In 2015 The 2nd Annual Dual Championship will return to the SEMA and PRI Shows in November and December. There, qualifying teams will compete in semi-final championships at each show.
The top four teams from the SEMA Show and the top 4 teams from the PRI Show will then face off the afternoon of Friday, December 11, competing two times and then another time on Saturday. The team with the best average time will be crowned the 2015 Hot Rodders of Tomorrow National Champion.
More details have been revealed about the recent sale of NASCAR’s Auto Club Speedway—the 2-mile, low-banked D-shaped oval superspeedway near Fontana, California. It was previously reported that NASCAR had sold 433 acres of the 522-acre site. Now, officials are stating the famed track was purchased for an estimated $559 million by Hillwood Development, owned by real estate
More details have been revealed about the recent sale of NASCAR’s Auto Club Speedway—the 2-mile, low-banked D-shaped oval superspeedway near Fontana, California. It was previously reported that NASCAR had sold 433 acres of the 522-acre site.
Now, officials are stating the famed track was purchased for an estimated $559 million by Hillwood Development, owned by real estate mogul Ross Perot Jr. He plans to build a 6.6 million sq. ft. logistics hub called “Speedway Commerce Center,” according to the published reports.
Racers, teams, promoters and sponsors at all levels of competition are invited to join sponsorship guru Alex Striler and more than a dozen top panelists from some of the biggest brands in motorsports for the 2023 Drag Racing Sponsorship Summit. Related Articles – AAM Group Hires Jeff Kesar as Engine Pro Marketing Specialist – Lubrication
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Lubrication Specialties (LSI) has announced the addition of Ben Haws as its new digital marketing manager and Chris Lane as Hot Shot’s Secret’s new field marketing representative. Related Articles – Race Winning Brands Adds Bob Cook Sales – Spencer Hyde Wins Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod – Liqui Moly Sponsors Formula 1 for Fifth
NASCAR Cup Series champions Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick, winners of nearly 100 premier division races, including the Daytona 500 and other crown jewel events, head the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame’s five-member Class of 2023. Related Articles – Liberty Engine Parts Hosts Tech & Skills Conference – NASCAR Sells California’s Auto Club
At Lights Out 14, Ryan Milliken of Hardway Performance put on a show and demonstrated how far diesel performance has come in recent years. Making it to the semi-finals against some of the country’s fastest cars, Ryan’s ’69 Nova sports a turbocharged 6.8L Cummins engine built by Fleece Performance & Freedom Racing Engines. Capable of
GODZILLA!!!!! We stopped by the Fluidampr booth at the 2022 PRI Show to say hi and found Paul Svinicki of Paul’s High Performance hanging out, along with his nitrous-powered Ford 7.3L Godzilla engine that runs in his 2010 Cobra Jet Ford Mustang. This 1,100-horsepower Godzilla is our Engine of the Week. Related Articles – EB
The race to determine the title of “Fastest Street Car in America” is back as Hot Rod Drag Week 2023 Presented by Gear Vendors Overdrive returns to premier tracks in four Southeast cities Sunday, Sept. 17 through Friday, Sept. 22, and made extra special this year as HOT ROD Magazine celebrates 75 years in 2023. Registration for this highly-anticipated
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