UMI Performance's King Of The Mountain The UMI Performance King Of The Mountain was unlike anything we had ever been to before. We've been to autocross events all over the country from Good Guys events, Optima, and local autocrosses but this one was insane! Friday and Saturday during the day were fairly typical autocross races, but the Saturday night under the lights with the … [Read more...]
Installed: Borgeson’s New 1968-1986 C10 Steering Box!
Upgrading Your 1968-1986 C10 Steering Box As the C10 market has blown up, the Square Body market has been blowing up behind it. People are falling in love with these trucks again and picking them up. They are a great looking truck, easy to work on, and relatively cheap right now. What's not to love? The aftermarket has noticed and the parts keep coming out for them. … [Read more...]
UMI Autocross Challenge 2019!
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 … [Read more...]
Good Guys PPG Nationals Columbus 2019
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...]
Rainy Good Guys Nashville Nationals!
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 … [Read more...]
Summit Racing Atlanta Motorama 2019!
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...]
Upgrading Stock Camaro Suspension With UMI Performance
Second Gen Camaro Suspension Upgrade We can all agree, nothing quite matches the feel of a classic muscle car. By now, we can also agree that the muscle rides of the 60’s and 70’s left a lot to be desired in the handling and ride quality department. My ’71 Camaro had sat in the “hog house” on our farmland in Kansas from about 1992 until I pulled it out and brought it down … [Read more...]
UMI Performance Autocross and Cruise In 2018!
Last year UMI Performance purchased a defunct racetrack. This year that track was officially opened after thousands of hours of work were completed - now called UMI Motorsports Park. Located in Clearfield, PA the track features a ⅝-mile oval, with a road course paved inside. This past weekend was the UMI Performance Autocross and Cruise In. The doors officially opened … [Read more...]
Good Guys Columbus 2018!
Good Guys Columbus 2018 We've heard that the Good Guys Columbus show is the big daddy of Good Guys events. With somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 cars, we can see why. This was our first time attending this event, and we can hardly wait till next year. If you've ever been to the SEMA show, this show is almost like a mini-SEMA. We spent hours walking around, talking with … [Read more...]
Car Feature: Valerie Pichette’s Red Hot For Teacher ’88 Trans Am
Short skirts, high heels, and tall hair. The 1980's were a hell of time for music and innovation. Just like in the 1950's where the cars were space race influenced, the 1980's cars were futuristic with high tech. Enter Tom and Valerie Pichette's 1988 Pontiac TransAM GTA. If Pontiac was able to go into the future in 1988 and grab parts, this is how the car would end up. Full … [Read more...]
