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Monday and I’m in the mood for Muscle Cars

Muscle cars are always closest to my heart. The sound, feel, smell, and visuals are just awesome. They celebrate a bygone era of America when corporations had a sense of humor, people had a little extra spending money, and cars were built for a purpose, not a price point. I love the thought of a …

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A 1967 Barracuda: before and after

This weekend I loaded up some camera gear and headed out to a car show in Carrollton, Illinois. I had several choices of shows but I figured in Carrollton I’d see our friends from the White Hall Drag O Way, which I did, and it gave me a chance to hang out with some family. …

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custom Ford Mustang GT

Barry Apple Festival Part 2: Mustangs

Everyone loves Mustangs, even me. It is clear that the Mustang is the most popular show car out there because I swear you couldn’t throw a baseball at the Barry Apple Festival and not hit a Mustang. That of course is fine by me because while Mustangs are extremely common, Mustang owners are some of …

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A future classic the Ford Mustang

So far we’ve looked at classics from last weekends show but today we will change things up a bit and look at something newer. The cool thing about Mustangs is there are a million ways to customize one and make it your own and this one is a perfect example of that. The owner says …

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Jan 05

ALMS Grand Am merger class changes abound

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We absolutely love ALMS racing here on IG and when it was announced that there was a merger with Grand Am we were a bit apprehensive. Our fear was the powers that be at Grand Am would take the awesomeness of ALMS, which brings true European style enduro racing to states, and make it go the way of Indy Car. Which is to say basically kill it. However we are keeping an open mind, and the new series certainly will have our full attention because we will watch anything with a motor race, especially if it’s on a road course.

ALMS @ Laguna Seca

So today we have a full press release about the upcoming changes as the series merge. Here are some highlights.

-The biggest and saddest news is that ALMS P1 will be eliminated. This means we won’t see the likes of the Audi R18 here stateside any more. That sucks!
-ALMS Proto Challenge will still exist
-Daytona Prototypes and ALMS P2 will merge into one class

You can hit the jump for the full press release.

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Jan 04

Film Friday: The Isle of Man TT

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Admittedly I’m not a huge motorcycle guy, but the Isle of Man TT is all kinds of awesome. I’ve just always focused my attention on cars so there has not been time for motorcycles. A few staffers here at IG are certainly motorcycle nuts and we’ve kicked around the idea of doing more motorcycle stuff going forward. We’ll see how that fleshes out as the new year wears on. For now though our film Friday flick of the week is the Isle of Man TT. It’s an hour long documentary about the race, what brings the racers back, and what brings them there in the first place. It’s pretty cool and I think you guys will really enjoy it.
Isle of Man TT

You’ll have to hit the jump to see the full video. It’s worth it.
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Jan 04

Motor Racing Program directory

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Filed under the useless but super cool is this site that has tons of old programs from motor racing events of days gone bye. They also have a hydroplane directory too. Thought you guys might like it, so check it out!

progcovers.com
vintage racing program

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Jan 03

Mercedes Benz C63 AMG to drop 6.2L V8 in favor of 4.0L V8

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The Mercedes Benz C63AMG is one of the modern greats. I’ve often said the only automaker that makes muscle cars out side of the US is Mercedes and the C63 is a prime example of that. It uses a legendary 6.2L V8 that not only packs one hell of a punch but sounds other worldly. It might be the best sounding engine on the market today.

C63 AMG

The current 6.2L produces 451hp and 443lb-ft of torque which rockets the C63 to 60 in 4.4 seconds. That’s super car speed in a sports sedan that weighs north of two tons. That’s how awesome the 6.2L is.

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Jan 03

2013 Viper hits the dyno

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The folks over at Edmunds put the new 2013 SRT Viper on the dyno to see if this snake lives up to the hype. Turns out it does.

SRT Viper on dyno

I’ll let the video do the talking so hit the jump for the full video and be sure to check out what I think is the coolest feature of the Viper, the tach.
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