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7/3/2010: NJ State Fair Auto and Bike Show

It was a great way to start the long weekend – why not at a fair?   Thats how we spent the long weekend!   Car show, fair, drifting demo and a little visit to the rides?   Hope you were able to have a good July 4th 2010!  At this show you could experience a VIP exhibition area, the crowd pleasing RIX bikini model competition, music and talent performances, an exciting vendor midway and yes even the BATCOPTER was there!  Be sure to check out the coverage and see how this show is getting bigger and bigger each year!

6.25-27.2010/Mazda Motorsports Festival at NJMP

• The annual Mazdasports Festival at the NJ Motorsports was held this weekend.    Racing included on-track action from the GT-3 Patron Cup, IMSA Lites, Mazda MX-5 Cup and USF2000.    Props to A Dobbs for attending this event and supplying these pictures.

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6.19.2010/XDC at Summit Point WV

• XDC Hyperfest and it’s third event of the 2010 Xtreme Drift Circuit championship was held at Summit Point Raceway in WV.  Each year this show takes place, there is no doubt it’s hot.   IT WAS HOT.   REALLY HOT    Whether on the track racing and/or drifting this years Hyperfest events were a sight to see.   Car show, the NASA models, the kids events, the live bands and yes, even the rice-rice challenge was THE event to watch!

• Congratulations to Doug Van Den Brink who took the big prize in his ASD Ford Mustang.   Other drivers included Steve Angerman (who drove team Gardella Racing’s V8-powered Pontiac Solstice, and local drivers like Nathan Brasz, Anthony Dionyssopoulos, Jeff Falk, Gary Simmons and Charlie Tyson.   Coverage by N deVera and  A Dobbs.

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6.13.2010/NSCRA at MD Int’l Raceway

• Talk about being hoooot…..the action at the track was where the action was! Sport compact class with motors of all variations were at this event, which was held at MD International Raceway. Despite threats of showers during the day, racing was the gameplan of the day. Track temps were close to the 90’s and track times ranged from 7 to 8 seconds and _fast_ speeds started easily at 150 MPH!

• Also present at this event was Jessica Barton, who hosted the bikini contest. I’m not sure which was hotter — racing at the track or the bikini contest. You can be the judge of that.   Coverage by N deVera and A Dobbs.

• If you missed this event, be sure to attend the next NSCRA event at MIR – it will be held on July 25 and the third round will return on September 19.

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Formula D, Wall Speeday, NJ

• Formula D made it’s 3rd stop at the Wall Speedway, located in NJ for Round 3 of the 2010 drifting tour.   It may have been HOT but the action on the track was even HOTTER.     Congratulations to Daijiro Yoshihara for the win and second podium this year!  Photography by Neil deVera and A Dobbs.

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30: Bugouts, Old Dominion Speedway/Manassas, VA

• It’s Memorial Weekend – what’s better to do other than to be at a VW show!   Old School and New School and even those inbetween.   There was also a 1/8th mile dragstrip where everything from water cooled to air cooled cars were making tracks.  If you were not into racing there was also the slalom events and crowd pleasing Ms Bugout contest.  Be sure to attend the 2nd bugout out event later this year if you missed this show!  BugOut 68, also at the same track will be held on Sept. 5, 2010.   Here are some of the pics as taken by N deVera and some pictures courtesy of C Kaminsky.

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21-23: NJ Vintage Grand Prix/Family Festival (NJMP)

• Thunderbolt Raceway was the host of this years NJ Vintage Grand Prix and Family festival.  Focus was also given to those who served our country.   There were vendors galor and monster truck rides for the kids at heart and not to mention there was some racing done on the track.   Cars from teh 50’s and 60’s were on the track.  Also present was a motorcycle parade on Saturday – among those who were in honor were those who were wounded in action and veterans of previous tours.  The same parade on Sunday was held to honor high school seniors who are inlisted in the armed forces.  Indeed this festival was for families and also racers alike.

• Kids (both old and young) were able to visit the paddocks and get their pictures taken with their favorate vintage car.  Indeed, this event although it was a Grand Prix, was more of watching history and how the track racing evolved over the eyars.

• Be sure to visit our coverage via this link.

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15: NMRA at Atco Racway, NJ

• Although we were there in a spectator capacity, A Dobbs as able to grab these pics while enjoying the day’s races.    Everything from the naturally aspirated to cars that had turbos, NOS (nitrous oxide) powered engines and even superchargers, cars were HOT.   Check out coverage the coverage by A Dobbs!

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08: Carlisle Performance and Sound (Carlisle Fairgrounds, PA)

• Never a dull moment at this show!  The Carlisle Performance & Style Show, year after year is a lifestyle celebration.  You name it, it was here: hottest, loudest, fastest and most tricked-out cars, trucks and SUVs on the East Coast.  Not to mention the famous bikini contest – which although there were a hand full of entrants, delighted the crowds.  Coverage for this show is either at A Dobb’s album or N deVera’s coverage.

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09:  SCCA TransAm Weekend and VW TDI Cup, NJMP

• Talk about a day for racing: at this event, Milleville, NJ where the New Jersey Motorsports Park is located is where the maiden SCCA Pro Racing Event took place.  Laps were in the 1 minute 22 second timeframe and an exciting 40 laps was the schedule for this event.  The main event was the Trans-Am Series, that included support races from the VW TDI Cup, Spec Racer Pro and even a vintage Trans-Am Race.

