Vintage Spint Cars

                This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the vintage show at Lawrenceburg Speedway. For those of you who aren't familiar with my brother and I you will find out our number one influence on all of our builds, designs and LIVES in general comes from racing (particularly open wheel dirt track) 

                Every year Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg Indiana host a vintage night which gives vintage race car owners and drivers the chance to bring their cars out and drive them at FULL SPEED around the track in between the heat races at an actual USAC sprint car race. There are very few tracks around the country that will let vintage race cars make actual HARD laps due to insurance and liability issues, but each year Lawrenceburg Speedway persistently puts on a better and better show

                Events like this that keep the history alive are extremely important to the sprint car community. Just like the history of anything the history of dirt track racing provides a window to the past that gives future generations a look at the evolution of racing. 

                Seeing vintage race cars in a museum is one thing but actually seeing these cars FLYING around a race track at 100+ MPH will give anybody a memory they will not forget. So BRAVO to Lawrenceburg Speedway and the few other race tracks around the country that throw caution to the wind and allow these vintage race cars to make full speed laps. These type of events will always have a significant importance in sprint car racing.  

The Future of Racing

Have you ever wondered what that future of motor racing will be? Well,I am currently working on a project that is going to attempt to answer that question. Being a student at the College for Creative Studies each semester I am given an opportunity to design a conceptual vehicle through one of the many sponsored studio classes. The sponsors for these studios are always one of the giants in the auto industry who help us in several ways to develop some of the most innovative vehicles that the world has ever seen!

This semester I am participating in a Volkswagen sponsored studio. Volkswagens design brief was simply to design a car for yourself in the year 2050. So NATURALLY I chose to do a  race car!

So now I’m faced with the question of, What will motor racing be like in 35 years? Right out of the gate I decided that fossil fuels will be a thing of the past. I truly enjoy todays forms of racing that utilize internal combustion engines but with all the HIPPIES complaining about the effects on the environment I just can't see them still being around. So from there I gave myself the question of how can we still keep racing COOL while becoming eco-friendly.

I have already came up with several solutions but before I give you guys my thoughts I would like to hear yours! So feel free to comment and let me know what YOU think the future of motor racing will hold!

Worlds Fastest Sprint Car

Congrats to Damion Gardner on being the FIRST to break the 200 MPH mark in a sprint car! Check out this killer video that gives a little back story on Damion and the entire project!

 

For a Good Cause

The Queen City Hustler was a project that we built in the winter of 2013 to be auctioned off at the Cincinnati Auto Art Panel Jam. All the proceeds went to benefit the Cincinnati Shriners Hospital. This charity is VERY close to our hearts because Ryan was a patient in 2012. One of our major goals is to give back as much as possible to local charities.
We built this motorcycle in a time frame of only two weeks! Within that time frame we took this motorcycle from a few sketches to a fully finished product. We fabricated everything by hand.
The keys design features of this motorcycle are the large spoked motorcycle wheels which give the bike an aggressive almost cartoonish stance, and the over sized gas tank that perfectly fills the upper down tube of the frame. The fame was hand built and required many hours to perfect the design to give the bike the PERFECT proportions. Another key design element is the MASSIVE rear sprocket which is not only a design element but also a functional piece. The use of the large rear sprocket was essential for this build because it was the only way we could get enough torque from the small cubic inch engine to turn the massive rear tire.
              Completely finished this project sold for an astonishing $3000 at the auction which surpassed our greatest expectations! What are some things that you have done to help out a local charity?