Spectre Performance won twice at the Goodgduys Rod & Custom Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, on July 9th. The first victory came when Spectre marketing team member and company hot shoe Brandy Morrow drove the 1970 Carbon Camaro to a 1st place finish in the Street Challenge Autocross Vendor class, her second event win and first victory at the nationals.
The large black Speed by Spectre big rig with an x-ray image of the 400+mph Spectre SpeedLiner is a common site at Goodguys shows around the country, where team members show off the latest in high-performance air filters and cold air intake systems, as well as testing new products in a variety of Spectre project cars. The latest is the Carbon Camaro, a 1970 model with IMSA-style fender flares and massive Forgeline wheels. The car made its debut at the 2010 SEMA Show and has since been flogged mercilessly at autocross and road race events around the country. Morrow’s first victory in the car came at the Goodguys Colorado Nationals in early June.
Competition in the Vendor class at the Nationals was fierce, as drivers readied themselves for the sponsor shootout the following day. Morrow competed against Detroit Speed & Engineering’s brutally fast 1970 Camaro, the Optima 1967 “One Lap” Camaro, Ride Tech’s “48 Hour” 1st Gen Camaro and Mary Pozzi’s freshly rebuilt 1972 RS Camaro – all of which also run Spectre cold air intakes.
Wet weather on Friday cut in to practice time and many competitors were struggling on the big rough-asphalt course, but Brandy took the wide-body Camaro on a flawless run, netting a 32.622 and cinching 1st place in Saturday’s eliminations. This was a big win for Morrow and for the Spectre intake-equipped “Carbon Camaro” as the competition was close all weekend long.
Speed by Spectre’s winning weekend didn’t end with Brandy’s Autocross victory. The company was also honored to receive the coveted Good Guys “New Product of the Year” award for their new aluminum Cowl Air Box setup. Spectre would like to congratulate Brandy and all of the Good Guys awards winners in Columbus and the whole team is looking forward to the rest of the show season and additional competition.
Today was the first show of the 2011 Hot Rod Power Tour. The Spectre crew was up before the sun, which we watched rise in the windshield reflections of the Spectre cars as we fortified ourselves for the day ahead.
After breakfast, it was a scavenger hunt to find a coin operated car wash, as the cars were covered in bugs and oil from the cross-country open transport from Los Angeles to Florida.
Washing eight cars in an hour might seem like an impossible task, but we worked like a well oiled assembly line, and when drying the cars seemed like it might be our downfall, a fellow Power Tourer, Gary Watson, came to our rescue with a squeegee. As we’ve come to realize, that sort of willingness to help out a stranger is the spirit of Power Tour.
We were at the show field with plenty of time to help set up the truck, and even take some beauty shots!
The show was a blast, with all kinds of cars with all kinds of engines. As always, we were pleased to see Spectre filters and intakes on a variety of interesting and beautiful builds.
We spent a lot of the day talking with customer and future customers about the Spectre product line, vehicles and events.
Tomorrow we start our journey for Valdosta, GA, and in good company!
We are always posting about fun events after they’ve happened, so here’s a little advance invite for a change!
Spectre is excited to support Pep Boys and we plan to attend all three of the upcoming Pep Boys Grand Openings. We had a great time at the Orange, CA opening and we know the upcoming East Coast shows are going to be a blast as well.
If you are in the area, have a car or just want to come hang out for some great food and fun times, stop by any of these Pep Boys Grand Openings.
Don’t forget to come say hi to the crew at the Spectre Booth.
Although the folks in the East might disagree, for us on the west coast, winter has flown by, and we couldn’t believe it when we realized it was time for the Good Guys Season opener in Scottsdale, AZ.
Scottsdale always brings some unique cars that we don’t see anywhere else. Some of our favorites this year were Volkswagens and included a custom VW Bug made to look like a toy car, and a group of VW buses that all park together every year. Is it 1968?
The weather for the show was perfect all weekend long, and Friday was busy, with hot rods, street rods, muscle cars and classics all lined outside the entrance eager to claim their spot before heading to the vendor midway and check out the autocross. It was great to see such a big car count at what is a relatively new show on the Good Guys circuit.
We were set up in our usual spot near the back of the vendor midway next to PPG, Baer Brakes and Peak. We had a very special booth car for our demo install, Tim Kelly’s ‘67 El 442. No, that’s not a typo, it really is an El Camino/442. Definitely a one of one set up! Needless to say, the El 442 saw a lot of attention.
