RPM/Lucas Oil Extreme Events, Return to Grassroots Street Machine Event For 2012

Courtesy of RPM Magazine

East Troy, WI – It’s just a month away! Over 60 of the baddest street and strip machines will converge on the legendary Gus’s Drive-In on Friday July 20th for a night of food, fun and bench racing. Then, on Saturday July 21st, all of the participants head over to Great Lakes Dragaway (Union Grove Wisconsin) to battle it out in a best two out-of-three grudge race brawl!

Brian Hansen’s 4th Annual Extreme Street Machine Shootout is back!” Exclaims RPM Editor Chris Biro. “Our first Extreme Event for 2012 at Grand Bend Motorplex was all about drag cars of every kind, however our next stop is a celebration of the grassroots of the sport itself… street machines!”

This particular event’s entry is exclusive and limited to approximately 60 cars that apply to event organizer (and RPM Magazine’s Director Of Advertising) Brian Hansen, and meet his criteria for the program. “Last year was one of the wildest events we’d been to in many years… seeing the baddest of the bad street machines pull into the cruise portion of the event was a definite highlight that brought back the heyday of the fast street car movement,” added Biro. “As well as Brian himself, we’ll have RPM Photojournalist and Technical Writer Chuck Scott on hand this year with his lovely wife Alicia set-up at Gus’s on Friday night and in the house at Great Lakes Dragaway on Saturday.”

“As soon as we announced we were bringing back the Extreme Street Machine Shootout for 2012 the reaction was instant and we are overfull already,” added Hansen. “The quality, and variety of the cars that will be attending is even better than last year, which is hard to believe since we had some really incredible hardware in 2011. You will once again see some of the best of the best 8, 7 and even 6 second quarter-mile street cars in the world that weekend! There’s been a lot of chatter on the Internet about grudge races that will be settled at the event this year, so mark your calendars and head to Wisconsin for a weekend of fun in July!”

The cruise to Gus’s Drive-In (located in East Troy,WI) will happen on Friday night, July 20th. Then, on Saturday July 21st the staging lanes at Great Lakes Dragaway (Union Grove, WI) will be filled with the participants of the Friday cruise for some hardcore grudge racing (best two-out-of-three). “Just like the old days it will be a heads-up run what ya’ brung race that will be filled with wheel standing, bumper dragging action!” added Hansen. “We are excited to have Lucas Oil, RPM Magazine and Mickey Thompson return for 2012. Having such well respected companies in the racing industry support this event only adds to excitement surrounding it.”

Be sure to visit the Extreme Street Machine Shootout at www.10wideracing.com and RPM Magazine at www.rpm-mag.com