"Mr. Grivens, Mr. Garlits. Mr. Garlits, Mr. Grivens."
Car Craft Summer Nationals 2006!
Sure it's probably 40 degrees below zero in Minnesota right now, but that shouldn't stop you from imagining how warm the Summer Nats are going to be. Last year's show, presented by GM Performance Division, included the largest crowd ever with hoards of attendees and 4,000-plus musclecars stacked like cordwood. We were there. The Car Craft staff always attends the Nats to meet and greet the readers and of course help with the Miss Car Craft judging. So get on the wrench now and meet us in St. Paul in July for the 2006 Summer Nationals. Eat meat! Cruise the fairgrounds! Get noticed by Car Craft magazine! It will all be in St. Paul. For more information, stay tuned to CarCraft.com.-Douglas R. Glad
Better Than The Key To The City
Carroll Shelby is the man of the hour in Texas. The State Legislature approved and the governor signed a resolution that honors him for lifetime achievements. Been living in a van down by the river and don't know those? How about race-car driver, owner, team manager, manufacturer, and consultant for starters? He was born in Leesburg, Texas, graduated from high school in Dallas, and owns a ranch in Red River County. Hence, why the shout out is from Texas and not Jamaica.-Tori Tellem
'Smoothie King says 15 percent of the people it surveyed nationally eat lunch in the car.You're Fired (Up)!The Donald's blog got all political recently. His daily thoughts and recipes can be found at trumpuniversity.com (seriously), and in between tips for using dryer sheets for removing pet hair from furniture and olive oil to control dandruff, he riffed on how to fix the world:
"I'm also very tired of hearing about how our government is working with Saudi Arabia to try to stop the rising price of oil. I can see those heads of oil-producing countries just laughing as they continue to jack up the cost per gallon. If we would just threaten to stop protecting all those countries, I think we'd see an immediate drop in oil prices. Better yet, stop sending those politicians over there to negotiate. Send a true business leader-someone who is used to tough bargaining-and see how far he or she could get. A seasoned business negotiator could do some serious talking and those prices would drop like a rock-guaranteed."-Tori Tellem
A Knob By Another Other Name Is . . . AffordableWe were sitting around the office today trying to come up with ways to impress the ladies. We had some real surefire gems. Trying to get girls to watch us swing a wrench, followed by dinner for two at Koo Koo Roo (shows we have exotic taste far beyond Burger King) was the ultimate plan until some dude from Montreal, Canada, had to go and make us rethink the strategy.
You see, he must not have thought exterior bling (both on person and on vehicle) was enough to nab a second date. He knew you have to keep the dream alive inside too. Rather than buy a plain shifter knob from TWM Performance (twmperformance.com) in Quebec, he bid on the company's special pure-platinum knob when it went on eBay. His was the first bid, and actually the last bid, and therefore the winning bid. A non-platinum version of the knob would have run about $100. His payment? $75,000. And he probably doesn't even have dirty fingernails.
Dear Diary . . . I bought what?!