The season opener for the NMCA drag racing series kicked off this weekend at the California Speedway. Just behind the drag strip was a massive parking lot, that was transformed into the Hotchkis Autocross. California Speedway is a great venue for automotive enthusiasts. Just last weekend all the Cup boys were there, running 180+ miles per hour on the big oval. Fast forward a … [Read more...]
Tmcp #240 Gary Patterson – Shelby American Vp Of Sales, Test Driver, Director Of Fun
This weeks interview is with Gary Patterson, Vice President of Strategic Sales and Media Relations of Shelby American. A Shelby built Mustang is the same recipe as it always was: take a good Mustang and then make it into a great Shelby Mustang. The new Shelby GT is a terrific example of that. Shelby is also reproducing/producing new Shelby Cobra bodies under the same … [Read more...]
Mike Maier wheeling his Mustang on the autocross
https://youtu.be/ZQKq0GGWINU This was taken from the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Thunderhill Raceway. Video courtesy of Tony Huntimer. … [Read more...]
Advance Auto Parts USCA 2015 Event #1 – Thunderhill Raceway Park
Advance Auto Parts USCA 2015 Event #1 – Thunderhill Tony Huntimer The USCA Series If you don’t already know, the USCA is the Ultimate Street Car Association. It’s a sanctioning body formed to create safe, fun, and high profile national events for street legal performance vehicles. This association is used to find the cars to populate the Optima [Batteries] Ultimate Street … [Read more...]
RideTech 48-Hour Corvette: Day One Recap, 16 Hours In
It’s officially, official. The RideTech Corvette has started it’s journey to being restored in 48 short hours. Now you see this isn’t some basic restoration where they are washing the car, slapping on a set of wheels and adjusting the timing – no this is a full blown restoration, in 48 hours. Broken up over three, 16 hour days, we are standing by-often times getting in the way … [Read more...]
Video: Jay Leno Checks Out The Ring Bro’s ’66 Chevelle!
What else can be said? An incredible piece of work that we had the pleasure of drooling over while at SEMA. Here, Jay Leno brings it to his garage and goes over every detail with the Ring Brothers. Grab a cold one, sit back, and enjoy this beauty! http://youtu.be/GTQoiYY9_yQ … [Read more...]
Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Presented by Advance Auto Parts
Wake Up!! The alarm clock went off at 4 a.m. Still half asleep, I knew that meant it was time to get up and hit the road to Thunderhill Raceway Park for the opening Optima qualifier for 2015. My wife has always been supportive of my hobby, but had never attended a track event with me, so this was going to be a first for both of us. The weather was calling for a chance of … [Read more...]
Mike Maier getting after it on the autocross course
Mike Maier running the Detroit Speed autocross at last weekends Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Thunderhill Raceway. Presented by Advance Auto Parts. … [Read more...]
Smitty letting it all hang out at Thunderhill
Smitty doing a little tire smoking at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge last weekend. Video courtesy of Tony Huntimer. Driving by Chris Smith. … [Read more...]
February ’15 Feature of the Month: Dave Smiths ’67 Chevelle “Couples Therapy”
You know how you're at a car show, and you're walking down the aisles and a car just grabs you? That pretty much describes my first view of Dave's beautiful '67 Chevelle. I had just arrived at Sema last year, and my buddies and I are making our way straight to Hot Rod Alley like we always do. As we wound our way through the cars in front of the buildings a bright … [Read more...]