Showing posts with label racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label racing. Show all posts

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!




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

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




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!

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



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.



anyone recognize the rim? the movie is 1972-73 production, and this is probably a local racer, but I can't remember ever seeing a rim like this





gravity feed oiling on JAP racing motorcycles




A good look at the cars of REAL stock car racing, the 1954 NASCAR race at Darlington, the Southern 500, begins with the Smokey Yunick prepped fabulous Hudson Hornet



found on http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com, where Nik finds the coolest stuff!

in this one post http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/loyd-moore-nascar-movies  Nik assembled 10 early 1950s NASCAR and Grand National race films

the 1952 Grand National race on Daytona Beach, in color, and what a big variety in cars, colors, and paint scheme designs!

racing track oval comparison from http://megadeluxe.com/


the Adler XF/VOT boat tail, number 656








A different gallery at http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2013/05/el-mirage-adler-xfvot-boat-tail-roadster.html and the info that this was built in 1952 

the only motorcycle with a Wichita State University registration sticker racing on El Mirage, a 1977 Kawasaki, the F*Bomb










http://jackshitsworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-just-so-hard-to-believe.html?zx=638c497457ce4495 tells you who Lorrie was, and why she is loved by many. It also mentions she was killed in the night by semis racing through Oklahoma that ran her over from behind. WTF right?





From the movie Spinout, an Elvis movie


his character is a race car driver and musician. Natch. His driver is a 1929 Duesenburg Model J, it tows his Shelby AC Cobra 427




ove of several love interests for his character is the daughter of a rich guy, a very spoiled rich girl, and her daily driver is this nice Ferrari 250 GT


her dad has a race car business, and the gold car is the one he want's Elvis's character to drive in some big race

 
1965 McLaren



this blue car, oh nothing special. Just Max Balshowsky's Old Yaller mk IV


there are a half dozen cool cars in the race, not easy to get decent screen grabs of them though


the orange car, it's Bill Thomas's Cheetah 2

 This movie featured CSX3002, 3011 and 3012 (427 competition Cobras), as well as CSX2203 and 2431 (289 Cobras)