Showing posts with label race cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label race cars. Show all posts

Race car trailers (step into the office / garage on wheels) at Speedfest

Work going on in the pits at Speedfest

Action sequence an axle shaft breaking during racing around a corner

When turning around this corner the drivers side axle snapped, the tire locked up, and the #18 slid to a stop just out of the path of the racecars that were following The crash and rescue team didn't know what the problem was, and thought they could push it off the course a bit further... not gonna happen with a locked up tire

1955 Corvette tribute to the milestone 150mph record setting vette

racing Mustang engines, both GT, Shelby GT 350, and others

It seems like an interesting comparison of similar race cars and their engine bays, to see how they vary

Some favorites from Sunday at San Diego's Fleetweek Speedfest, racing, in the pits (paddock) and more

Above: Laura http://hagertylaura.blogspot.com/ and Tere http://justacargal.blogspot.com/ see Tere's coverage of Speedfest http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-best-picks-of.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/speedfest-09-best-picks-of-saturday.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-sundays-picks.html Mothers... a big sponsor

Before and after the races, Saturday, Fleetweek Speedfest

Also see Tere's coverage of Speedfest http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-best-picks-of.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/speedfest-09-best-picks-of-saturday.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-sundays-picks.html That is a happy expression! The owner of the car I presume is on the right, I immediatly nicknamed him fruity

action sequences from Speedfest, a spin out causing yellow flags, the only crash of the day, and powering through a corner smoothly

in the above, you can see it hasn't come to a halt yet, and the wheel clip is sill in the air, next to the front of the rear tire

Saturday racing at San Diego's Fleetweek Speedfest

Photographers are happy because we get to be feet away from racecars while they speed by, and we get really close up, like the photo below illustrates The above wasn't zoomed in at all. This is a Carrera GTS, one of 7 factory race GTS Oversteer This photographer was here all day long, I don't think I ever looked over and found him anywhere else The number 2, besides

Some favorites from media day at San Diego's Fleetweek Speedfest, racing, in the pits (paddock) and more

Also see Tere's coverage of Speedfest http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-best-picks-of.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/speedfest-09-best-picks-of-saturday.html and http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-sundays-picks.html Also see Tere's coverage of Speedfest http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/10/coronado-speedfest-09-

For the Trans Am racing fan, a genuine race car ready to hit the track, the Revson '68 Javelin for 300 thou

for dozens of photos, inside, outside, and underneath, and a full history, documentation, and more.. see: http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/773-AMC-Javelin%20Trans-Am-V8

Classifieds, all sorts of amazing finds; race cars, record holders ... (from the 50's and 60's)

Variety of 1920's vehicles from Shorpy

1921 photo of a milk delivery truck, look at how bad the condition of the drivers side front tire is 1921 photo of a Baker Electric deliver truck, and how about those rims?! 1921 Velie Six,... a car made by the Grandson of John Deere 1924 White bus 1926 awning company company C cab truck... love the oval window in the back door and sides with the little trim work above them 1938 Yellow Coach bus

JBA open house customer appreciation Saturdays, June and July every saturday

The orange plaques are records set at Muroc, the red are records set at El Mirage, and the blue are records set at Bonneville. Those are RECORDS SET, not just runs... and were set by / held by Bruce. Pretty damn accomplished for a racer in any book!

Blog Archive