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The '09 Car Craft Summer Nationals Read about all the action from our annual show in St. Paul Three days of cool cars, burnouts, bikinis, cruising, and competition-is this heaven? No, it's the Car Craft Summer Nationals presented by GM Performance Division, and if you weren't there, you're gonna wish you were. We took over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds July 19-21 for a three-day celebration of everything automotive. Hundreds of gallons of race gas were burned, millions of calories of fairground food were devoured, and in spite of the unusually cool temperatures and ice-cold economy, we all had a blast. If you want to join us next year, log on to CarCraft.com for details.inline_mediumwraptextright31042167/eventcoverage/summer_nationals/ccrp_0912_2009_summer_nationalsccrp_0912_01+2009_car_craft_summer_nationals+.jpgTrue Photo Gallery: 2009 Summer Nationals - Coverage Of Our Annual Three-Day Musclecar Event - Car Craft Magazine Photo Gallery: 2009 Summer Nationals - ...13 days ago
Barracuda Drag Car Fire - Action!! This is why Freiburger won't run an automatic transmission. Don Green lived up to his vanity plate when he entered the drag racing event after the car show at the Milan Dragway Mopar Days in Center Line, Michigan. After a quick burnout, Don staged and revved up his blown Hemi. When he launched, the TorqueFlite 727 scattered and bounced parts like a handful of marbles. As the car rolled forward, the transmission fluid ignited into a huge ball of fire. Don escaped injury, and the safety crew was on the fire extinguisher so fast the paint job survived. Photo Gallery: Barracuda Drag Car Fire - Don Green Burns Up His Hemi 'Cuda At Milan - Car Craft Magazine Photo Gallery: Barracuda Drag Car Fire - Don Green Burns Up His Hemi 'Cuda At Milan - Car Craft Magazine Read More Digg It Add to del.icio.us14 days ago
Real Street Eliminator IV RSE was back at this years CC Summer Nationals. Here's how it went down The new era in street car competition is to pit these machines against each other in a real-world environment of braking, acceleration, and handling rather than merely judge them on how good they look. For you longtime Car Craft readers, this is really nothing new. You may recall a then-unique competition CC initiated back in the May '86 issue called Real Street Eliminator (RSE). The premise today remains the same, but we've made some changes and even added a unique twist just to mix up things a little.inline_mediumwraptextrightReal Street returns with a new competition and now has the owners (or designated hit men) wheel their machines. So this is now just as much a driver's race as it is a test of the machines. This is John Wegner's nitrous-assisted big-block ...30 days ago
California Cruise Night - Van Nuys Blvd. The Boulevard was world famous for cruising before the cops shut it down The air in the parking lot was electric. It felt historic, optimistic, and liberating. We were staging to cruise Van Nuys Boulevard for the first time in more than a quarter century. At just a few minutes past 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, a booming voice shouted a few informal instructions and cars began to pull out from the Rydell Chevrolet (formerly Paradise Pontiac) lot, tentatively at first as if they were anticipating trouble. Finally, an old-timer rolled into the street with authority, a bit of engine revving bravado, and just the thinnest wisp of tire smoke. The ice had been broken, and cruising was back on Van Nuys.inline_mediumwraptextright30810021/eventcoverage/car_shows/ccrp_0911_van_nuys_boulevardccrp_0911_02_z+van_nuys_boulevard+cruise.jpgTrue Photo Gallery: Van Nuys Boulevard - Wednesday Night Cruising Returns To The Boulevard - Car Craft ...57 days ago
Burnout & Wheelie Spectacular It's everything you've always wanted in a feature story. Exhibition of speed. It's a moving violation, a few points on your license, and an intrinsic gearhead calling. A display of egregious horsepower can be masterfully executed, transcending the sophomoric nature of the act and potentially raising the perpetrator to local legend. Or, if seen in the pages of Car Craft, to national icon. Photo Gallery: Burnout & Wheelie Spectacular - Wheelstand Contest And Reader-Submitted Pictures - Car Craft Magazine Photo Gallery: Burnout & Wheelie Spectacular - Wheelstand Contest And Reader-Submitted Pictures - Car Craft Magazine Read More Digg It Add to del.icio.us
