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seriously, this is the coolest hot rodding magazine I've ever come across, and I've been paying the regular price for years... this deal is for $49 dollars for 2 years... and it's a quarterly issue magazine. Comes in a sturdy cardboard envelope that the post office hasn't screwed up yet. 

just one of the teams, Team Galag, is going all out with a version of the Batman Tumbler  http://metro.co.uk/2013/05/09/team-galag-unveil-street-legal-batman-tumbler-for-gumball-3000-rally-3747193/



Tony Hawk is on for his 5th Gumball, David Hasselhoff, Xhibit,  and others celebs are in the run http://www.gumball3000.com/rally/entry_grid  through Copenhagen - Stockholm - Helsinki - St. Petersburg - Tallinn - Riga - Warsaw - Vienna - Monte Carlo

 May 18th – 24th 2013,
3000 miles, 100 cars, 13 countries, 6 days

Saturday May 18th:
 The official VIP launch event will take place at the spectacular Copenhagen Opera House. The evening will be hosted by Gumball founder Maximillion Cooper and The Cuban Brothers, with an exclusive live performance from Grammy award winning rapper Eve.

 Gumball will be unveiling two spectacular new cars to the world media, and prestigious auctioneers Christie’s will be hosting the first of seven charity auctions to launch the Gumball Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to benefit underprivileged youths with education and infrastructure.

Sunday 19th May: The start outside Copenhagen Town Hall (Denmark), as all 100 cars set off on their 3000 mile road trip to Monte Carlo. Over the following 6-days the route includes overnight stops, parties, music concerts, car displays and checkpoints in Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), St.Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), Vilnius (Lithuania), Warsaw (Poland) and Vienna (Austria) before crossing the finish line in Casino Square from 21:00 on the evening of Friday 24th May in Monte Carlo (Monaco).

Congrats to Driven.UrbanDaddy.com  http://driven.urbandaddy.com/  for winning!

I posted about that site in Dec 2011: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-found-single-exquisite-photo-per-post.html and agree they are most deserving of a webby. Great content variety and photography

John Surtees, only person to win both the 2 wheel world championship and the 4 wheel world championship.
He won 7 motorcycle World Championships, and one Formula One World Championship in 1964,

it might have made headlines, however, John Campbell in the same year (the magazine says) set both land and water land speed records that year, and John Surtees accomplishments did not get the recognition due him.

Aston Martin was incorporated a 100 years ago, and this year the largest gathering of racing Astons will happen at Brands Hatch on July 6-7th

The Mac's IT Special was powered by a 2 cycle Rotax engine at all 4 wheels independantly

Aynton Senna won the 1988, 90, and 91 F1 World Championships, won 41 Gran Prix events, and made pole position 65 times, a record that stood for a decade until Michael Shumacher broke it.... and it all started with a 1 hp go kart his dad made him. With a lawn mower engine

Ettore Bugatti was so driven to win the 1925 Gran Prix, near Paris, at Montlhery, that he upgraded the type 35 to type 39's, made them full road spec, even having ballast to compensate for the lack of a passengers weight. Mid race refueling was not allowed, so they were fitted with oversize fuel tanks. Bugatti was so proud of them, he had a preview of the cars for the public the day before the race, at Strasbourg's Place Kleber

England now has more lions per square mile than Kenya

Lord Montagu inherited Beaulieu, a stately home according to Vintage Racecar magazine, but not a lot of money, so he made the estate the home to the National Motor Museum

An auction ring is when collectible companies attend auctions, and bid up the items to set the auction sales prices as high as they'd like to have the perceived value of their stock become. So if auctions seem to be setting prices, it's because the major media doesn't get numbers from private sales, they only get the prices that cars sell for at auctions, and thus, report the value of a make and model as having risen from the economic lows of 2008, 2009, to high numbers more in keeping with the trend toward investment grade rare items. Auction Ring. New idea to me, so beware.

