NMS Locks Up HS Class Championship!

HS winner, (OK, only car competing all year)After taking the Tidewater Sports Car Club GS class title for the last two years, this year the FIAT Abarth was moved to HS class by the Sports Car Club of America,  and following September's event, has now wrapped another class...

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SUPERHEROES OF AUTOCROSS: STARTER GUY!

Behold, STARTER GUY! While other superheroes in the autocross galaxy of awesomeness hold unique powers that enable cone-calling-comprehension (CORNER WORKER GUY), or smooth-structured-supreme-scoring (SCORER GUY), it is STARTER GUY that truly controls the universe of moving...

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LEMONS Weekend!

Brian Ready to Get on TrackLast weekend we were back at Carolina Motorsports Park for the 24 Hours of Lemons, and I'll just sum it up by saying that watching crap cars race on track for a weekend is a LOT of fun! There are Lemons (and Chumpcar) races all over the place, so if...

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Forget BMW: Try an EMW!

EMW foreground, red and white instead of BMW blue and whiteToday's topic: German cars, what do you know? I imagine you know Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen, and if you're really into cars you might have heard of DKW, Auto Union, Messerschmidt, or other uncommon German cars...

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Can You Name the Top Five Tire Makers?

Well let's see, there's the tires on the little Hot Wheels cars, so those Mattel guys probably make more tires than anyone! Then the stone masons that make cars for the Flintstone car are probably in the top five, even though those tires last a LONG time. Someone is making tires...

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NMS South is RACE READY!

Wow, it's been 9 solid months of work on the Coronet but we're finally ready to race!All stickered up and ready to race.This was the big final weekend to prep the car and ourselves before the team's first wheel-to-wheel road race.  I kicked things off this weekend by playing...

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Station Wagons

Saab At various times in automotive history, the humble station wagon has been both very popular, and very unpopular. Way back when, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and the minivan and SUV hadn't been invented yet, the family station wagon was the way to haul people...

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September Cars and Coffee Virginia Beach Style

Cars and Coffee Virginia BeachBottom Line Up Front: The first Saturday of every month is the Virginia Beach Cars and Coffee informal car meet. No judging. No prizes. Just car people hanging out. Drinking Coffee.SECOND Bottom Line Up Front: When it RAINS during the first Saturday...

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