WHO’S IN THIS ISSUE OF RPM – NOVEMBER 2012

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Brandford, ON – SICK SECONDS – To be a player in the big leagues of really fast real street machines these days you need to be running in the low 7, or high 6 second quarter-mile zone to compete with long-time fastest street car competitors. And, of course, you must be able to drive the car for sustained periods on the street.

FROM MUD PIT TO DRAG STRIP – 8 years ago, Al Martorino bolted some slicks onto the rear axle of his rock crawler truck, pulled around the water box, cut down the tree and ran a 12.4 ET on his first pass down the strip… and never looked back!

STREET MACHINES LIVE – For those people that think car shows are just for “show ponies and trailer queens”; you know, those cars that are shined up for weekend events only and not really street driven or drag raced… you’d better think again! There are a number of hard-core shows that bring out some of the wildest cars ever to be built, driven and raced, and this was just one of them.

Build It Drive It Race It – For the last several years Rich Dupre’ has been involved somehow in the world of racing, but since 1999 he has been playing with his homebuilt ’41 Willys.

Swimming With The Sharks – In the world of big horsepower engines the smaller cubic inch mills have always been considered the underdogs. But let’s not forget the few extraordinary small blocks that make the bigger inch engines work even harder to catch them!

The First Lady of 5.70 – Since the early age of eight, Casey Presley can remember going to the local tracks in South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle to watch her daddy compete. No dolls and finger nail polish for her, even back then she knew she had something else planned for her nails, like motor oil and engine grease.

Getting Back on Track – Whether race or street duty, your transmission is a very important part of the project, so give it the time and thought that it deserves. After all, it takes all that horsepower you have just created and properly sends it to the rear differential.

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