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Scott Robinson's "Bionic Wasp" 68' Camaro

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  Scott Robinson is from southern California and has been into cars his whole life, his earliest memories recount his time spent with his father and his friends. Scott's father raced all types of vehicles, drag boats, sand rails, and cars. These experiences made a major impression on Scott and he couldn't wait to be old enough to drive. When he was old enough, he got heavy into off-road motorcycles then when he got his driver's license all bets were off.  Scott forgot about racing motorcycles and went all in and started racing cars. The first car he raced wasn't car at all, it was a 1975 Chevy van. But this wasn't  any old worn out work van. This van belonged to Scott's father, it featured  a destroked 400 cube small-block built by Scott's Dad, it's backed up with a TH-400 automatic transmission and a narrowed 12-bolt rear end. Scott said it was fun ride for his first car, and when he graduated high-school his father gave it to him.   The father and son

Greg Tinney's Oldsmobile Cutlass

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  Greg Tinney has been Drag Racing for over 40 years , and along with his current racing partner of 25 years they have won 8 championships out of the same shop.   Greg Tinney from Wolf Racing has raced Oldsmobile's for 40 years. He started out racing his 1971 Olds Cutlass street car back in high school. His current race car is also a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass S 442 Clone.  Greg said he installed 1972 taillights just because he likes the look of those better. The car was wrecked when he got it and  planned on building it into a race car from the start so he stripped all of it down and replaced any damaged sheet metal , then He painted the car 1993 Cadillac Dark Plum .   Greg installed a 10 point roll cage with a rear x brace at L.J. Race cars in Davie,FL. He wanted to restore the car as well and not just cut it up.The car has all of the glass and it is all steel except for the Glasstek fiberglass hood and 5" cowl hood scoop that He made. He also installed a VFN fiber