Tag: Autocross / Pro Touring

Race Photos: OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Heads To The Fastest Track In The West

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, returned to action at the historic Willow Springs Raceway on Memorial Day weekend. It was like you’d expect Willow Springs to be in late May, sunny, windy, and a whole lot of fun. This stop in the seven-event regular season is critical for West Coast competitors because your best three events count toward your season-long points total.

Four of those events are East of the Rocky Mountains and the next-closest event in New Orleans has already taken place. That means everyone out West who wants a shot at getting their car to the SEMA Show and the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational needs to finish well at Las Vegas, Willow Springs and Utah Motorsports Campus in July. If things don’t go as planned, competitors could be making a long haul to tracks like Road America or NCM Motorsports Park. Both are bucket list tracks and worth the trip at some point, but you’d rather go when the pressure isn’t on to turn in a great finish.

Check out the gallery below to see the cars and trucks that ran in this event and if you get an itch to get involved in your street car, head over to www.DriveOPTIMA.com to find out what is involved in the ultimate street car experience.

GT Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, 2wd sedans, 4-seater coupes, trucks, etc…)
1. Dave Schotz, 2020 Chevrolet Camaro
2. Matt Ramirez, 2004 Ford Mustang
3. Clayton Yates, 2016 Chevrolet Camaro

Classic Car Liquidators GTV Class (pre-1990, 3200+ pounds)
1. Nick Relampagos, 1970 Chevrolet Camaro
2. Ryan Breezee, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
3. Garrett Randall, 1970 Chevrolet Corvette


GTS Class (post-1989, 3200+ pounds, two-seaters & awd vehicles)
1. Bob Sobey, 2013 Nissan GT-R
2. Robert DeuPree, 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo
3. Gunnison Jones, 2006 Chevrolet Corvette

Holley EFI GTL Class (non-compacts under 3200 pounds)
1. Jake Rozelle, 2003 Chevrolet Corvette
2. CB Ramey, 1987 Chevrolet Corvette
3. Scot Spiewak, 2007 Chevrolet Corvette

No Limit Engineering GTT Class (Trucks & SUVs over 3200 pounds)
1. Sean Kelly, 1967 Chevrolet C10
2. Dustin Reed, 1972 Chevrolet C10
3. George Dias, 2002 Ford Lightning

GTC Class (two-wheel drive compacts, 107-inch wheelbase or less)
1. David Carroll, 1973 Chevrolet Vega
2. Matt Davis, 2004 Pontiac Vibe
3. Steve Wong, 1992 Honda Civic

Outlaw Class (relaxed aero rules, pro drivers allowed)

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LSFest West Photos Galore! Muscle Cars, Street Machines, Trucks, Vans, Drifters And Prerunners Everywhere!

(Photos by Wes Allison) We told you we were going to have a bunch of photos, and we weren’t kidding. Wes was on hand shooting every single thing on four wheels that was at the show, racing, drifting, and jumping, as well as the boat that was on hand looking cool and making great noises. We shared our first gallery from the event yesterday, but if you missed it then click the link below.

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LSFest is a spectacle people and that was never more apparent than this past weekend in Las Vegas during the 2021 LSFest West event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With thousands of cars, and tens of thousands of spectators, it was an event of epic proportions even during these COVID times. Thanks to a great partnership between Holley’s production team, track staff at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, along with local, county and state health organizations, this event was able to happen. And happen it did. There were cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, buggies, exotics, pre-runners, race trucks, and everything in between on site to celebrate everything you can do with LS power. We’re talking Drag Racing, Autocross, 3S Speed Stop, Donuts, Burnouts, Drifting, Sideshow, Truck Jumps, Dyno pulls, Manufacturers Midway and tons of food and drink. This is an event like none other and has a very different personality than LSFest East in Bowling Green Kentucky. If you have only been to one, you definitely need to get to the other.

Everyone that’s anyone wants to be at LSFest and this weekend was no different. YouTube stars from B is for Build, Cleetus McFarland, Blake Wilkey, and more were on hand to throw down, have fun, and cut loose in Vegas. After having to cancel the 2020 show, despite trying to reschedule, there were fans, racers, and enthusiasts from all over the country clamoring to get to Las Vegas for this year’s event. Because no on site ticket sales were allowed, all entries were pre-entry and everyone had to buy their spectator tickets ahead as well. After a bustling Friday, Saturday morning started with record numbers coming through the gates for an actual sold out crowd. And we’re not talking about the BS sold out claims you get from some promoters, we’re talking actually sold out crowd and it was epic to see.

Here is the first gallery of many we’ll be posting over the next week. This one is from all over the event, and features cars of all kinds on display, in the show grounds, and in the pits. You’ll want to check them all out by clicking on one to make it larger and then using the arrows to move through the entire photo gallery like a slide show.

And stay tuned as we’ll have more galleries coming starting tomorrow morning!

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