The 14th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion®

The 14th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion®

by | Apr 3, 2016 | News | 0 comments

The 14th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion® presented by AAA Insurance, is heading back to historic Beech Bend Raceway Park and beautiful Bowling Green, Kentucky, Father’s Day weekend, June 16-18.   The Reunion features:   Heacock Classic Cruise In and Fanfest (Wednesday-downtown) • Hot Heads Eliminator Nostalgia Nitro Quarter-mile Drag Racing • Axalta Show N Shine • Dynamat Legends and Honorees • Huge Swap Meet • Manufacture and Vendor Midway. Join us in thanking our 2016 sponsors, Holley Performance, AAA Insurance, Good Vibrations Motorsports, Axalta Coatings, Dynamat, Hot Heads Racing & Research, and Heacock Classic Insurance.   Spectators call: (800) 884-6472 or online: www.NHRA.com/tickets and get your tickets today! For more information, go online to: NHRAMuseum.org and click on Reunions  ...
Ever thought of stunt car driving?

Ever thought of stunt car driving?

by | Apr 1, 2016 | News | 0 comments

Police, military and film directors think about it all the time. By Freddie Heaney: Bobby Ore has made an adventure out of stunt-car driving and when his stunt operation arrived at Atlanta Motorsports Park in mid-March it was a rare opportunity to meet the man. If you could rock a double-decker London bus up onto two wheels and drive it on its  side into the Guinness Book of Records you might consider it a triumph you wouldn’t forget. Though I didn’t know Bobby Ore was the driver at the time, the sight of that bus moving along on two wheels at a precarious angle remains fixed in the mind. Now, decades later, the Oklahoma-born stunt pioneer was scheduled to appear at Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville Georgia, where his company, Bobby Ore Motorsports, is currently establishing and expanding its base. “That was back in July of 1989,” said Bobby, when “fund-raising members for the Royal Marsden Hospital conceived a campaign to drive a London double-decker bus around the world. Princess Diana was the hospital’s President and they needed a stuntman to launch the bus up onto two wheels. It was a spectacle contrived to attract as much initial television exposure as possible—and it succeeded! ” Since then Ore has masterminded the art of teaching stunt-driving with bases in Sebring, Florida, Camarillo, California and now North Georgia. But why Georgia? “Well, we’ve always provided driver training to military personnel as well as law enforcement officers, but the film industry plays a significant part of our business too.” In 1996 Ore created the Motion Picture Stunt Driving School in response to...
Wilwood Disc Brakes Announces New Superlite Front Brake Kits for the 1982-1992 Chevrolet Camaro

Wilwood Disc Brakes Announces New Superlite Front Brake Kits for the 1982-1992 Chevrolet Camaro

by | Apr 1, 2016 | Press Releases | 0 comments

Wilwood’s forged aluminum Superlite 6R radial mount calipers and 12.88” or 14.00” diameter Spec37 alloy directional vane two-piece rotors are combined in these all new brake upgrade packages for the 3rd Gen Camaro. Six piston calipers are available in gloss black or red powder coat finish and are paired with Wilwood’s BP-10 metallic-composite compound SmartPads. Both GT slotted, and SRP drilled and slotted rotors deliver high-torque stopping power, optimized cooling efficiency and high-tech styling for the street or track. Kits include all necessary hardware, DOT approved stainless steel flexlines and a detailed instruction guide for an easy bolt-on installation. MSRP starts at $1,791.99. Source: Wilwood Engineering 4700 Calle Bolero Camarillo, CA 93012...