{"id":61464,"date":"2019-04-15T09:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=61464"},"modified":"2019-04-15T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:27:13","slug":"gallery-optima-streetcar-challenge-race-2-daytona-international-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/gallery-optima-streetcar-challenge-race-2-daytona-international-speedway\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Optima Streetcar Challenge Race 2 &#8211; Daytona International Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-61464-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/IMG_1828-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;61492&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gallery: Optima Streetcar Challenge Race 2 \\u0026#8211; Daytona International Speedway&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Gallery: Optima Streetcar Challenge Race 2 - Daytona International Speedway&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nThe 6th season of the OPTIMA\\u2019s Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series continued last weekend at Florida\\u0026#8217;s Daytona International Speedway. The series draws the best of the best in street-legal cars, SUVs and trucks to seven tracks spread the USA, each driver hoping to qualify for the 12th annual OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational.\\n\\nChris Smith of Smitty\\u0026#8217;s Custom Automotive, Ltd took the win in the Classic Car Liquidators GTV Class. Cliff Elliott ruled the OPTIMA Batteries GT Class, and Cody Mason finished first in the new Outlaw Class. Jamie Elliott both won the TCI Engineering First Timer\\u0026#8217;s award and claimed victory in the Holley EFI GTL Class. Jeff Schwartz of Schwartz Performance Inc. in the GTC Class and Dr. Karen Waters Thomas in the OPTIMA Chargers GTE Class took first place awards as well, as did Steve Kepler in the RECARO GTS Class.\\n\\nPhotographer Gary Rosier attended the weekend races at Daytona, and sent in some fantastic photo coverage. 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