We love all the Good Guys events, but Brandy especially likes the stops which involve autocross, and the Arizona show started the autocross bright and early on Friday morning. Spectre’s Carbon Camaro was one of three official vendor cars, but there were lots of good friends running Spectre parts in other classes.
Despite vendor “competition” we’ve actually found the autocross to be a great place to work closely with other manufacturers. In Scottsdale, John Hotchkis, head of pro-touring suspension company, Hotchkis Performance teamed up with Brandy to work out the suspension tuning on the black Camaro.
This isn’t to say there was no competitive feeling in the crowd, Brandy was pretty thrilled to be just 8/10 of a second behind Brett Voelkel in the Ride Tech entry for a second place finish!
On Saturday, Brandy gave rides to lots of show goers, including Nicole Shumate, whose father Bill was running one of the most unusual entries in the autocross!
Nicole and her dad are building a Camaro, and she was really interested in learning about autocross. Nicole hopes to have her car done by next year so she can come out and start running the autocross. We certainly support that, and can’t wait to see Nicole and her friends on the track.
Sunday came quick and it was time to pack up. Brandy helped hand out awards and then it was off to Fort Worth, Texas. Will it be a TEXAS sized show?
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Spectre Performance isn’t all racing. We actually have a pretty large staff devoted to designing products and supporting our distributors.
Bill Vitale, who handles sales for Pep Boys attended a recent Pep Boys Speed Shop Grand Opening in Orange, CA. Real speed shops are an endangered species and we are excited to see Pep Boys working to provide enthusiasts with a one-stop shop where they can actually see the products on shelves.
Bill represented Spectre Performance at the grand opening, bringing a pop-up with a couple displays featuring our intakes, intake components, filters and couplers. He also brought the GTO and parked it by our booth, which drew a lot of attention.
Pep Boys has started to convert several of their original stores into Speed Shops around the country. Their first Grand Opening was right here in LA about a year ago and throughout the past year, the company has incorporated several other Speed Shops into their existing stores.
Along with inviting us out, the Pep Boys Grand Opening featured a mini car show and displays from other vendors such as EBC, MSD Ignition, Auto Meter and many more. Local community enthusiasts came out, bringing their cars for the two day show. Like any good show, there was music, food, vendors, nice-looking cars and even Manny, Moe and Jack, who come out to take pictures with everyone.
These Pep Boys Speed Shops will feature a lot more of Spectre’s products than you’ll find in a regular Pep Boys Store. We will also be releasing some brand new products to the Speed Shops in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates on products available in Pep Boys Speed Shops and where the next Speed Shop Grand Opening will be. Ask your local Pep Boys if they plan a Speed Shop near you!
Good performance on the track is almost as much about driver seat time as it is about car prep. On Jan 31st we headed out to Willow Springs Raceway in Rosemond, Ca to work on both cars and drivers.
Our new track cars for the 2011 season include the Two JZ-GTE powered ’70 Maverick and the long awaited Carbon Camaro. Both cars are high horsepower pro-touring style builds and have been up north most of this year, the Camaro at Campbell Auto Restoration and the Maverick in the capable hands of Steve Schmalz and the Performance Fabrication crew.
The guys from both Campbell and Performance Fabrication came down with the cars to get some track time and test some of the recent upgrades. Steve from Performance Fab. started the morning in the Maverick on the Streets of Willow roadcourse, while Brandy, Mike and Mark set up a mini autocross on the skid pad and practiced running the Camaro through the cones.
The black Camaro looked pretty menacing carving around the practice course, with its one-off wheel flares and beefy 345/30ZR19 rear Kumhos. That vicious stance isn’t all show either; our newest 2nd gen has more horsepower, lots of traction, and a full modern suspension with customized adjustable rear sway bar. It’s also the first Spectre car in a long time to have power steering and power brakes, two additions which make a BIG difference on the tight turns of an autocross. Brandy finished up the practice session with a lot of enthusiasm about driving the car in upcoming events.
Steve came in off the road course a little less thrilled with the Maverick. Apparently the little blue Ford was acting up with twitchy steering and unpredictable handling. It looked very cool on the autocross though, even picking up a front wheel around the corners!
