Carl Edwards had Ford Racing fans celebrating for the second weekend in a row after winning one the sport’s most popular races – the Saturday night NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Bristol, Tenn. It was his sixth victory of the season and the 13th of his career, and it came in front of more than 160,000 packed into the Bristol stadium.
Jack Roush takes great pride in winning at Michigan International Speedway, the closest track to Ford Motor Company and his Roush Industries headquarters.
Ford Racing fans at Watkins Glen, N.Y., were treated to two major victories this weekend as Marcos Ambrose won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race and Brian Frisselle and Mark Wilkins won the Grand-Am Rolex Series race.
The 2008 race season started off on a high note, both on-track and off. An underdog win by the Castrol Syntec SpeedSource Mazda RX-8 team at the Rolex 24 at Daytona saw Mazda take its 22nd class win in the American 24-Hour classic. Less than a month later, all eyes turned to the unification of open wheel racing. While that was welcome news for race fans, it created a great deal of additional work for many organizations. Mazda was hit especially hard with four Mazda-specific series directly impacted, and has spent the past six months in rebuilding schedules for 2008 and 2009.
As a teaser for the upcoming coverage of the Joliet Super Chevy Show, I thought I’d share some pics and words about some of the cool stuff I saw over my weekend at the show. Aside from a little rain on Saturday, the weather was beautiful for the show, with the locals surprised at the sudden relief from the sweltering August heat.
Photo Gallery: A sneak peek of the Chicago Super Chevy Show – Super Chevy Magazine
Photo Gallery: A sneak peek of the Chicago Super Chevy Show – Super Chevy Magazine
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Project American Heroes II Unveiling at the Joliet Super Chevy Show
Photo Gallery: Project American Heroes II Unveiling – Super Chevy Magazine
Photo Gallery: Project American Heroes II Unveiling – Super Chevy Magazine
Ford Racing fans enjoyed two victories this weekend as Carl Edwards drove the No. 99 Fusion to a first-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Pocono Speedway in Long Pond, Pa., and Brian Frisselle and Mark Wilkins came away with the Grand-Am Rolex Series race victory in Montreal, Quebec.
Even a new Chevy Malibu Hybrid attracted some attention during the show. It seems that the miserable CAFE standard of 35 mpg is going to put a big squeeze on the future of GM performance cars. More of these hybrids will have to be on the road if the new Camaro and Corvette are to survive.
Photo Gallery: Fontana 2008 Super Chevy Show – Car Show – Super Chevy Magazine
Photo Gallery: Fontana 2008 Super Chevy Show – Car Show – Super Chevy Magazine
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