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It Runs In The Family By Laura Pitts on May 12, 2017 Congratulations to Bear Ridge Speedway in Bradford, Vermont, on its 50th year of operation. The ¼-mile clay track that features weekly racing has been, remarkably, owned or operated by a member of the Elms family since its opening in 1967. Charles V Elms Sr. was a member of the track’s first-ever operations team and later purchased the track in 1972. In 1990, he passed it down to his son, CV “Butch” Elms III, who owns the track today along with April May Preston. Elms and Preston recently completed a number of track renovations including a new novelty area, new VIP Suites, a new scoring tower and a newly expanded parking lot to accommodate growing attendance. Weekly Saturday night racing kicked off with the season opener... Continue reading It Runs In The Family » Eibach Celebrates 30 Years In US By Laura Pitts on May 4, 2017 Eibach welcomed PRI to its North American production plant in Corona, California, for the company's recent 30th-anniversary-in-the-USA celebration and open house, where we saw firsthand how much goes into creating high-performance suspension springs, components and systems. The 155,000-square-foot facility houses 130 employees and produces springs, sway bars, shock absorbers and many more of Eibach’s suspension products, which are shipped throughout North America and 81 different countries. PRI caught up with Eibach’s VP of Operations & Engineering Christian Sebralla at the open house who clued us in on what the next few months look like for Eibach. (We’ll give you a hint: it’s busy.) “We’re putting a lot of... Continue reading Eibach Celebrates 30 Years In US » Outside The Box By Dan Schechner on April 12, 2017 In late March, scores of enthusiastic racers took to the grounds of Rockford Speedway in Loves Park, Illinois, for an early-season test of speed and endurance. Some had prepared all winter for the event; and some brought family and friends to lend support. But this particular race was like no other in the 70-year history of the high-banked quarter-mile oval known as “Mid-America’s Finest Racetrack.” For one, prizes were awarded not to the top finishers, but for those with fun and/or creative costumes. Nor was the race subject to rain-out—the show would go on, weather be damned! In fact, the rules were quite simple: Competitors in the Shamrock Beer Run 5K would drink 3 oz. of beer... Continue reading Outside The Box » HROT Launches Junior League By Dan Schechner on March 27, 2017 Making its debut at the 10th annual Race & Performance Expo in Schaumburg, Illinois, in late February, the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Junior Engine Challenge presented by Racequip proves that age is just a number when it comes to cultivating a passion for motorsports. The competition itself is an offshoot of the popular HROT Engine Challenge that pits top teams of high schoolers from across the country against one another in a months-long series of contests to determine who can disassemble and reassemble a small-block Chevy in the fastest time. In the Junior version, teams of two—one of whom must be between 5 and 18 years old—tear down and re-build a complete... Continue reading HROT Launches Junior League » « first ‹ previous … 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 … next › last »
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