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Thursday, August 29, 2013

in the history of SCCA races, I bet no car ever has won with a kids compliment page on the back window before... makes me say AWWW!

7:28 PM Challenger, humor, kids, Qualcomm, racing, SCCA racecar No comments

In the above photo you can see the page in the back window, below, you can see what it said

Car is the E Max Ride of Hotchkis, http://www.hotchkis.net/index.html the driver and mechanic is Dan Weishar aka "Dan The Man" (business is DTM Racing http://dtmracing.us/ in Yuma Arizona)

Street car racing, $50 buy in, winner takes all the cash, and that seems to be the whole deal.Begins Sept 14th, High Plains Raceway, Colorado

9:11 PM drag racing, informative, news, racing, street racing No comments

For all the info: https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoStreetOutlaws

You get to traction prep your lane however you like (minimal but VHT is ok) , it's regular street asphalt...

Rules for Racers!!

1.) All races are setup and approved by Col Street Outlaw admins.
2.) 1/8th mile, from a dig for 1st race on Sept 14th
3.) Minimal prep, and up to the racer (vht, hazing tires etc)
4.) Lane choice goes to higher ranked participant of the list
5.) Jump the start or crossing lanes is automatic loss of race
6.) The person being called out sets the date of the race, and has up to 15 days to do so.
7.) Person calling out should be ready to race right then or at any point agreed upon

RULES FOR CARS!!!!
1.) Working lights (headlights, taillights, brake lights) are required
2.) Any Fuel is permissible (E85, C10, C16, 93.etc)
3.) Any tire is permissible
4.) 1/8th Mile

In order to keep the validity of the list in tact (ie no 14sec ET cars racing 9 sec ET cars.. all races will be coordinated by the Co Street Outlaws Admins! First races are Sept 14th!!!! Be ready to travel at some point, already have other states waiting for US!

the dragstrip has a credit card operated fueling station.

The following fuels are available:
Sunoco 260 GT 100 octane unleaded street legal 3.3% oxygen, $9.46/gallon
Sunoco 260 GTX 98 octane unleaded not street legal 0.0% oxygen, $9.51/gallon
Sunoco Standard 110 octane leaded not street legal 0.0% oxygen, $9.21/gallon

The fueling station accepts Visa and Mastercard. Per the credit card company there is a $600 limit on each transaction. Each credit card can be used for a maximum of three transactions (no matter how low the dollar amount) in a 48 hour period. http://highplainsraceway.com/

WRC racing is going to be on MAVTV July 25th

10:16 PM racing, Rally No comments

looks good to me!

All photos courtesy of MAV TV and Red Bull

To receive tune-in reminders for new rallies on-air on MAVTV or to view the full programming schedule visit www.mavtv.com/shows/fia-world-rally. To find out where MAVTV is available or to demand MAVTV, go to www.mavtv.com/get-mavtv/demand-mavtv.

I didn't know that Dick Smothers raced anything but the dragster!

5:22 PM celebrity, racing No comments

found on http://swissstash.tumblr.com

The Last American Hero, starring a young Jeff Bridges in a 1973 movie about running moonshine, driving a fastback Mustang GT, and getting into NASCAR... great opening scene, and dirt road car chase

7:20 PM 1969 Camaro, Camaro, celebrity, Hollywood, movie, Nascar, racing, rims, Z28 No comments

part one above, go to youtube for the part 2, but be sure to check out the paint on the race cars at minute 55

Besides Jeff Bridges, the other actors you might enjoy seeing are Ned Beatty and Gary Busey before he was full looney tunes... you'll recognize at least 4 other actors, Ed Lauter, William Smith,

This movie is the bio of Junior Johnson, and he is the Tech Advisor and consultant of course

The movie depicts Junior's father as being arrested for producing moonshine. In reality, it was Junior himself that was arrested and sentenced. In 1956, federal tax agents found Johnson working at his father's moonshine still in Wilkes County; they arrested him. Many local residents believed the raid was done in revenge for the agent's inability to catch Johnson delivering moonshine on local highways; this is depicted in the movie when we see the local law enforcement busting up his father's still. Junior Johnson was convicted of moon-shining and was sent to prison in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served 11 months of a two-year sentence.