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MOPAR HEMI SHOOTOUT SATURDAY
AT FONTANA, CA
The best Sportsman drag racers on the West Coast are heading to Auto Club Dragway at California Speedway in Fontana, Calif. for the NHRA Pacific SPORTSnationals on Sept. 28–Oct. 1. Everything from Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street as well as Top Comp and Super Eliminator will be showcased during weekend.
Round one of the $5,000-to-win Mopar Hemi Shootout is scheduled at noon on Saturday and will feature Harry Holton (shown) and Michael Ogburn’s West Coast Hemis, Dave Rayburn’s “Mean Fish” Cuda, Rick Houser driving Jim DeFrank’s Cuda, Bob Mazzolini’s Cuda, Mark Viera’s Glendora Dodge-sponsored Dart and the Hemi Cuda of Modesto, CA racer Jerry Jenkins. MoparMax will cover the event, so stay tuned. (Tim Marshall photo)[09/29/06]
AUSTRALIAN MUSCLE CAR MAGIC
Chrysler in Australia had a very big following in the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties, which handily coincided with the heyday of the Australian Muscle Car. The company was building cars in Australia and as in America were up against the powers of GM (Holden) and Ford.
Chrysler’s fortunes in Australia were not to last, as they eventually sold out to Mitsubishi and left Australia.
Behind was left the lasting legacy of unique and storied Australian muscle, which was recently celebrated at Australia’s largest gathering of performance cars – the Muscle Car Masters. The Masters is an event thrown by the Chevron Publishing in association with Eastern Creek Raceway in Sydney. The event is a celebration of this great era of Australian muscle history both on and off the road course.