Oak Glen Rod Run 2021 Johnny Hunkins
A much-needed lifeline to reality is a welcome friend on Memorial Day.
Your drive starts out like any other weekend outing in the hot rod, but as the GPS takes you closer to Yucaipa, California, the mountains loom larger. Soon, the ruler-flat roads start curving. City blocks change to deleterious clumps of suburban housing, then thin out to sporadically spaced ranches and boutique farms. Gentle curves turn into tight kinks, and your pace slows as the altitude increases. The hearty scrub of the high desert changes to forest, and the engine sound turns notably labored as the air thins. The V-8 starts digging in with conviction, and you begin glancing occasionally at the temp gauge not worried, mind you just making sure.
Carbon Fiber: The Performance World s Go - Fast Gold Noah Thanos
What Is Carbon Fiber And Why Is It Today s Hottest Performance Automotive Material?
Formula 1 and American muscle are two automotive genres that don t usually meet. F1 cars are high-revving, mid-engined toothpicks with wheels, while muscle cars are big V8 coupes with the aerodynamic qualities of a brick. But hey, who cares when you have torque? Despite their lack of similarities, SpeedKore Performance Group decided that Detroit could learn a thing or two from Monaco.
Since 2015, SpeedKore has been sending icons of American muscle to finishing school, outfitting their various modern muscle cars with high-performance powertrains, custom-designed frames and, most notably, famous F1 lightweighting technology in the form of carbon fiber. Their most recent creation, a 1970 Dodge Charger dubbed Hellraiser, is built entirely of the stuff. It dropped 600 pounds from its original curb weight while gaining ab
100 Years of Supercars at the Petersen Museum Tim Bernsau
History s great high-performance cars are now on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum.
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They re called supercars. They re the Greek gods of the automotive world, and they ve been around practically as long as automobiles themselves.
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles recently reopened after patiently waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic, has devoted its third floor to an incredible new exhibit called Supercars: A Century of Spectacle and Speed. The Petersen identifies supercars by this combination of characteristics: immensely powerful engines, minimal passenger carrying capacity, adventurous mechanical specifications, and a commanding presence.