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2023 Mis-Shift Rally Wrap-up
Last weekend, us at MSIMA put together the very first Mis-Shift Road Rally. To be specific, this was a TSD Rally, which awards points based off of how far off the target average speed is between each sector. Consider it the most legal automotive racing you could do on public roads. This was the first…
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Dodge and Mitsubishi’s HEMI That Never Was
From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona. Yeah, that’s a Dodge HEMI badge, and you’re probably wondering how it ended up in this situation. Let’s investigate. I wouldn’t blame you for falling into the same pit as myself, slinging doubt and humor at the idea of a K Car with an engine badge reserved for…
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Quickie – First Drive in a Koenig W126
A friend imported one. I got the chance to drive it. It needs restoration work, but here’s a a short one for y’all anyways! I’ve driven three different Mercedes w126 s-classes, not including this one (not all from the same person funny enough). The Koenig, without spoiling much because we still need content for later…
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SCCA introduces new award: Man With Largest Brim On Hat
SCCA regional events will now have a new class eligible for competition. Acknowledging the trend of growing sun hat sizes across the board, particularly with autocross, the “Supreme Sombrero Award” has been introduced. This award is given out at the end of each regional autocross season to the man with the largest overall circumference of…
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A Melkus RS1000 Is The Best Kind Of Terrible
From the desk of Daniel “Pinecone” Verona. In the past I have written of cars so underwhelming that they end up being great fun to drive. Some others follow this path with no positive impressions at all, and a certain, rare group have so many kinds of negative qualities that they are immensely hard to…
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Spec Altima vs Spec Land Yacht – Which is the Series for You?
There are a surprising amount of options out there if you want to dive into competitive racing. SCCA and NASA, the two largest motorsports organizations in the US of A, offer us two unique classes to look at, and help you decide which is right for the aspiring racing driver inside all of us. Spec…
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Man buys car with CB radio Antenna, Now Wanted by the KGB
Local south Florida man recently imported an AE85 from Japan. The car had several oddities that attracted our buyer (who’s identity we will remain hidden), from an HKS turbo, rare bodywork, and oddly enough, what he believed to be a CB radio. However, after fighting the DMV bureaucracy, the buyer finally took the car out…
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The Story Behind The Corvette SportWagon
Here at MSIMA we all love wagons, but the one I am going to talk about today is a slightly different take. What you are seeing is a C3 Corvette wagon conversion. It is not a homemade piece, there were multiple companies and people who sold wagon conversion kits to Corvette owners. The idea first…
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Josh Williams Reportedly “Ran out of Gas”, Requiring him to Stop
Recently, the world of NASCAR has blown up in drama due to Josh Williams stopping on the start-finish line during the Xfinity Series at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR authority apparently told him to “park it” and retire the race, so he parked on track. Certain news outlets have reported he did this as an act…
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Nissan Altimas
Fuck me. It’s almost 12 am, I’m spending a night in Tampa after watching two endurance races at Sebring before having to drive cross state to Daytona, and I can’t sleep. Tighten your assholes and throw out some brain cells, I’m gonna ramble about some Nissans. Wow another dipshit that’s gonna shit on the Nissan…
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