If you have created a “Bucket List” of things to experience in your lifetime, one you must add is the NSRA Street Rod Nationals Plus.
We have personally told many enthusiasts, and even seasoned industry experts and builders, about the excitement and wonderment of this greatest of events and many have decided to see what it’s all about for themselves. All have ended up in amazement at all the cars, vendors, activities and simply the sheer size of the Nationals. Even if you are not necessarily a car fanatic there…
By Ben Shelton
Growing up in the Sprint Car dominated area of Memphis, Tennessee, I’d heard tales of the famed Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, and how it was the holy grail of Sprint Car racing. Since I was three years old I’ve heard stories of the legends made at the track and how it separated the men from the boys. I’ve watched races on television from there at least a dozen times, and I felt like I had a grasp of what to expect if I ever got to…
BY SCOTT LIGGETT – PHOTOS BY SCOTT LIGGETT
The Friday night car show at the Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, CA has been a Southern California staple since 1994. We figured beginning of a three day weekend is always a great time to hit up this show because the car crazies come out 
in droves. Boy howdy, we were right. The long weekend starting off with warm summer sun brought out the big crowds, and then some.
We…
Remember the time not so long ago when your local track opened in early May and then closed the doors for the season in early September? By the time you factored in four or five rainouts, it seemed like the season ended almost as quick as it started. Apart from a random January or October special, there were not very many races in the off-season. Many supporters of racing, this writer included, would often protest that the season was…
Remember The Day…
Remember the days when you patiently waited by the mailbox for your favorite nationally syndicated racing paper to arrive on Thursday or Friday, so you could find out who won the big events across the country the week before? And then, remember how mad you’d get when the paper got lost in the mail, and you had to wait until you got to your local track a few days later to learn who won? Looking back now, one sometimes wonders if that was ever really a problem,…
Posted by PPNAdmin | Wed, Sep 15 2010 Comments Off
Bill Tower has done it all. If there were a checklist of personal adventures he’d have to have just about ticked all of the boxes. From racing the American Bandstand-sponsored Top Fuel “Rat Trap” digger in the late 1960′s to working on the Space Shuttle launch program, Tower is a man of many talents. A GMI trained engineer, from 1965 through the mid 1980’s Tower worked for Chevrolet Engineering along side his boss, the legendary Vince Piggins. Tower is extremely active today still working with GM…
Actor Steve Zahn’s Roadrunner Helps Erase a Chevette Nightmare.
For Steve Zahn, that nightmare was a high school reality. Braving the elements of his home state of Minnesota, the amazingly talented actor of now 40 feature films like Sahara, Joy Ride, National Security, That Thing You Do and Saving Silverman, once piloted a Chevette as daily transportation. He recalls hating driving that car to school and having to pass those lucky guys…
Posted by PPNAdmin | Tue, Jul 20 2010 1 Comment 
Its one thing to own a real “COPO” car (central office Production order) and it’s yet another to be the original owner of such a car today! Arizona’s Kevin DeWitte is one such guy, as he purchased this white ’69 427-cid Camaro brand-new back in 1969, and today it’s part of the DeWitte household, and in much the exact same condition as when he first picked it up at the Berger Chevy dealership,…
What are the greatest differences between performance enthusiasts when you first started back in 1962 and today?
Electronics have changed everything. Today, with government regulations it is more difficult to create performance cars. People have higher expectations. In the ’60s everyone wanted speed, but now they want speed with a/c, stereos, reliability and performance, all at a low price. Car enthusiasts like packages that match everything up. They want someone…
Is there a place for crate engines in racing?
To answer our own question: Yes, there is a place for crate engines in racing. But like the engines themselves, it’s very limited.
Crate engines – specifically, the pre-packaged and assembled engines available in a variety of low-horsepower options from General Motors – are viable only as an alternative to race engines in the same division.
ARCA, which sanctions both touring and weekly racing, has had success with that approach. “Crate engines are…
