{"id":4395,"date":"2014-03-26T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T23:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2014-03-26T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T23:23:13","slug":"2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational Adds Four More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more\/optima-ultimate-street-car-challenge\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395875331&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Challenge\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4405\" alt=\"OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Challenge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge-638x351.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/OPTIMA-Ultimate-Street-Car-Challenge-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy Ultimate Street Car Association<\/p>\n<p>The second round of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimatestreetcarassociation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ultimate Street Car Association&#8217;s<\/a> 2014 season wrapped up last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway and with that, four more cars have been invited to the 2014 OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1395875258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Terry Fair&amp;#8217;s 2011 Ford Mustang GT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n-300x164.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4407\" alt=\"Terry Fair's 2011 Ford Mustang GT\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n-638x351.jpg 638w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1509815_240539952799301_1990191850_n-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Terry Fair&#8217;s 2011 Ford Mustang GT is joined by Jakey Sampson&#8217;s 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, Robert Jackson&#8217;s 1967 Volvo Amazon and OUSCI veteran Steve Kepler&#8217;s 2013 Nissan GT-R.<\/p>\n<p>The next OUSCI qualifier will be held at the world famous Daytona International Speedway on May 23 &#8211; 25, 2014. The Daytona USCA event will also be filmed as part of MAVTV&#8217;s new reality TV series, <em>OPTIMA&#8217;s Search for the Ultimate Street Car.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimatestreetcarassociation.com\/events\/daytona-fl-may-23-25\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to register to compete at the Daytona USCA event.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4395 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/2014-optima-ultimate-street-car-invitational-adds-four-more\/64960_240539749465988_1087374760_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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