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esscott

07-11-2008, 09:17 PM

It is getting very late here and after being in the sun all day I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to make much of a post about all the cool happenings... but I thought I'd fill you guys in on some photos from today's Street Machine of the Year Autocross. Look for more info in the next few days as we get a chance to post:

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_6299-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_6386-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_6359-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_6768-1.jpg

More photos (and videos to come) here:

http://www.ridetech.com/more/2008/07/11/good-guys-street-machine-of-the-year-autocross/

Larry Callahan

07-11-2008, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the pictures. I'm so going next year!

BaddestBuick

07-11-2008, 09:33 PM

Wow wow wow all these machines are amazing! thanks for posting

Larry Callahan

07-11-2008, 09:40 PM

And I LOVE the fact they are driving them. Do they just have to drive them or does a lap time factor in some how?

TonyL

07-11-2008, 10:55 PM

I cant wait to hear about this one....
CONE KILLER!!
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And I really love this car. Wow.
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There's SO many really nice contenders this time. I don't envy the judges. All the cars are incredible.

Mr.VENGEANCE

07-11-2008, 11:10 PM

not for nothin..

those pictures are the best thing that ive seen on here.. this may probably be the best thread on PT.com

JUST for the fact that i see those rich bit ches being driven hard!

its like watching your favorite TV/movie actress( jolie, anderson, beil, johanson, alba..etc) getting facked in a porno..

co-signatures?

MrQuick

07-11-2008, 11:36 PM

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_6768-1.jpg

hey!!!! WTF.....someones holding out on us?!?! thats just notorious.

esscott

07-12-2008, 02:14 AM

Glad you guys like the photos, look for more static shots and details of the cars tonight.

To answer the question, the cars were required to run 3 laps to qualify for the SMOTY. The times were recorded, however, being the fastest is not what it was about. Just getting the cars out there and showing off was really the only goal.

I personally thought it was a perfect exhibition. Even without trying to set fast time of the day, navigating a car through an autocross course puts a car through forces and stress that never happen otherwise. There were plenty of on the gas moments to make it cool.

Having the competition include the autocross I think these builders might just be looked back on as the very first of a new breed of "supercar". I personally sure hope this becomes a trend.

6fastback7

07-12-2008, 06:48 AM

Air Ride does have some awesome shots up of all the cars at the auto-x...now all we need is some dam video with sound!:rolleyes:

http://www.ridetech.com/more/2008/07/11/good-guys-street-machine-of-the-year-autocross/

Josh292

07-12-2008, 06:51 AM

Great pics!! Do you have more of the silver camaro??

thedugan

07-12-2008, 08:53 AM

That silver camaro is real sharp

Nice Wheels and paint

Roger M

07-12-2008, 09:12 AM

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That silver camaro is real sharp

Nice Wheels and paint
Someone may want to chime in here if I am wrong, but I think the silver camaro is Kenny's SEMA car from last year? With different wheels.

https://www.pro-touring.com/images/news/1039_Kenny%20Davis%20Camaro%201.jpg (https://www.pro-touring.com/images/news/1039_Kenny%20Davis%20Camaro%201.jpg)

esscott

07-12-2008, 09:41 AM

You are correct - that is the same car. It is sporting the "SEMA wheels" on the show field, they must have swapped to avoid damage on the course.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_7071-1.jpg

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/07/IMG_7072-1.jpg

I've added another batch of photos to galleries - now MOST of the cars have show photos too.

http://www.ridetech.com/more/2008/07/12/good-guys-street-machine-of-the-year-autocross/

6fastback7, I'm gonna be working on the video - photo posting is much more simple, video takes a while. I have over 100 clips to process and such - We'll get 'ya hooked up - sound and all. Get your speakers ready!

Roger M

07-12-2008, 09:56 AM

Thanks Scott. and thanks for posting pics for all of us that arent able to be there.:twothumbs

Any chance for some video?

camaro_in_another_life

07-12-2008, 10:24 AM

TonyL

07-12-2008, 10:58 AM

top 5 would have been a hard call to make this year.

