Champion Speed Shop » Hot Rod Reunion http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 First Round Qualifying Mayhem http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2009/10/17/first-round-qualifying-mayhem/ http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2009/10/17/first-round-qualifying-mayhem/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:57:16 +0000 Mike Bumbeck http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/?p=221 sorokin_wheels

Bakersfield, California. Adam Sorokin and the Champion Speed Shop Special came out of the gate wheels up and on a charge in first round qualifying at the 18th running of the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Getting through some tire shake was only half the battle, as the horrors of nitromethane took hold of connecting rod number seven. Half of the rod ended up in the oil pan while the other half did its best destruction derby impression – while still attached to the crankshaft of the small block Chevy. Adam took the Special safely down the track and lifted the oily canopy to see through to the turnout road. Nitromethane is the only fuel that can turn a qualifying run into a complete teardown and engine replacement, and the only fuel that can power the team to spend Friday night getting the car ready for Saturday action. Today’s top fuel qualifying session is scheduled for 1:30 PM, followed by first round of Eliminations at 4PM.

]]> http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2009/10/17/first-round-qualifying-mayhem/feed/ 0 Bowling Green or Bust! http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2009/06/11/bowling-green-or-bust/ http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/2009/06/11/bowling-green-or-bust/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:34:24 +0000 Mike Bumbeck http://championspeedshop.com/wordpress/?p=69 jim_mclennanThe Champion Speed Shop is fine-tuning the Chevrolet-powered Special in preparation to motor far further south than South San Francisco for the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green Kentucky, June 19-21. Putting together an all-new race car and getting the fresh clutch and tire combination to mesh with almost three thousand horsepower can be a little tricky – especially when races last a mere 5.96 seconds each. Even with two test sessions and two races in the past, the Special has had less than five minutes of actual on-track measured run time. Bowling Green, Kentucky will be the next stop on the road towards quicker and faster quarter mile assaults. The entire crew is geared up for the drag race, and will once again bring a Chevrolet and nitromethane to the lush grounds of Beech Bend Raceway Park.

“It’s like going to Churchill Downs to drag race. Bowling Green is truly beautiful, and unlike any other drag strip. It’s one of my favorite races of the year”, said driver Adam Sorokin.

For more information on the 2009 Holley NHRA Hot Rod Reunion head on over to the NHRA Motorsports Wally Parks Museum. Note: That’s Jim McLennan wearing a suit and tie in the cockpit of the circa-1966 Champion Speed Shop Special in a photo shoot on the streets of San Francisco.

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