Thanks Air-Ride

[Smock67]

sounds like an awesome show. where are the pics?

[silver69]

Very nice show my buddies 69 charger actually made it to winner circle. air ride event was impressive.

[HILROD]

Too bad I forgot about that this past weekend. I wanted to go!

[bret]

Joliet was a great show...we had quite a few autocross participants considering this was a first year show and a first year autocross. Stacey Tucker at Detroit Speed and Phil Gerber from the Roadster Shop and I were discussing that these type events are good for EVERYONE. The spectators get to see something besides rows of lawn chairs, the participants get to DO something besides decorate said lawn chairs, and the manufacturers who participate get to show off their products AND have some fun. For me at least, it is ALL about having fun. Yes, we exert some effort persuing this stuff, but I think it is safe to say that we all do this gig for nothing if we had to. Actually if you look back, we all did do it for nothing for quite some time. It was Kyle and Staceys Twister Camaro that started Detroit Speed and it was our Pro Street 70 Mustang that launched air ride Technologies. We were all hotrodders before we were businesspeople. I don't think it is possible for a "non-gearhead" to justify the amount of time and money that goes into the products, events and car projects that most of us do in a years time. I know my banker and accountant looked at me like I had 3 freaking heads when I told them that I was going to spend $x0,000 on some product, or some hotrod project. The official "corporate" reason is that it is a long term investment for a profitable market. The REAL reason is that its is just fun.

[KWIKND]

Here are a couple of snapshots.
It's funny how many I missed shooting Autocross with the cheap digital.
If anybody needs pictures of cones let me know. lol
I will resize more later.
Dan

[John McIntire]

man that black 71 looks great laid out!
The RS chevelle is killer too!

[bret]

An item that a few have missed at the RTH3 and the Goodguys autocrosses is that some of the fastest cars have been running automatics. Granted, the Goodguys courses are real short and conducive to running in 1st or 2nd gear, but the RTH3 course was much longer and required running in at least 2nd gear. Our 66 Chevelle has a simple Bowler 700r4. Our blue 70 Goodguys Chevelle and the orange Roadster Shop Chevelle both have a Bowler 4L80e with Twist Machines paddle shifter electronics, as does Vinnies blue 68 Camaro and of course, Steevo's green 68 Street Fighter Camaro. Having driven manuals and these new electronicly shifted automatics I am here to tell you...a paddle shifted automatic is THE way to fly. This will be as big as the Tremec craze in another year or 2. Steevo has been the original flag bearer for this trend but I am FIRMLY on board with that position now. Properly set up automatic transmissions will go from being considered a liability on the road course to being considered an "unfair advantage" quite soon.