Everyone had better reviews once the Camaro hit the road course. There were a few clearance issues with the wide rear tires when the car was driven hard, but some minor adjustments in the pits soon cleared up any chafing. It was funny to see so many people under the cars, discussing possible solutions to both the Maverick’s handling tendencies and the Camaro’s tire rub problem. We really have an amazing group of people working with us.
Not only are there great people wrenching on the cars, but we are lucky enough to be working with some fantastic photographers too. Larry Chen and Linhbergh Nguyen from Speedhunters joined us at the track to take some photos and make a few laps of their own.
Larry brought his roommate, Yu-Chen in an Acura RSX, and they spent almost as much time on the track as we did. Larry rode with Yu-Chen and gave him some quick tips while the Spectre team was working on the cars. Yu-Chen picked up the racing line quickly and was noticeably faster by the time lunch arrived.
Why was he so quick?
“Video games,” he told us with a grin.
After lunch, Brandy and Mike took turns on track in the Camaro while Steve and Mark discussed options for improving the Maverick’s touchy handling characteristics.
By sunset, the team had a full eight hours of driving under their belts, and a solid plan for modifications and additions to both cars. We’ll find out the results soon, as our first competitive event, Run to the Coast is coming up this weekend!
Now in its 61st year, the Sacramento Autorama is “The Kustom Capital of the World” and boasts the title of one of longest running indoor car shows in the world. The Autorama is recognized as the custom car show on the West Coast. With over 450 of the finest custom cars, hot rods, classics, motorcycles, and specialty vehicles from around the county, there’s a good reason why people have been attending this show for over 60 years.
Of course, at Spectre, everything we do is an adventure, and as we packed up for the Autorama, the process of getting out of the Spectre parking lot and on our way to Sacramento was an adventure all by itself. It was like a reality TV Show; one thing after another just kept going wrong. How hard can it be to drive to a car show?
The plan was for the Toterhome to represent us in Sacramento. It had just been wrapped with our new logos, but was only partially finished. It looked good though, so we started to pack Wednesday with hopes to get out Thursday morning. When the toter pulled into the Spectre lot Wednesday morning, we had our first hurdle. Not only was the Jake brake not working, a taillight was out and then something went wrong with the alternator!
The toter went in to the shop to get repaired late Wednesday afternoon, but it would never be done in time for a 400 mile drive! Knowing that the show started Friday at noon, we reloaded our new truck as quickly as possible and got Steve out on the road.
Steve arrived in Sacramento around 8:30 on Thursday night and parked the truck, but our troubles weren’t over, because the space for the truck was just slightly smaller than our display. After some creative maneuvering, Steve was able to park the truck although we had to move the Churro stand. Seriously, do these things happen to anyone else?
Despite the slow start, once the show started we had a blast. The attendance was great and the truck was filled with people.
Since the show is all indoors, it attracts a lot of amazing customs and builders. Trailer queens get a bad name, but some of these cars are really pieces of art!
Each section of building had a different display. We saw bicycles and children’s push cars, muscle cars, and even a boat hall. There were also tons of vintage racers, a Bonneville car, and rows of motorcycles. Outside the race car display was a tent that featured a whole rockabilly scene with cars of the 50’s and people dressed to match.
On Saturday Spectators lined the entrances waiting for 10am to come and the gates to open. The truck and trailer were consistently crowded throughout the day. People were even coming in at 7 and 8pm, just to have an hour of viewing time. There were about 100-150 participant cars outside in the car corral. There were several cars with Spectre intakes on them, which always makes us happy!
The show stayed busy all weekend and by Sunday afternoon, we were ready to pack up and head home. Even though we had a rough ride up, we think this show was a great sign for the coming months. People know who we are, they are interested in our products and it seems like the car hobby is going to have a good year.
The first Good Guys shows are in March. We can’t wait!
After a long week in LA at the MPMC Trade Conference, we headed straight to the Pomona Fairplex for the first show of 2011, the Grand National Roadster (GNR) show.
The Roadster show was established 62 years ago and is the world’s longest running indoor car show. For the last eight years, it’s been just around the corner from Spectre in Pomona.
GNR always has a theme and this year it was Route 66, which was no problem for us, we’re plenty familiar with all the highways in America! Featured celebrities included Freddie from iCarly, Courtney Hansen from Powerblock TV, Lee Reherman from Battle of the Supercars, and Bryan Fuller from Two Guys Garage and Hot Rod TV.
We started set-up for the show while Brandy and Mike were still at the MPMC conference. Steve and Campbell Automotive got the truck, El Camino and Carbon Camaro to the show, and the SpeedLiner showed up as soon as the SORC party was over.
