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As we gear up for the onslaught of the 2010 season, everyone seems to be getting busy. Yesterday I tagged along with Chris Rado and the World Racing team to a dyno session for their time attack Scion, and in just a bit I'll be heading out to the Inland Empire to get the latest on the Rockstar Drift tC. Before that though, I need to finish up my
Moving right along, here's the second part of my trip to Famoso Raceway for the 2010 March Meet. March has always seemed like the unofficial start of the racing season, and taking in this drag race culture was a fantastic way for me to kick off the 2010 season. If you think stance is only about slammed ride height and stretched tires, think again
This weekend a huge number of drag racers gathered at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield to take part in the annual March Meet. The March Meet has long been one of the biggest nostalgia drag gatherings around and this year was no different, even with rain off and on throughout the weekend. With Sunday looking like the day with the smallest chance of the
Over the past couple days we've been hard at work prepping our special driver blogs from Irwindale, but for a moment let's jump back into some coverage of the 18th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion held last weekend at Famoso Raceway. In this opening shot you can see two more examples of altered drag cars, including the blown AA/FA class "Outcast
No less than 12 hours after the tire smoke had cleared at Irwindale Speedway, I was on my way over the Grapevine to Famoso Raceway, located just north of Bakersfield. The reason? To check out the 18th Annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Rod and David Lister shot this event last year, and after seeing their photos I was excited to witness the nostalgic
In case you haven't got your fix of Cal-Lookers, Volksrods, rat VW's, drag cars, and others - here's some more photos from last Sunday's Bug-In 34 at Autoclub Speedway in Fontana. I knew that the rusted/bare metal look was popular among aircooled cruisers and show cars, but I was surprised to find several drag cars at Bug-In that were
Now for some more the Volkswagen mecca that is Bug-In. After reading some of the comments on yesterday's Bug-In post, it's clear to me that aircooled VW's really are "The People's Car" - even in the sense of customization and tuning. I'd say almost half of all car enthusiasts I've known have either owned an aircooled
Last Friday we kicked off our VW (and friends) month and we lucked out because this weekend one of the most important VW events in the world was held - the Southern California Bug-In 34. Anyone with a passing knowledge of air-cooled VW's knows that while the cars may have been born in Germany, they were perfected in Southern California. Before anyone
Exactly one week ago today was the drag racing portion of the 4&Rotary Nationals... unfortunately I couldn't be there but Gray Lynskey, the news editor of NZ Performance Car magazine kindly offered to do an event report for the Speedhunters audience. Thanks Gray! Gray Lynskey: Every year, import fans from all over the country converge on Auckland
For those who are fans and followers of grassroots style nostalgic drag racing and hot rodding from the 1950's and '60s, there are few better websites out there than the Jalopy Journal and its "Hokey Ass Message Board" (H.A.M.B). For these guys it's all about homebuilt, stripped down rods ,straight axle drag cars and the like.