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Six Ways to Malfuntion at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge

Friday, November 20th, 2009

by Kristin Martin of MyRideIsMe.com

We’ve never figured out why, but for some odd reason humans are always transfixed at the tragedies of others. Its why car accidents cause so much traffic havoc – we all have to stop and look as we drive by (grrrrr)! Racing is no different. When something goes wrong on the racetrack we all wanna have a look.

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Camaros at SEMA 2009

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

by Jim McIlvaine of ESPN Milwaukee Blogs

Rather than continue to post pictures of my SEMA experience here, I decided to put them together in a couple of videos:

This show really has...

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2009 SEMA Trend-Mega Torque Diesel Hot Rods

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

by Craig Pike of MyRideIsMe.com

Cruising what I call the main hall of the SEMA show, it’s fantastic to see the great rides that make SEMA, the parts show, become SEMA the car show. Featuring the best built cars and timeless classics, it’s a mix of some of the best rides in the country. I stayed close to “Hot Rod Alley” to find the...

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1970 Boss 302 Mustang at Optima’s 2009 SEMA Booth

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

By Brooks Weisblat of DragTimes.com (also on Facebook)

Optima Batteries has extremely rare vintage racing muscle car on display at their booth for the 2009 SEMA show, a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. This Boss 302 Mustang was completed in June 1971 as a new car for George Follmer and was one of four uni-body chassis assemblies instead of a semi-completed production car and never received a serial number. These 4 cars are significant in that...

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The SEMA Shuffle

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

by Jim McIlvaine of ESPN Milwaukee Blogs

This was the scene after lunch at the SEMA show in Las Vegas.  The guy with the patch on his eye just happened to radomly stroll into the picture, but what I was really trying to capture was the group of people sitting on the floor in one of the many hallways at SEMA.  Why are these people sitting on the floor?  They are dead-tired after just the...

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SEMA – Car Guy Heaven

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

by Jim McIlvaine of ESPN Milwaukee Blogs

Astute readers will remember this truck from a few years back...at least I think they will.  I believe this is the same truck I drove out to the SEMA show in Las Vegas for Optima Batteries, although it could be an entirely different truck.  It is jacked up and chock-full of all kinds of electronic gadgets, satellite TV, off-road lights and a million other goodies I...

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