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OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Daytona – The points chase tightens up with one round to go in the series!

(Words By Jim McIlvaine and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) OPTIMA’s 2023 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, visits some pretty iconic tracks. Just this year alone,...

OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Road America: The points chase tightens up as five of seven rounds are now complete.

Here’s Part 2! (Words by Jim McIlvaine Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Last year, the cut-off for earning a points invitation to the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational, presented by Advance Auto...

OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Road America: The points chase tightens up as five of seven rounds are now complete.

(Words by Jim McIlvaine Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Last year, the cut-off for earning a points invitation to the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational, presented by Advance Auto Parts was 781 points...

OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car at Portland: The last West Coast event of the year brings plenty of action!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Usually, after four events in OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, we can start predicting who might be...

Columbus Goodguys Show Photos: Even More Customs, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Trucks, And Vans From Ohio!

Here’s our fifth gallery of photos from the Goodguys Columbus show and we can’t thank Mike Brooks enough for all of them. We’ve got other photos coming from Bob Chiluk too, and it...

Race Photos: Part 2 – The NMRA Homecoming Race Invaded Norwalk’s Summit Motorsports Park And We’ve Got The Pics!

Gallery number two is right here from Dan’s coverage of the NMRA Ford Homecoming at Norwalk. There is some seriously cool Ford stuff going on in this one, so check it out and if you missed the...

Race Photos: Our Final World Challenge Action Shots From VIR, Plus Links To All The Others!

Our photos just keep coming! Thanks to David Whealon, we’ve got awesome racing action shots from VIR. And if you missed the first couple of galleries, use the link below to check them out too....

Race Photos: World Challenge Action Shots From VIR Just Keep Coming!!

Our photos just keep coming! Thanks to David Whealon, we’ve got awesome racing action shots from VIR. And if you missed the first couple of galleries, use the link below to check them out too....

Race Photos: More Fanatec GT World Challenge Action Shots From Virginia International Raceway!!

We’ve got more photos! And if you missed the first gallery, use the link below to check them out too. (Words and photos by David Whealon) We’re back to the awesome 3.27-mile 18 turn natural...

Race Photos: David Whealon Sent Us Fanatec GT World Challenge Action Shots From Virginia International Raceway!!

(Words and photos by David Whealon) We’re back to the awesome 3.27-mile 18 turn natural terrain road course of Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Va. for the annual visit of the Fanatec GT...

Laguna Seca Hosts The Ultimate Street Cars: Part 2 – We Get To The Points On OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) There are seven events that make up OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts. Once those events are run, the top contenders are...

Laguna Seca Hosts The Ultimate Street Cars – We Get To The Points On OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series

(Words by Jim McIlvaine) There are seven events that make up OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts. Once those events are run, the top contenders are...

OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car In The Big Easy: Ultimate Street Cars Get To The Points!

(Words by Jim McIlvaine)  If you don’t win your class invitation in OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, your best route to an invitation to the...

OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car At Thunderhill. No Thunder, But Plenty Of Lightning-Fast Cars!

Some say Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California is straight out of a Microsoft startup photo, but when OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts came...