• The VW TDI Cup race was also a crowd pleaser.  19 “quiet” laps with lap times running around the 1:35 mark, make for some great racing.  The podium results were as follows:  [1] JuanPablo SierraLendle/Puebla/MX Pirelli/VW Jetta TDI, [2] Arie Ouimet(R)/Plymouth/MA VW Parts & Accessories/VW Jetta TDI and [3] Chris Wehrheim(R)/Norcross/GA Lamin-X/VW Jetta TDI.     On a little tidbit of information, these cars travel nationwide and complete their practice/racing on a total of 30 gallons/car.   Now imagine, what’s the mileage per gallon (or per lap) they get per race?

• Coverage by A Dobbs and N deVera.       Check out the galleries for more coverage!

05: Red Line Time Attack/New Jersey Motorsport Park, Milleville, NJ (coming soon)

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24: Drift Camp, Maple Grove Raceway, PA

Although it’s only April, races at dragstrips may not have started by Maple Grove Raceway hosted the Drift Camp this year.     Fans of drifting were present at this event.  There was also a motorcycle/car show, live DJ and bikini contest for extra activites.

Be sure to check out the coverage by A Dobbs and N deVera.

• February 2010 – Harrisburg, PA.   We were there…were you?   Experience the best of new and old generations of cars at this show.   From classics to current automobile models, they were there.   Although it was early in the season, cars were either in a work in progress class or were just out of the shop for display at the show.    A Dobbs’ contributed his pictures and are viewable in either album 1 aor 2. N deVera’s pictures are viewable here.

World Cup Finals – MD Int’l Raceway, MD

AMA (Motorcycle Racing) at NJMP

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ARCA Remax Race and TDI CUP Race (NJMP)

• 9/2009: ARCA REMAX/VW TDI Cup (NJMP)     – NJMP was lucky to have the ARCA series visit them during last year.   That series along with the VW TDI Cup during 1 weekend results in more racing than you can handle in a weekend.   For those who are new to ARCA racing, basically the drivers are professional racers as well as hobby racer.  The cars are actually most cars used in the RE/MAX Series were previously used in NASCARThis year’s ARCA race at NMP brought about diehard racing fans and the VW CUP race brought about many VW junkies.  Speaking of VWs, for 2009  Hyperfuels became the official supplier for the TDI Cup.  In 2010 all the race cars will all be run on SynDiesel B5 Biodiesel as well as all the vehicle/equipment transporters and generators used by the series.  Late in the 2008 season Pirelli announced that they would be the official tire supplier for the 2009 VW TDI Cup season.    Coverage of this event by Allen Dobbs can be viewed by visiting this link.

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Ferrari Cup Challenge (NJMP)

9/2009: Ferrari Cup Challene (NJMP)     – Italian Beauty.    It usually comes in the color red.   Well this time around they were in all colors and driving styles.   We  attended this annual event at the NJ Motorsports Park for the first time.   There were various teams from the US competing in this event – teams from the California, Florida, Texas and even the North East.   Lots of fast turns, passing and also not to mention the excitement of seeing a ferrari being passed by another ferrari.

Drift Nirvana – Sumit Point, WV

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Redline Time Attack – Englishtown Raceway, NJ

• 8/2009: Red Line Time Attack (Englishtown, NJ)     -     Thanks to the work of Allen Dobbs he was able to attend this event and supply these pictures.  Feel free to visit his website here to view additional pictures or purchase images.Up close and near the action.  That’s how it should be.  Coverage thru the eyes of Allen can be seen here.

• The track at Englishtown, NJ was stop #6 of 8 for this national event.   Cloudy and rain was the forecast but mother nature cooperated and the events were held as scheduled.  For the newbies, this series of events held in North America basically is held at tracks nationwide, that test a driver’s skills given track conditions, number of turns and breaking skills of drivers.  All this all with the timer running.  The four classes are as follows: Stock, Street, Modified and Unlimited.   When all is said and done, for each of the classes you are entered in, he (or she) who runs the fastest time wins.   Yes, it is “that simple.”

• This event is open to the general public: for both spectating and participating.  It’s open to both domestic and import models.  All drivers are welcome to enter and show their driving skills.

• 2009-07 Imstar (MD Int’l Racway) -   Street fighter class (9.99 and quicker cars), wild street (1987 and newer cars with limited to aftermarket parts including hoods, trunks lids, sunroofs, wings, ground effects, bumpers, and front fenders only), true street (fwd, awd, rwd), all-motor street (oem transmissions required and even no use of nitrous oxide), street stock (EFI engines, stock suspensions and also oem working windows and working headlights/brake lights required), Street ET (no wheelie bars, stock syspension and mufflers required, unless turbocharged) and even steeetbike ET class particpants were present at the 1st of 2 IMSTAR events at MIR. Congrats to Ms Tiffany for winning the bikini contest. Be sure to attend the next IMSTAR event later this year at MD Int’l Raceway.      Enjoy the coverage.

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NJ State Fair Car and Bike Show

Waterfest 15 – Englishtown Raceway, NJ

Battle of the Imports – MD Int’l Raceway, MD

Formula D – Wall Speedway, NJ

Formula X – NJMP, NJ

Hyperfest – Summit Point Raceway, WV

Ocean City Annual Car Show – OC Convention Center, MD

Rumble at the Grove – Maple Grove Raceway, PA

Sport Compact Summerslam – Englishtown Raceway, NJ