Auction prices on the topic, here are some trends: American Muscle cars down 32 percent from the 2007 highs (no more million dollar superbirds, hemis, etc) Ferrari's are up 59 percent over the last 3 years, British cars are up 12%, postwar German cars are up 43 percent since 2006

Starting out on April 13th, Rainey will drive from Oceanside (Near San Diego) to Julian, 60 some miles East... and then http://joy-across-america.com/the-route/

You can read about the adventure at Hagerty http://www.hagerty.com/classic-car-articles-resources/Features/News/All-Articles/2013/04/01/Shattered-Dream-Rekindled?utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Hagerty%20Weekly%20News%2004-03-2013

 

image from http://www.libertyfoundation.org/index.html
story with details is at http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/19/B-17-bomber-on-display-in-El-Cajon/

March 23-24	San Diego, CA Gillespie Field Airport (KSEE) Main Terminal 1960 Joe-Crosson Drive El Cajon, CA 92020 view map	Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. B-17 available.
March 30	Long Beach, CA Daugherty Field Airport (KLGB) Signature Flight Support FBO 3333 East Spring Street Long Beach, CA 90806 view map	Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. B-17 available.
April 6-7	Burbank, CA Bob Hope Burbank Airport (KBUR) Atlantic Aviation FBO 10750 Sherman Way Burbank, CA 91505 view map	Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. B-17 available.
April 13	Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield Meadows Airport (KBFL) Epic Jet Center FBO 1105 Douglas Street Bakersfield, CA 93308 view map	Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. B-17 available.
April 14	Fresno, CA Fresno-Yosemite International Airport (KFAT) Corporate Aircraft FBO 4885 East Shields Fresno, CA 93726 view map	Call 918-340-0243 to schedule your flight. B-17 available.

 To kick off the 2013 Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals, on Thursday, March 21st a collection of past Monster Jam World Finals champions will participate in an autograph session in front of Planet Hollywood, followed by a procession down the world famous Las Vegas Strip.

Festivities begin at 5:00 p.m. with the Monster Jam trucks on display and drivers signing autographs.

 At 7:00 p.m. the Monster Jam trucks will travel Northbound on the Las Vegas Strip, turn at the intersection of Las Vegas Blvd. and Flamingo, and return to Planet Hollywood. This is a once in a life time Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam World Finals moment you won't want to miss

Gourmet food trucks are now getting inspected by the Health Dept. They're going to get graded like restaurants.... so if you like to enjoy food, and not have a bad day, stick to the grade A only.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/06/food-trucks-get-letter-grades/

there are 550 carts and trucks in San Diego county, half of them had been cited with violations in 2010 or 2011

Phil Remington, last of the soup to nuts mechanics

After serving as a B-24 flight engineer in the South Pacific, Remington returned home after World War II and headed straight to the dry lakes of California. With an ultra-modified Model A fitted with a flathead V8 Ford, he set a class record by running 136 mph and change at El Mirage.

 When West Coast hot rodders started tearing up the dry lakes before World War II, he was there. When Sterling Edwards won the first bonafide sports car race staged on the West Coast after the war, he was there. When Lance Reventlow ran the first American Formula One car at Monte Carlo, he was there. When Carroll Shelby's Cobras crushed all comers from Riverside to Daytona, he was there. When John Holman and Ralph Moody were dominating the Southern stock car scene, he was there. And when Dan Gurney's All American Racers finally won Indianapolis 500, Phil Remington was there.

 As director of research and development at Shelby American, Remington was responsible for hundreds of modifications to the all-conquering Ford GT40s, Mark IIs and Mark IVs. On the sketches for these fixes, there used to be a legend: " Draftsman: Remington. Designer: Remington. Engineer: Remington. Approved: Remington." Just call him the last of the soup-to-nuts mechanics.

 As soon as the Scarab operation folded in 1962, for instance, Remington landed on his feet with the Cobra program. In fact, when Shelby started leasing shop space in Venice from Reventlow, Remington more or less went with the building. As he puts it, "I just changed payrolls, I guess you could say." A few weeks later, when Billy Krause broke a rear hub carrier while leading at race at Riverside in the Cobra's maiden race, Remington was the guy who picked up some forging blanks from his friend Ted Halibrand and made a set of new ones. These served as the prototypes for all future rear hub carriers which, by the way, never broke again.

 Excerpts from http://www.allamericanracers.com/rem/rem-story.html
posted on July 2011, http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/phil-remington-last-of-soup-to-nuts.html

I just got the news from http://www.rodauthority.com/news/performance-and-hot-rod-legend-phil-remington-dies-at-age-92/

http://www.petersen.org/uploads/Womens_Day_2013_Registration_Flyer-2.pdf

Celebrate Women's History Month this year with a fun, friendly and intimidation-free dose of empowerment!

You don't have to be a 'car person' or a mechanic to feel confident about caring for your car. Together, we will work through the basics of car knowledge to leave you feeling confident and road ready.