The show was like a high school reunion. Many of the manufacturers we hadn’t seen in a couple months were out at the show. Even the Goodguys team had a booth inside and practically brought out the whole office.
Many racers and fans from Bonneville, including some of the SCTA timing and tech, stopped by our booth to check out the streamliner and watch the videos. Kenny Hoover stayed all three days to sign posters, talk about the streamliner and reconnect with old friends. As always, Kenny and the streamliner got a lot of attention. We even let someone sit in the car for a photo.
One of our favorite parts of any show is checking out the cars which have been built using Spectre product. One display car we saw had a full Spectre custom intake, which definitely caught the attention of those passing by. We saw many other cars using Spectre intakes, headlight funnels, filters and valve covers. One of our favorites was the color changing ’69 Nova, owned by Ken Ramey from Lancaster, CA, which makes good use of a Spectre intake.
On Saturday Amir and his wife, Dusanka, came out to take a look around which was fun, since the show field had filled out and the booth was packed. Many people came to look at the streamliner, but the Carbon Camaro and El Camino got a lot of attention as well.
We spent part of the day on Saturday doing a custom install on a cool old Ford. We tried multiple plenums and airboxes and finally came to a decision on one the owner really liked. Once it was decided on, he was so thrilled and thought it was the coolest thing in the world! Hopefully we will be able to feature the car in the booth at upcoming local shows.
By Sunday, the weather turned ugly. About noon it started to rain lightly, so we had to load the streamliner early before the heavier rain came. We actually got more attention loading the streamliner than we did that whole day when the streamliner sat in front of the booth!
While we were loading the displays in the truck and trailer and trying not to get everything soaked, Barry Meguiar, his wife and another friend stopped by our booth to chit chat with Kenny. We’d like to thank everyone who stopped by to hang out with us, and also offer congratulations to our friend Jason from Street Trucks, who won first in his class. Nice job, Jason!
We will be headed up to Sacramento next weekend for the Sacramento Autorama, February 11th, 12th and 13th.
At Spectre, we work closely with the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) as well as with the automotive media. We were able to catch up with both industry and editors at the 2011 MPMC Conference in El Segundo.
MPMC stands for Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council, and they are an amazing group of people who work tirelessly to arrange time for manufacturers and journalists to meet and talk about project cars and new products without the distracting background of the SEMA show. We’ve attended the conference since 2007 and find it extremely valuable.
As always, our marketing genius, Brandy, transformed our hotel room into a complete showroom experience. The display featured some of the new 2011 Spectre parts, the Streamliner at Bonneville and photos from the Spectre 341 Challenge. Did you know an upside-down hotel couch makes an excellent product display when covered with black cloth?
During the conference, we sat in our decorated hotel suite and had meetings with automotive magazine editors, filmmakers, freelancers, TV shows, and websites. It’s fun to hear all about people’s project cars and trucks, and to tell them about our upcoming events and products.
The Spectre 341 Challenge was a popular topic during all of our meetings. Most people we spoke to either wanted to come out to the event themselves, or knew of someone they planned to invite. It’s going to be an amazing race this year.
Every year there is an afterparty mid-week. Last year we hosted at the Spectre facility but this year Source Interlink Publishing (SORC) held an open house at their new offices and workspace in El Segundo. It was a great night. Their workshop is very cool, and they had many of the legends of publishing and motorsports signing the latest SORC book, HOT ROD Magazine: All the Covers, with the profits going to charity.
SORC also invited us to display the SpeedLiner in the massive white photo bay. Amir came out and had such a good time he didn’t leave until early the next morning!
Overall, it was a very worthwhile week, and we are looking forward to getting all our magazine subscriptions this year. We know there are going to be some great stories.
The Spectre team is so dedicated that we’ll even attend car shows on major holidays. While most Americans were at home justifying a 4th piece of pie, our crew was fabricating a custom intake on a Pantera on the other side of the country.
Daytona Beach, Florida hosts the annual Turkey Rod Run every Thanksgiving. It’s a well attended show despite starting on Thanksgiving day. The whole entire inner field of Daytona Beach Speedway is covered with vendors, a swap meet and show cars. This year’s show had one of the biggest car corrals we had seen all year. The show makes a great escape for folks kicked out of the kitchen, or anyone looking for a reason to do take-out instead of turkey. The reality is, you can’t keep car people away from a car show.
