SEMA is over and that means its time for racing! I'm out at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV and there are fifty amazing vehicles competing! The competition began before this morning though - it started yesterday evening as SEMA convention saw its close. At that time all available vehicles met up and left the convention center to head down the strip. I was lucky enough to grab shotgun in a 2009 Mercedes C63 AMG. If you think Mercedes are no big deal in the race world, think again. This car tore up the road!! I've never had so much fun in Vegas! More details on the road rally portion of the race later... but this picture is just one of the many adventures we got that Mercedes into last night. Out here on the road course and motocross are all sorts of cars! From classic style hot rods, to muscle cars, to modern stuff - it's all here! I've got to get back to the racing... so much excitement and they haven't even began the 0-60-0 brake challenge! You think that Mercedes has a chance of...
Things To See At SEMA 2010
posted by GreaseGirl
SEMA Automotive Conference 2010 in Las Vegas Racing & Performance, Hot Rod Alley, Restoration Marketplace, Tools & Equipment... These are just a few of my favorite sections of the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas. What's a girl to do in a sea of very cool car stuff??? What every guy does of course - run around like its Christmas morning! So while I finish hitting the pavement on the showroom floor to bring ya'll more info on some very cool stuff, I wanted to at least show you a few of the reasons why people get so excited about SEMA. First of all, there's some very fun things going on in displays. I'll never tire seeing an engine put together or taken apart. Especially when that engine is a Corvette LS7 engine as seen in the top picture - as is being demonstrated all week in the Chevy booth. Ya think if I hang around enough they'll let me turn a wrench?!? Speaking of turning wrenches, the high schoolers in the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge National Championship are getting an arm up on wrenching experience. These...