You'll get hands on with tire care, learn to check your oil and water, and get to know your way around an engine, among other nifty tricks and tips. You'll be working in pairs or small groups on your own cars. Expect to get your hands and clothes dirty by the end of day!

 Women's Day ($30 non-members/$25 members) includes a car care clinic, light refreshments, workshop certificate, car care goody bag, Museum admission and parking validation!

 For more information, contact Lorianne Salazar at 323-964-6308 or lsalazar@petersen.org Pre-registration is required. Download the flyer here http://www.petersen.org/uploads/Womens_Day_2013_Registration_Flyer-2.pdf and sign-up now!

for more info on events at the Petersen: http://www.petersen.org/visit/museum-events/

OPTIMA® Batteries Partners with ChumpCar World Series® as First-Ever Title Sponsor





 Announcing the all-new OPTIMA® Batteries ChumpCar World Series for the upcoming 2013 North American endurance racing season (Morgan Hill, Calif. – Jan. 28, 2013) – The ChumpCar World Series®, one of the fastest-growing segments in North American motorsports, announced today that OPTIMA® Batteries, the global leader in high-performance automotive batteries and chargers, has become the premier Title Sponsor for the North American endurance racing series. OPTIMA Batteries, a division of Johnson Controls Inc. based in Milwaukee, is recognized as a world leader in the development and manufacture of high-performance automotive batteries and battery charging products, with applications including performance automotive cars and street trucks to extreme off-road vehicles, demanding commercial equipment and high-end marine.

“We are extremely excited to welcome OPTIMA Batteries to the world of grassroots endurance road racing,” reports ChumpCar’s CEO John Condren, on the OPTIMA Batteries and ChumpCar World Series relationship. “OPTIMA is already a standard in racing and is recognized by many as the best in the automotive aftermarket industry, offering dependable power, performance and endurance. Those are the same qualities that any race team competing in the ChumpCar World Series needs in order to see the checkered flag. It’s a great partnership and a perfect match.” The ChumpCar World Series features more than sixty, seven- to 36-hour-long endurance road races for amateur, semi-pro and professional race teams in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. With an emphasis on inexpensive, grassroots racing and close competition, the series holds events annually at some of North America’s greatest race tracks, including Daytona International Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Auto Club Speedway and Road America.

“The enthusiasts who participate in and make up the ChumpCar World Series epitomize the OPTIMA customer,” said Cam Douglass, OPTIMA Batteries director of product development and marketing. “For this reason, we are thrilled to sign on as the series’ first-ever Title Sponsor and support those who truly embody the automotive enthusiast spirit and passion for high-performance aftermarket products.”

OPTIMA Batteries will field a team of vehicles in the endurance race series and will extend the opportunity for seat time to editorial partners at select events throughout the season. Additional information on the OPTIMA Batteries ChumpCar Racing Team and vehicles will be announced soon. The racing action and fun begins at the inaugural OPTIMA Batteries Grand Prix at Road Atlanta on February 9, 2013.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. (January 26, 2013) – Universal Technical Institute (NYSE: UTI), the leading provider of post-secondary education for students seeking careers as professional automotive, diesel, collision repair, motorcycle and marine technicians, is continuing its long-standing relationship with Feld Motor Sports®, producers of Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam® by offering the 2013 UTI/Grave Digger® scholarship. Together, UTI and Feld Motor Sports will provide $20,000 in tuition assistance.

 “We give students the opportunity to change their lives by providing the necessary training to realize their dreams,” said Kim McWaters, chief executive officer, Universal Technical Institute. “This scholarship will help them take the next step towards a career in the automotive industry.”

 Those interested in attending Universal Technical Institute (UTI) can enter to win a $20,000 scholarship to UTI by submitting a 2-minute video that tells Monster Jam legend, Dennis Anderson—the creator of Grave Digger—why he or she deserves the scholarship. Entrants are encouraged to be creative with their videos, whether that’s singing a song, performing a comedy sketch or reciting a poem – as long as they include information about themselves, why they should win and what they plan to do with their training after graduation. Videos can be uploaded at http://www.youtube.com/UTIGravedigger until March 8, 2013.

“Technicians have always been essential in my Monster Jam career driving Grave Digger,” said Dennis Anderson. “I’m looking forward to learning more about the next generation of technicians who may one day be maintaining a show-stopping Monster Jam truck like Grave Digger.”


http://www.monsterjam.com/News/2013/01/26/1/