{"id":528028,"date":"2017-01-02T02:09:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T10:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=528028"},"modified":"2016-12-31T05:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T13:49:44","slug":"winter-shop-tour-series-grand-prix-auto-sports-centergrand-prix-racing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/winter-shop-tour-series-grand-prix-auto-sports-centergrand-prix-racing\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Shop Tour Series: Grand Prix Auto Sports Center\/Grand Prix Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Grand Prix Auto Sports Center\u00a0came to\u00a0life under the direction of\u00a0owner\u00a0Jon Brook in 1967. Brook opened\u00a0his fledging business\u00a0as a full service speed shop that remains today as the only old school speed shop in Oklahoma.\u00a0Being a lifelong gear head, Brook had the need for speed and had to prove the\u00a0worth of the go fast parts\u00a0he\u00a0sold. So, this\u00a0gave birth to Grand Prix Racing and\u00a0after 55\u00a0years\u00a0of burning up racing fuel nothing has changed for Jon.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2016 and a gear head that had a need for speed went from a single bay shop to the newly rehabbed\u00a0Mecca\u00a0for speed\u00a0you see today. Brook and his team at Grand Prix Racing turned a rental property once serving as a church into a house of worship dedicated to all things\u00a0speed. Grand Prix Racing has been campaigning a nitro injected front engine dragster in the A\/Fuel class\u00a0of\u00a0the NHRA Heritage Series for the past\u00a0nine\u00a0years\u00a0and in 2017 they are\u00a0gunning for a\u00a0NHRA\u00a0Heritage\u00a0Championship.\u00a0Brook also added a nostalgia top fuel slingshot to the stable a year and a half ago that is ready for match race bookings, but currently the primary focus of the team is competing with the inject nitro car across this great land we call the United States.<\/p>\n

So, after learning a bit about the speed shop and\u00a0race\u00a0team fast forward to the offseason of racing and the annual Grand Prix Auto Sports Center\/Grand Prix Racing Christmas Party. With a hint of 70 weight oil, nitro and BBQ in the air gear heads from\u00a0the 918,\u00a0405\u00a0and 602\u00a0turned out in droves to not only\u00a0celebrate the glory of speed, but\u00a0celebrate\u00a0the best reason for a season, Christmas.<\/p>\n

With a full house of speed freaks in attendance to check out the new\u00a0Grand Prix Racing headquarters, the party went down with great food and\u00a0great friends sharing their love for racing and a\u00a0lifelong passion for\u00a0competing in the greatest sport on earth.<\/p>\n

So, with that said, I pray each and every one of you had a Blessed Christmas and will have a Happy New Year. Relax while you can and recharge your batteries because before you know it it\u2019ll be time to burn racing fuel and rubber again.<\/p>\n

See you at the drags,<\/p>\n

-Bad Brad<\/p>\n

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