The "Speed Demon" of Poteet and Main, and the Hot Rod trophy for fastest one way speeds in land speed racing

The Brauer & Sons A/FR duece, land speed record holder 2008 Bonneville 257.427 mph, and 2001 El Mirage top speed of the meet

Power to weight ratio of a dragonfly that's strapped on a jet pack, I dig this Fiat funny car

read all about it, and see their gallery: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/04/sema-2009-427-powered-fiat-500-is-the-stuff-dreams-are-made-of/

Marmon Wasp indy 500 replica

For pictures of the original: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/winner-of-first-indianapolis-500-race.html

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

"The Fastest Burro in all Mexico"

Something wasn't working in the ignition system

Original NASCAR Chevelle at Speedfest

That is a wonderfaul paint scheme and cool look... this generation of Chevelle has such a macho looking front

1955 Corvette tribute to the milestone 150mph record setting vette

1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS, winner of the 1964 Targa Florio

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

On walkabout Saturday, at Fleetweek Speedfest

patina on a Vette? I don't see that often... and it's got a Ratfink, ergo, it gets posted The military aren't charged for the event, but have to be there in dress uniform. I always hated that, having to be in dress uniform at an event where you are likely to get dirty, just think about all the brake and rubber dust.When is the last time you saw a coon tail cap? Bring a kid to a show, in action

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

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

White Tiger racing mini Cooper... preshrunk. I love it!

Les's hauler has a new rider, a Panoz!

To compare the Panoz to the previous race car on the hauler (my favorite) the Trans Am racing Boss 302 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/08/tour-of-les-hauler-and-boss-302-much.html http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/04/this-awesome-mustang-now-has-dedicated.html

Winner of first Indianapolis 500 Race, it was lighter, more reliable than the competition... and had one thing they didn't. Rear view mirror.

For a 2009 replica of the Wasp; http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/marmon-wasp-indy-500-replica.htmlThis Marmon Wasp won the first Indianapolis 500 Race in 1911... at that time, all race cars held two men, a driver and a co-driver/mechanic. The Marmon was a single seater, unlike every other car on the track which had a seat for a driver and riding mechanic.Marmon figured that shaving the

Faulty valve causes minor cockpit fire in Tony Kanaan's racecar at the Indy race in Edmonton