though, day two blew day one out of the water. There was even more cars, more people and more action than yesterday. Sitting down to write this, it's like we just got off a carousel, and we are trying to figure out what the heck happened. There's just so much action at LS Fest, … [Read more...]

Holley LS Fest 2015: Day One

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The first day of Holley LS Fest is officially in the books! This is by far one of our favorite shows, and one that should be on your list to hit next year. Everything you love about a show is there: drag racing, show 'n shine, autocross, track cross, and even drifting. Most of the time, these events are all separate, so it's like five shows packed into one action filled … [Read more...]

Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge: Road America

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Text and Photo's by Kaleb Kelley OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car Challenge set off on Friday at Johnson Control's headquarters in Glendale, MI. A quick car show with food provided brought the participants in to register and show off their car. Afterwards, everybody headed to Andrew Chevrolet for dinner and viewing of the first episode of OPTIMA's Search for the … [Read more...]

Goodguys Columbus: Chance of a lifetime!

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Story and pictures by Tony Huntimer I was invited to attend the show with longtime friend RJ Gottlieb and his famous Camaro, none other than Big Red. I couldn't pass up the chance to tag along and help support his efforts to support his latest venture, the Big Red documentary series coming to NBCSN on July 27th at 9PM EST. I met a few fans from online forums that met me while … [Read more...]

Crazy for Columbus! Goodguys 18th PPG Nationals Rewind

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  Pictures and text courtesy of Goodguys Rod and Custom Deep into its second decade, the Goodguys PPG Nationals continues on its upward trajectory as hot rodding’s premier summertime summit. The cutting edge cars, our industry’s top manufacturers and brightest minds came together for 96-hours of Full Throttle Fun. Last weekend’s 18th annual Nationals was the best … [Read more...]

24th Heartland Nationals Rewind…American Hot Rodding at its Finest!

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Pictures courtesy of Gordon Rojewski Text courtesy of Good-Guys. Booming 4th of July weekend crowds, spectacular weather, fireworks, patriotism and over 4,500 cars (a new event record) highlighted the Goodguys 24th Heartland Nationals last weekend in Des Moines! Amazing as it sounds, the Heartland Nationals keeps growing! Each year here at the Iowa State Fairgrounds we see … [Read more...]

Five of Stielows cars in one place? You must be going to the Goodguys Heartland Nationals

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This years Goodguys 24th Heartland Nationals will be host to five of Mark Stielows Camaros. The Goodguys events are a lot of fun regardless, but the chance to see all five of Mark's cars at one event may never happen again. The cars will be displayed together at the foot of Grand Ave in front of the bright yellow Goodguys show rig. Be sure and make plans to be  in Des Moines … [Read more...]

NMCA Hotchkis AutoCross Coverage

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The second of four stops for the Hotchkis Autocross series was in town this weekend in Fontana, CA at the NMCA Drag Race. We love this event as it draws a great crowd at a great venue - The California Speedway. This event is really gaining traction too - pun intended. Unfortunately for us, we weren't able to stay very long. But we did manage to get over there Saturday … [Read more...]

Goodguys 22nd Summer Get-Together

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It's time again for the Goodguys Summer Get-Together. Is it really Summer yet? This is the 22nd running of this particular Goodguys show. It seems like just the other day I was at a car show in Pleasanton. We sure get a lot of them out here due to the great climate most of the year. Sure, I love rubbing it in when I get the chance. But for the great weather, we pay an arm and … [Read more...]