The display was really varied and we saw a ton of great cars. There were rat rods, race cars and exotics parked side by side, and many featured Spectre intakes and filters. We also spent some quality time with fellow vendors like Billet Specialties, who drove all the way from Arizona to be present at the Turkey Rod Run. Like us, Billet Specialties was fairly new to the Rod Run, but companies like Detroit Speed and Engineering and GM Performance had been there before and we were all impressed by the turnout and response from the folks in the South East.
The reason we spend so much time on the road is so we can be there to support our customers. We worked on custom intakes for several interesting cars. Dave Puckey wanted a custom intake fabricated for a GTO and Lenny Kronen worked with Mike Morrow on custom tubes for his Pantera. If it needs an intake, our techs will make one!
In case you find yourself at the Turkey Rod Run next year, we recommend Cracker Barrel for Thanksgiving night. While most restaurants were closed, the Spectre team was able to feast on a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and even had pumpkin pie for dessert.
Can you believe our season is over for the year? The Spectre 2011 Schedule is in the works and we’ll post it soon. We plan on twice as many events compared to last year, with two full time truck and trailers on the road. We will be all over the country, and all over the internet, so stay tuned on the blog, and let us know what cars and features you’d like to see!
As we’ve mentioned before, the best thing about traveling the country exhibiting at car shows isn’t the scenery, or the road food, or even the racing, it’s getting to meet up with Spectre customers and see the project cars they build with our products.
At LS Fest in Bowling Green this past Spetember, we ran in to Jaime Kook and his wife, who came down from Canada with their olive green ’68 Chevelle.
We met Jaime on Power Tour 2009 while installing an intake on his car. Since then we’ve kept in touch and when he comes out to shows we are attending, we are honored that he parks his car in the Spectre booth.
Jaime’s original intake was quite a project. Spectre tech Guy Smith mocked up the intake without the car, hoping it would clear his hood. After playing around with a couple of different degree bends, Guy completed the kit with two Spectre inline filters and it fit perfectly!
Since the install, Jaime had the intake powder coated flat black and the car repainted (originally it was silver- now it’s a hip flat green). The Kooks next project is a car for Jaime’s wife so she can have her own wheels for Power Tour 2011!
We could tell you that this video features shots of the F40, the Speedliner, the Carbon Camaro and all our new products, but we’ll just let Amir take over:
As we’ve mentioned before, Pleasanton, CA is close to home for many of the Spectre team, including our fearless leader, Amir Rosenbaum.
The Autumn Get Together was very well attended, partially because it is one of the few Good Guys events which allows late model American cars as well as classics.
We had our hands full at the booth fielding questions from diverse groups of truck, Lowrider and modern muscle car owners.
The plan was to run the Maverick in the weekend autocross, but the busy booth meant that the Spectre autocross team spent most of Saturday answering tech rather than running through the cones. It was probably for the best, as Thursday’s test runs had brought up a couple of tire rub issues.
Happily, we were well represented on the course by Mary Pozzi, Deanna Marengo and other skilled Spectre friends.
Brandy did get to run the track on Sunday in a “borrowed” 2010 Dodge Charger. It was a bit different from the normal Spectre rides, but it made a lot of noise and gave Brandy an appreciation for her well-sorted race car!
As always, we saw some great builds done using Spectre products, and did several installs in the booth. We were happy to host the Spectre winner of the Motorator.com Crew Chief Challenge during the show. As a runner up in the Motorator online tech contest, we gave Alex and his family passes to the show as well as a Spectre CAI for his ‘68 Mercury Cougar.
Amir and his family came out to join us in the booth and it quickly became clear that the young Rosenbaums take after their parents. After a quick morning introduction, 11-year old Adam Rosenbaum was talking to customers, explaining product details and selling parts. We’re going to have to bring him on the road with us!
The Pleasanton show was bitter-sweet, as it is one of the last shows of the year, but we won’t mope for long. 2011 looks to be our busiest show year yet! We can’t wait.
Saturday started out perfectly. There were scattered showers on the forecast, but the morning was dry and competition on the autocross was serious. There were way more competitors than the day before, lined up and ready to run. The SCCA Autocross chapter that helped run the autocross was extremely helpful. The main instructor, and course designer, was busy the entire day jumping in and out of cars, giving people tips. He had good advice, after his lessons, drivers were improving by a second or more! He even joined Brandy in the El Camino for one round to give some pointers on some of the decreasing radius turns on the course.
