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 Bowling Green, KY--Looking for something to do in Kentucky the weekend
prior to the Nats? Check out the Holley Somernites Powercruise in the
quaint little town of Somerset, KY.
The Holley Somernites Power
Cruise will be leaving from five locations heading for the popular
cruise destination of Somerset, KY where it will meet up with 1,500
other cars who regularly converge on the historic city square one
weekend per month throughout the summer. The tour legs will be leaving
the morning of July 26th from Knoxville, TN; Cincinnati, OH, Bowling
Green, KY, Manchester, KY and Louisville, KY that morning on the 26th.
Specific locations and times can be found at www.somernitescruise.com. Read more for videos and event info!
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 Here's the final rounds from the 2008 World Street Challenge Race #1 held at Gateway International Raceway in St. Louis. These are the finals from the Diesel Challenge class all the way up through Pro Mod. No fluff, just the finals. You can find more info about the race at the official site for the World Street Challenge.
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 Throughout the Formula 1 season, engineers
continually search for innovation to improve the race car's
performance. As well as an exhaustive development program at the
factory, Panasonic Toyota Racing visits tracks around the world,
including an air strip on Menorca to test aerodynamic and reliability
improvements to the TF108. It must be nice to have the resources these guys do... F1 never fails to impress.
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 The summer cruising months are nearly here, and there are all kinds of great cruising events to join. One great example is the Somernites Power Cruise, and event that leaves from several cities in the heartland of America and converges on the small town of Somerset, Kentucky. We rode along starting the Cincinnati, Ohio, and cruised in one of the best cruising events in the country. The Somernites Cruise happens every 4th Saturday from April through October, and the Power Cruise - with the driving component - occurs in July. This is the first of a 4-part series covering the Somernites Cruise. You can join this year's cruise... it's free, and you'll find more info here!
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 This is part 2 of our exclusive 4-part series covering the Somernites Cruise. You can join this year's cruise... it's free, and you'll find more info here !
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 This is part 3 of our exclusive 4-part series covering the Somernites Cruise. You can join this year's cruise... it's free, and you'll find more info here!
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 This is part 4 of our exclusive 4-part series covering the Somernites Cruise. You can join this year's cruise... it's free, and you'll find more info here!
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 Proper safety gear can make you perform better by releasing stress and that little voice in the back of your mind.. the one that whispers questions to you when you're on the starting line. Qustions like "What will you do if you crash and burn?" and "Are you sure the parachute is packed properly?" Here, Nick Scavo takes us through some of the important safety gear and shows us the right way to pack a parachute so you can ignore that little voice and concentrate on winning.
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 You've seen the HANS device strapped to racers' shoulders, but do you know how they developed? Watch this and you will.
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 Long-time street car drag racer Spiro Pappas already has one of the fastest street-legal drag '69 Camaros in the world, but for 2008, he's added a second car to the lineup... and this one is off the scale. Powered by a 540 cubic inch Sonny Leonard hemi-headed big block Chevy assembled by Fast Times Motorworks, the focal point is the pair of 88mm turbos on the front of the engine. No horsepower ratings are public, but driver Nick Scavo points out that it should crack 2500 horsepower without minimal boost!
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 Stacy Tucker is not only the 2007 Goodguys Woman Of The Year, she's a driving force behind Detroit Speed and Engineering, as well as a force behind the wheel. In this video, Stacy takes some time to school our own Kelle Oeste on the ins and outs of the Autocross. They tear up the parking lot at the Run Through The Hills event in the Detroit Speed "Test Car" - a killer 1969 Camaro set up to road race as well as it handles the streets.
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 This 1966 Chevelle built by the Roadster Shop features their new pro-touring style frame, upgraded Detroit Speed suspension parts, huge tires, and big block Chevy powered. We shot it at the Run Through The Hills III event in Pigeon Forge, TN., tearing up the autocross course. This segment is taken from the V8TV Run Through The Hills DVD.
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 Mike Staveski and the crew at Time Machines have created a full lineup of "Modern Muscle" cars - a 1969 Camaro, a 1969 Mustang, and this 1971 'Cuda convertible. They all emply new technology in an original themed envelope with upgraded performance features throughout. Mike Staveski takes us through the 'Cuda at the 2007 SEMA show. Listen to an audio interview in our SEMA thrashers forum!
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 Terry Nish and the crew from Nish Motorsports have been chasing a long-standing land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Back in 1965, the Sommers Brothers went 425 mph in their 4 Hemi-powered 4-wheel drive streamliner... now the Nish team is trying to beat that world record with the Royal Purple sponsored single engine, 2 wheel drive streamliner. Terry Nish tells us about the 2300 HP 670 Cubic Inch Nitro burning Big Block Chevy currently in the car, and the plans for the 870 cubic inch naturally aspirated gasoline engine to come. They're knocking on the door of that record!
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 Twist Machine is a company that makes products for Pro-Touring Musclecars that look great and serve a purpose. Starting with the "Shrifter" paddle shifter a few years ago, Twist has been expanding their product line and had several new parts out at SEMA, 2007. We spoke with Steve Chryssos about some of their styling accessories, as well as their awesome new torque converter to enhance a paddle-shifting experience even more.
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 The team at G-Force Design Concepts built "Devious", a 1969 Camaro powered by a supercharged LSX block based 400+ cubic inch V8. It rides on an Morrison subframe, and features a look with styling cues taken from the 2009 Camaro concept. Jason Huber took us through the car at the Twist Machine booth at SEMA, 2007.
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 Prodigy Customs built this 1969 Pontiac Trans Am "Tribute" car not only for the SEMA show, but also to drive! And technically being owned by Prodigy's Lisa Serafine, you can bet this car will see some serious street time. Detials include an all aluminum Butler built Pontiac, custom styling and interior, one-off Forgeline wheels, the first Speedtech subframe, huge Wilwood brakes, and about a million other custom tricks. This car was another of our "SEMA Thrashers " interviews in our V8TVshow.com forum. There you'll find the pictures of how bad and rusty the original car was... it's amazing to see how it has transformed. The Prodigy Customs family did it again.
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 We're seeing alot of cars that mate new technology to original body styles in an attempt to create a car that looks to be from a different era but drives like it's brand new. The example in this video - the "Corpala" built by Eckert's Rod And Custom, mates a 1963 Chevy Impala to a new Corvette Z06 driveline and frame system. The car is not just a show car, it's built to drive, and the chassis - called the Torque 3G Chassis - will be available for purchase for your next project.
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 Weiand and Starr Products have teamed up to bring out an F1-inspired composite intake manifold for LSX GM engines designed to be light weight and offer substantial power gains.
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 We've seen locking header bolts, tabs, wires, etc., but this time, Percy's High Performance came up with a split bolt with a lock to seal them for good. It won a SEMA Product Of The Year Award!
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 Kenny Davis and the crew at Kenny Davis Hot Rods built a 1969 Camaro that they unveled at the 200 SEMA show, and it's a new take on the legendary ZL1 Camaro from 1969. This time, it features all new technology and a few street rod tricks to create a super smooth, modern version of one of the worlds most famous Musclecars.
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 Custom car guys need to develop tricks to get your attention at big shows like SEMA - Kelle talked with John Wargo about his phantom 2009 Lamborghini Superleggera and all the elements that went in to making this car a showstopper at the Sony booth!
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 Magden Technologies has introduced a very cool tool to keep tabs on your OBDII-equipped ride - it's a computer that sends 5 of 17 channels of data to a video or touch screen so you can see what's happening to your engine in real time. But what's more, you can select different layouts, channels, and skins to match your car's design. And it's expandible. Check out the video for all the details!
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