The '09 Car Craft Summer Nationals
It Was Like Crack For Car Guys
By The CC Staff, Photography by The CC Staff, Wes AlIison
Three days of cool cars, burnouts, bikinis, cruising, and competition-is this heaven? No, it's the Car Craft Summer Nationals presented by GM Performance Division, and if you weren't there, you're gonna wish you were. We took over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds July 19-21 for a three-day celebration of everything automotive. Hundreds of gallons of race gas were burned, millions of calories of fairground food were devoured, and in spite of the unusually cool temperatures and ice-cold economy, we all had a blast. If you want to join us next year, log on to CarCraft.com for details.
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It's impossible to ignore the supersized 6-71 supercharger jutting out of the hood of John
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Camaro Craft.
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Overheard in the crowd from a sarcastic non-Camaro owner while this picture was being take
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We had to look twice at this '74 Buick Apollo when we saw the GSX lettering on the nose an
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This is the original interior of the GSX. According to the owner, the car has 43,000 miles
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The deluxe wire wheels were also optional on the Buick Apollo.
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One of our favorite cars at the show was this '63 Impala SS.
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It has a homebuilt 468-inch big-block and a TKO five-speed. It's a great cruiser that is l
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Seen one of these before? This Monte Carlo is not factory; it is a combination of Monte Ca
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