My new 1988 T/A

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Looks like a great turnout! A few familiar vehicles there...

The Limelight Superbird is owned by a guy that worked in my department - I believe it is an original survivor car, if I recall. The Forward Control always used to park over there by the North gas pumps, so I'd see that regularly too.

And then that blue/white C10 is a buddy of mine from college - he just bought that a few months back. I'm trying to get him out to Woodward with it. 454 big block in that one.

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There may not be much in here for the 3rd gen / GM crowd, as this event is sponsored by Dodge. And I caught very little of it on my 9 year old cell phone. Enjoy!

Roadkill Nights in Pontiac, MI, 8/13.

Racing on Woodward (no actual racing in this photo, but this is the setup as seen form the stands after the racing ended (stands were packed during the racing, so I had to wait until the racing was over to go up to the top and get this photo).




At street level, catching the V8 powered Volvo wagon taking the small tire class win.



Looking back into the M1 Concourse facility from the top of the stands, you can see part of the dirt track set up with four Ram TRX trucks running the track at a pretty good clip, including several WOT bursts, and 2 jumps. If the line for rides wasn't so long, I definitely would have been up for this.

[DynoDave]

There was a lengthy article on this car sometime in the last year...a local Detroit street racing legend from back in the day, in original, unrestored condition. It was fun to see in person, and shake the current owner's hand (son of the original owner).



If you don't know who Paul Rossi is, check him out here.

https://paulrossiracing.com/

Paul's cars, particularly this one (though I think this is a recreation, also recently featured in magazines) were often on and in the pages of the Direct Connection catalog. As a penniless teen, making $2.15 an hour scooping ice cream, and with no money to spend on performance parts, one of my thrills was to get a new Direct Connection catalog each year, and read, learn, dream. So getting to see this car in person was a big thrill for me.

That's Paul under the red canopy on the left, black jacket, black hair. I happily waited my turn after taking this photo to buy a few tool box decals. Had to wait quite a while for that tall drink of water in the grey hoodie with his back to us to finish his conversation...that's Steve Dulcich.



When it was my turn, Paul was very cordial, shook my hand, and offered me a copy of the special edition of Chrysler Power about him, and signed the cover for me. Too cool. That will be framed and be in the shop.




Speaking of "stars" / influencers, aside from the list of folks who drove for Dodge at Roadkill...

"For 2022, the celebrity shootout is called the Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Match and it features last year’s winner and eight other competitors. Returning from 2021 are Freddy Hernandez, Westen Champlin and the Throtl team of Mickey Andrade, Rickie Fernandez and Quinn Clark, along with Alex Taylor. The list of new racers for 2022 includes Herman Young (better known as Demonology online), Tony Arme, Christina Roki, David Patterson and Collete Davis. If you don’t recognize many or any of the names, don’t feel bad." https://moparconnectionmagazine.com/...rity-shootout/

...there were many cars there FROM the Roadkill series, the red, white and blue Chevelle from Vice Grip Garage, etc. A fun event for sure.

[DynoDave]

Another night closer to the big day (Saturday), and more cruisers out. Again, my apologies for the hazy night photos. There were several more 3rd gens, though I can only catch photos of the ones that miss the light in front of where we're parked.








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More from last night. Took a better camera this time, with somewhat better results. The darker it got, the harder it became to focus on moving vehicles.












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