Brandy drove all morning, but it isn’t all racing and fun for the Spectre crew. We were there to work, and it was time for the Spectre Top Speed Challenge. This was the first event where we decided to tie in the Top Speed challenge with Baer Brakes SpeedStop Challenge and it went really well. although it did mean that we had no time to send a driver out to participate in the drag racing, or to watch the Engine Swap contest, which we heard was very cool!
Maybe it’s a good thing we weren’t able to make it on to the drag strip, Nick Licata, editor of Camaro Performers, broke his driveshaft while on the track mid afternoon! Everyone pulled together to get the car off the track safely. Some people might have called it a day, but Nick is a racer, and he had one goal, get back on the track! Nick was about to have a driveshaft shipped next day from California, but the car gods were friendly and he and fellow writer, Steve Rupp, found one locally.
One of the engineering/ mechanic schools that had competed in the Engine Swap contest offered to help Nick replace the driveshaft that night and everyone signed the broken driveshaft the next day as a little memory of the event.
One of the coolest things about LS Fest is how focused the participants are on racing, yet everyone pitched in and helped each other out. As we are becoming a familiar sight at so many events, the Spectre booth ends up being a hang-out for journalists and other racers. We opened the lounge in the truck for our media pals to store their equipment, parked cars under our awning, and sat around joking with everyone, telling stories and building memories.
It’s great to see folks like Bret and Greg from RideTech, Stacy from DSE, the crew from Holley, our own team and so many old friends. Some of the usual participants like Brian Finch and Yancy Johns came out with their cars as well. Brian Finch debuted his version two Spectre Cold air intake at the LS Fest. Brian already had a couple of our parts on the yellow Camaro, but was adding on to the kit to make it a true cold air intake. This was Yancy’s first event driving his 2010 camaro that he just got back from Steve Rupp and Camaro Performers. We hope to install an intake within the next month or so or do a custom kit on his car.
We had time to chat, because around 3pm the rain came back. It came down in buckets, but luckily only lasted a short time. By Sat evening the racing was back on, and we were able to see the
Prostock cars run for the first time. Very cool.
Spectre Performance announces 2nd annual hill climb road race challenge where the fastest street cars on earth will race up infamous Nevada Highway 341
When: June 17-19, 2011 Where: Nevada Highway 341, South of Virginia City, NV More Info: Available soon at www.Spectre341Challenge.com
Spectre Performance is heading back to Virginia City for the second running of the Spectre 341 Challenge on one of the most technical and thrilling mountain roads in the United States. After a stellar turnout at the inaugural event in 2010 that included world-famous drivers and high-profile media coverage, the 2011 event promises to be even better with a variety of exotic cars and new activities. The race, set for June 17-19, 2011, will pit supercars, muscle cars and imports against the clock in a full-throttle blast up the mountain road, which will be closed to the public for the event.
The Speed by Spectre 341 Challenge is a rare opportunity to drive flat-out on one of the most technical and aggressive stretch of mountain road in the country, without the worry of oncoming traffic or law enforcement. The paved course is 5.2 miles long with 22+ turns, a 1,216-foot rise in elevation, steep drop offs and no guardrails! Vehicles must be street-legal and registered. Tires must be DOT legal. Event highlights will include a track talk, warm up laps, class qualifying, a car show and parade through the iconic old-west style mining town, two days of racing and a banquet for all participants. The road will be closed for racing in coordination with local agencies, and once again competitors will have a chance to be inducted into the exclusive “3:41 Club” if they can crack the three-minute, forty-one second barrier.
“This is one of the only events in the world where a driver can show up with a street car and truly test the vehicle and themselves in a real-world environment,” says Spectre Performance founder Amir Rosenbaum. “We are in the speed business – we engineer and sell cold air intakes for muscle cars and late model vehicles. This is more than a race – it’s about having fun. We work with FM3 Marketing to present a professional, well-organized, fun weekend at a cool old-west town where the entire family can show up, hang out with other car nuts and have a great time. The 2011 Spectre 341 Challenge will feature even more racing and family activities.”
The original Virginia City Hill Climb was founded in 1972 and run through 2002. Rosenbaum holds the all time record for the event, running the course in three minutes, ten seconds in a Ferrari F40. Six new members were inducted into the 3:41 Club in 2010.