I'm guessing the cuda, the red and gold nova, notorious, and kenny's camaro and the orange crush camaro.

hotrdblder

07-12-2008, 11:04 AM

top 5
troys car
rings car
tech 9 hanson
burmans camaro
time machines

72LeMans

07-12-2008, 11:08 AM

i watched the autocross when the manufacturers were running (air ride tech, dse and hotchkis). man oh man were they beating the living piss out of those cars.

BaddestBuick

07-12-2008, 12:52 PM

That 2 tone Corvette is sick!
But I think either the Notorious Nova or the Ring Brothers Camaro will take SMOTY

6fastback7

07-12-2008, 12:58 PM

i like all the finalists but im gona give it to RingBros again for there originality and for doin something a little different..the carbon fibre body parts and the sick interior is a winner for me..and i luv the color combo

z4me69

07-12-2008, 01:01 PM

the silver 69 looks 100 percent better with those wheels dam sharp car

NvrDun71

07-12-2008, 01:24 PM

the silver 69 looks 100 percent better with those wheels dam sharp car

WERD, I understand the copo zl1 idea on the other set of rims, but in that large of diameter they just don't do much for the car IMO.

esscott

07-12-2008, 03:42 PM

Ring Brothers took the honor today - I'll have more later...

esscott

07-12-2008, 06:15 PM

As promised - video is on the site (more to come):

http://www.ridetech.com/more/2008/07/12/good-guys-street-machine-of-the-year-autocross/

6fastback7

07-12-2008, 07:12 PM

As promised - video is on the site (more to come):

http://www.ridetech.com/more/2008/07/12/good-guys-street-machine-of-the-year-autocross/

ughhhh i wana hear Notorious please ..pretty please ...by the way are the courses usually that short? just when it gets good it over already

SLO 65

07-12-2008, 07:43 PM

"That 2 tone Corvette is sick!"

That car was pro-touring before the movement, 99% sure it was originally built in 1993/4 by Adams Rod Shop for Todd Jupiter. Tube frame with C4 Corvette suspension, EFI converted mechanical fuel injection, 335/35R17 rear tires. Car was blue/purple and a Hot Rod top ten car. Easy update and definately a cool ride. One of my favorite cars of all time.

Nick

esscott

07-12-2008, 08:06 PM

I knew someone was gonna nail me on this one... I was a frantically shooting both still photos as well as video. The cars ran in groups of 4 and did 3 laps each. I shot still images on the first 2 laps and video on the last run (presumedly the best). Notorious was late to the course and a bit off schedule, he ran pretty much back to back and the last run caught me off guard and I missed it. I just couldn't get the camera's switched around fast enough. Sorry - I know there were other cameras rolling... we'll have to keep an eye on youtube. I do still have a few more to post... probably Monday at this point.

rocketman

07-12-2008, 08:30 PM

victionone

07-13-2008, 03:46 AM

I thought Mother's Chevelle "ProPane" was going to enter? I heard that it was...

ProdigyCustoms

07-13-2008, 04:30 AM

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Wow! What a great show. First off Congrats to the Ring Bros. What a great couple guys and man our these guys on top of their game! And the owner drove the wheels off that thing on the autocross! I was shocked! AWESOME car and without a doubt the right car to win. Personally a little stunned they could get 2 in a row, almost no one thought they could. Hats off the the GG crew for not letting last years results affect this year.

Troy's car was fabulous and I still hope to grow up and be like him someday! I felt horrible for them having the trouble on the autocross. There was a little grumbling about them not being on the show field in the morning and doing the parade. we also had a "repair" Friday morning and was told with certainty that we had to back on the show field before 12 noon and than all SMOY contenders must parade over as a group and do the autocross to be pre qualified for SMOY. There was a lot of whisper, Wheres Troy when we all showed up at the autocross. I have to admit I was thinking, as well as a lot of others, there was a open slot at the top when he did not show up. Again, as A builder I sympathize the problems they were having and the car is killer no doubt.

