Sunday, May 27, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The Quarter Mile Foundation to host Linda Vaughn Roast
Parma Heights, Ohio (May 17, 2012) - The Quarter Mile Foundation has unveiled plans to pay tribute to the “First Lady of Motorsports,” Linda Vaughn. “We felt it important to acknowledge one of our icon’s careers in a colorful and entertaining fashion” said Foundation Chairman Traci Hrudka.
“Following the success of the Don Garlits ‘Rat Roast’ and the enjoyment that all had paves the way to pay tribute to Linda, and recall the funny stories of her life. What better vehicle than to have her friends gather around her, and roast and toast her long career as one of motorsports’ most iconic personalities.”
The roast will be hosted at the “Sports Barn” facility at the Lucas family estate in Carmel, Ind., on Wednesday, August 29, preceding the NHRA’s Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at the Lucas Oil Raceway/Indianapolis (August 29-September 3, 2012). The evening’s schedule will be: cocktails at 6:00 P.M., dinner at 7:00 P.M., followed by the evening’s festivities beginning at 8:00 P.M.
The event will feature “roasters” from across the wide range of the North American motorsports community – Drag Racing, IndyCar, NASCAR – as well as the automakers and performance aftermarket companies commenting on Linda’s life and times and her contributions and impact upon motorsports and the performance aftermarket for the past 50-plus years. To date, the confirmed “roasters” consists of: Joe Amato, John Force, Don Garlits, Bob Glidden, Don Prudhomme and Jack “Doc” Watson, with NHRA event announcer, Bob Frey serving as the Master of Ceremonies. Other names will be added shortly.
In addition to the “Roast,” an auction of donated items from friends in the aftermarket, drag racing, IndyCar and NASCAR will be held. The auction will include a silent auction during the cocktail hour, and live bidding on select items between the presentations of the roasters.
There will be seating for 350 individuals. Tickets will be available on-line at the Quarter Mile Foundation website beginning June 1, 2012. The VIP/Sponsor tables will be available for $2000/table (seats 8). Non-VIP tables can be sponsored for $1500 per table. Individual seats can be purchased for $100 each. Sponsors will receive several marketing bonuses, which will be announced shortly.
As with the Don Garlits “Rat Roast” held in Pomona, Calif., the event will be filmed and the DVD will be made available for purchase to the public.
Proceeds will benefit both Linda Vaughn and the Quarter Mile Foundation in its quest to capture the first person stories of drag racing’s pioneers beginning in the late 40’s through the 80’s; plus the motorsports aftermarket which was spawned from their efforts.
A portion of the purchase for tickets/sponsorship and support will be tax deductible (US only). Additional information will be made available regarding the final roasters and other related details of the event in the near future.
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Carl Casper - Designer/Promoter
He is best known for his over the top show rods of the 60's and 70's but he also won the AMBR in 1965 with "Casper's Ghost" pictured below, but there is not much know or written about this designer, custom Builder. I have found out that he is still in the game, but hosting/running Car Shows and has been for the past 40yrs. I will dig for more over time, and will attempt to share a bit more about this man.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
1923 Ford T Bucket
Dean Wawryk from Labrador in the Gold Coast and his 1923 Ford T Bucket Hot Rod conversion project.
Dean's 'labour of love' took seven years to complete. The high quality fabrication throughout the project, and some creative 'left field' thinking in terms of the use of Japanese components and the appearance of the car.
What he's done
- Cromoly fly wheel twin plate nismo clutch
- 18lb boost @ 4oo hp atr.
- 19x10 fronts & 22x10.5 rears
- 300zx front & rear brakes
- Greddy boost controller
- All fabrication work done at home by my self includes the dry sump system
- Custom built chassis fuel system & suspension
- Nissan vg30dett engine and gear box gt42r garret turbo twin 48 mm waste-gates 1000cc injectors autoronic sm4 computer r500 cdi ignition
| Kms/mileage: | 11,000 Kms | Body: | UTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine Size: | 3 Litres | Transmission: | Manual |
| Drive: | Right Hand Drive | Condition: | perfect |
| Fuel System: | efi | Fuel Type: | Petrol |
| Exterior Colour: | gold | Interior Colour: | gold&brown |
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Notorious Dames - Helen McLean
Saturday, May 19, 2012
1936 Ford Truck
The old Ford truck's glittering incarnation as a lowrider show vehicle began more than two decades ago. "I came across the truck about 25 years ago," Sal says of his most famous (but by no means only) show-quality lowrider. Sal tells us that he's just 37 years old, so he must've been quite a young chavalito (you do the math) when he first took possession of the truck (or it took possession of him), but then, as he says, "Lowriding's been in the blood since an early age."
Sal's journey with Trokita Loca wouldn't have been possible (or near as much fun) without the help and support of his friends and family. He specifically singles out Virginia Sierra, Sal Sierra IV, Nick and Rollerz Only C.C. for special thanks, as well as Frank at Moreno's Polishing in Fresno, California, and Rene at Showtime Polishing in nearby Kerman for the chrome plating, and "Tiger" of Delano, California, for the inspired engraving.
Trokita LocaOwner: Sal Sierra III
Vehicle: '36 Ford truck
City/State: Porterville, California
Club: Rollerz Only C.C.-Central California
Engine/Drivetrain: An '05 Chevy 350-c.i.d. engine (sorry, Ford guys) with aluminum, billet and chrome parts was put together and dropped in by the owner.
Body/Paint: Body mods performed by Jaime of Porterville include a chopped top, tilt hood, suicide doors, boxed and widened (3 inches) bed, Frenched license plate and '59 Cadillac taillights. Rene Centeno of Lindsay, California, put down the House of Kolor two-tone paint scheme. Ruben of Visalia, California, gets the pinstriping props, and Alberto Herrera of Quality Art in Visalia applied the murals featuring figures from the Mexican Revolution mingling with pretty ladies.
Interior: Lil' Rich of Porterville stitched up the red tweed button-tuck hand-built seats. Highlights of the cab include Dakota Digital gauges, banjo billet steering wheel with a chrome column, custom muraled center console and billet pedals.
Sound System: Frank Sierra at All About Tint in Porterville installed an Alpine head unit/DVD player with Rockford Fosgate Punch amps and speakers (including 10-inch subs). There are also three TVs, including two in custom-made sun visors.
Setup: An engraved four-pump Sinister hydro setup was engineered by Sal Saldivar at Saldivar More Bounce in Kerman, California. Old school Waterman dumps, aluminum blocks, 8-inch "skinny" cylinders with mini coil-overs, two Optima batteries, stainless steel tubing and three switches round out the setup's specifics.
Tires: 5.20 Coker
Wheels: Custom "one of a kind" engraved 13-inch Masterpiece wires with twisted spokes.
