Shop Tour - Hardcore Drag Racing

          Nancy Matter Nostalgia Funny Car Pilot      Nancy's prior career was in the music industry , she started her own studio and now has about 70 gold and platinum records (that she worked on), and some Grammy's and Oscars.    She ran an Alcohol Funny Car for 14 years, then in 2017 she switched to a 1977 Pontiac Trans AM Nostalgia Funny Car .  I'm honored to share her story with you ! Stay tuned for her full story , it will be posted on her own page.     Also check out a preview of her story in my post about women in Drag Racing . Full story here ! https://shoptourhardcoredragracing.blogspot.com/p/nancy-matter-funny-car-pilot.html    

  This is Manson's third Mopar that we featuring , for the full story check out Manson's page where his other cars are featured .

  In April of 1977, Hot Rod Magazine showcased a Mustang II they named ‘Sudden Death’. Ten years later in 1988 another Mustang II was busy earning a reputation on the streets of Northern Kentucky. That Mustang earned the name ‘Outcast’ . When Steve McNew was just 17 years old and working at a fast-food joint in Northern Kentucky, he purchased his first car, a 1975 Mustang II. It was a ratty, rusty, high-mileage heap that he paid $500 for at a small cash lot. The Mustang II wasn’t popular then and still not popular now, but Steve knew it was just right to build a fast street racer and also hang out with his friends who met regularly to race their Nova’s, Chevelle’s ,Mustang’s and other muscle cars of the day.  The Mustang II is almost half the weight of those monsters and with the right combo, it would hurt a lot of feelings. Each week when Steve drove up, his   friends would always joke and say, “Here comes Steve in his little outcast of a Mustang”, and the name ‘Outcast’ stuck.  Desp

  This is going to be a side project to the webpage , This is going to be a print on demand magazine .         This is going to be the real deal , this will be your only source for no drama Drag Racing , If it goes left, it will not be featured here . I'm going to make it a quarterly publication at first , it will feature at least four feature cars and at least one tech story. I want to  make this a high quality magazine with nice heavy paper , not like the cheap recycled paper found in some other mag's . So it might cost a little more , but how many people can say that their car made it in a magazine . If you would like to be featured in the magazine you must have appeared on the webpage first , and you must email me a photo and description before you make it to the page. Your Car/Truck or Motor Cycle must either a Full Drag Car , Pro-Street Car , or a Tricked out Street Machine . Bikes must be Either a Top Fuel Nitro Bike or a Fat Tire Pro-Street Bike custom paint and chromed

        Performance Distributors is from Memphis, Tenn. They are  leading the way in performance and racing ignition system innovation. The (D.U.I.) Davis Unified Ignition and their Live Wire ignition wires are on vehicles worldwide. Their product development is a continuous process at Performance Distributors.   Kelly Davis, the founder of Performance Distributors, is now run by his son Steve. Kelly Davis designed the industry’s first H.E.I. Performance Distributor.  He had a background in Drag Racing and Hot Rodding. Kelly mastered the science and art of setting advance curves. This unique science was passed on to Steve, and the company is now the most respected in the world for their advance curve technology.   This unit is for the Chrysler/Dodge 426 Hemi . Some features include :   Internal coil and Module, One wire hook-up , Custom Advance curve , Street/Strip up to 7000 RPM's ,  Racing version up to 10,000  RPM's         Some of their products include OEM upgrade

                                                                                      Chris Bower is from Cleveland, Ohio with his 1975 Plymouth Duster Chris said he has a car that most car enthusiasts would love to have, his 1975 Plymouth  Gold Duster , it  was his first car, he bought it back in 1988 when he was16 years old. Chris stated he grew up in family of  Mechanics and Drag Racers, so you can say it was in his DNA from the beginning. He bought it for $300 , money earned from being a dish washer at a local college, Chris drove it to high school for 2 years then in 1991 he painted to Lime Green. Chris ran ET Bracket Pro and Sportsman classes in and around Ohio, his local track is Pacemakers in Mt Vernon Ohio a little 1/8 th mile track.   In 2003 Chris decided to have it painted Burnt Orange and put it back on the street to enjoy both on the street and track, he said that he  recently got into the Hard Tire heads up racing , and likes the format much better than ET. Th

    Drag Racing is a great sport because Men and Women can compete as equals . Both lanes are the same & they are both 1320 feet long . When the lights come down it is just human and machine , not Man or Woman in the other lane .  In my opinion , as a Drag Racing Fan I think Women have proven themselves in the sport and they need to be respected and honored . That's why I'm asking Women to participate in my page.  And I decided to do a history flashback on some great women in Drag Racing.   Without them there would be no Women  racing today.   Della Woods   is a professional AA/FC driver in the NHRA.  She was the first female driver in the five-second zone in the Funny Car class, and the first female driver to go to the semifinals at an NHRA national event. She held that record for almost 22 years. Della Woods was inducted into the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame in 1999, and the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame in 2015. In 2016, she was inducted into the Mopar Hall

       Lennart Van Kampen is a Graphic Designer from the Netherlands. His specialized artwork has a vintage style ,with wall decor, interior design, &  customizing musical instruments with a  rock n' roll theme!   The name of his shop is  Lennart's Garage, the Home of Lennart's Home Déco & Lennart's Guitar Garage.   I like collecting signs , either for my office or my garage , it's a great hobby , I'm sure others agree . When I came across Lennart's artwork I was just blown away by his keen eye for detail . And the fact he does it old school , all by hand.  I told him that I would be honored to show his work here so here are some samples .     All of Lennart's designs are handcrafted and hand painted one at a time , no two are a like so each piece a client receives is unique  .      The size and detail of his work will stand out in any room,This DAF truck was custom made based on the owners real truck. Lennart's designs have that vintage dis