I am most happy for Jeff. He not only built a nice car, but drove the wheels off it on the autocross, and is a super cool guy to boot, so way to go Jeff.

Time Machines always builds nice cars and they ran the sheot out of their car on the autocross after Mike was telling me for a few weeks they WOULD NOT be running the car hard. When they over drove it and spun it out, instead o limping off, it was john Force time to the finish line. I thought the front tires were going to come off the ground when they matted it on the back stretch!

The black 68 was a neat car. I have to think it got extra consideration for setting the fastest autocross times, and deservedly so. He ran the hell out of it, and is obviously a good driver.

For ourselves and Project Emptynest, we were just honored to be on the field next to some of those cars. We had some "unfinished" details as the motor put us SO FAR BEHIND that obviously would hurt us. We also could have used a much better driver for the autocross. Like Troy, we fired Emptynest Weds night late, drove it on the trailer, and went to the show. Friday morning I drove it 1 mile to the show field from the hotel. The autocross was miles 1 to 1.5, LOL! All and all the car did good. Needs fuel injection tuning as I believe the twin TBs are creating some interesting additional tuning. Lisa and I drove it around town last night and put 30 miles on it. Actually the car did pretty damn good for a out the door and go deal!

So my fastest time was 19.3 I think. I simply overdrove the **** out of it, caught a cone on one faster run by a tennie. So I threw the keys to Scott Pruett and he went out and busted off a low 18 having never driven the car 10 feet, LOL! The injection is having a "tip in" issue when you come on and off the gas fast that is crippling it in tight corners, almost starving it in corners. Almost as if running out of gas which causes a Oh **** moment when the thing comes back on at 4000 RPM and you are at 650LBS of torque, LOL! Had that starving issue been cured I think we could have tuned him around much faster.

I am a little surprised that scott's time did not count. The killer 18.2 (amazing BTW) time for the 62 Impala was set by celebrity driver Kyle Tucker and it counted. But I guess if you consider Kyle was the builder and drove it much like I was the builder and drove Lisa's car I guess it is the same thing. Times did not count anyway. i just wanted to be the guy that had the balls to hand a driver the keys. no one else did!

It was really, really, REALLY nice to see some of the absolute World of Wheels show cars suffer on the autocross. There were at least half a dozen cars I thought we would br pushing off the coarse as they were running so badly. Some of those guys were sweating the autocross real bad. A couple would stop after each run and check there car for sctraches, rubs, chips, after every lap!

I have to take off my hat to Godguys and Air Ride for making the autocross requirment. And as they thought, while times did not matter, it only ook a couple burnouts to let all the participants know they would need to do more then coast the coarse! I am almost certain that while they said times did not count, that had there been no autocross, a couple other indoor show cars would have displaced some of the top 5.

For us, we had a great time cruising around in Lisa's EmptyNest and Michael's Prodigy. Michael kicked our ass a couple times last night in a couple of stop light wars. That's OK, When we get Lisa's motor tuned, I see some serious grudge racing in our future. I cannot wait. We may not have won the big trophy, but I did get to cruise the Nationals with my wife and our boy in a couple badd ass Pro Touring cars! And that my friends has much more value then a trophy!

And now we have a long ride home this evening!

Danny Thomas

07-13-2008, 06:44 AM

Hats off to the Ring Bros for another win. there will be some whinning but they had a top notch car. Also congrads to Jeff Hanson for making the top 5 with Tech 9 that is a true pro touring car. Competition was tuff and for him to run with the overpriced big boy cars has to say much about his car. Show was awesome. Even Howell's GTO won Cool convertible award.
Hanging out with Bob Johnson, Doug Cooper, Alan and Angie, Bill, Yancy, Ring Bros, Kyle and Stacy, Scott Pruett and all the Air Ride gang was awesome. People like this is what makes the shows a blast. Riding back to PF with Bill and Bob made for some funny conversation. Again cudoos to the Ring Bros

Young Gun

07-13-2008, 07:18 AM

Frank, are yall gonna be at the Chicago GG show?