{"id":86968,"date":"2022-08-12T13:40:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T20:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=86968"},"modified":"2022-10-29T13:03:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T20:03:55","slug":"down-the-track-with-racingjunk-august-8-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/down-the-track-with-racingjunk-august-8-12-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the Track with RacingJunk August 8-12, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86969\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/down-the-track-with-racingjunk-august-8-12-2022\/down-the-track-with-new-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Down the Track with New Photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo-300x165.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Down the Track with New Photo\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Down-the-Track-with-New-Photo-376x206.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><em>This week on Down the Track with RacingJunk, our weekly wrap up of news and notes from RacingJunk.com, we cover racing in the heartland, weather cancellations and green tires, and more.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/bonneville-speed-week-2022-canceled-due-to-flooding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonneville Speed Week may have gotten called<\/a> on account of rain, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mitzis-motor-mavens-sweet-as-candie-on-the-road-to-bonneville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitzi Valenzuela and model, Sweet as Candie, still got some killer shots and an epic road trip.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We mourn the death of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/street-outlaws-star-ryan-fellows-dies-in-las-vegas-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Street Outlaws Racer Ryan Fellows<\/a>, who died in a crash and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/nhra-heats-up-in-the-heartland-at-2022-topeka-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">look to Topeka<\/a> as the NHRA hits the heartland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/firestone-alternate-tires-go-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firestone showed off some sustainable race tires<\/a> during and IndyCar race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/imsas-new-2023-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMSA flashed their<\/a> 2023 race schedule, and we headed to Kentucky for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/gallery-53rd-nsra-street-rod-nationals-brings-louisville-to-the-final-lap-of-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSRA Street Rod Nationals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our own Bobby Chalmers, normally a hard core dirt kind of guy, gifted us some stellar photos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/bc-auto-restoration-enjoys-record-turnout-at-11th-annual-open-house-cruise-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;C Auto Restoration&#8217;s Open House<\/a> and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/1975-chevy-vega-drag-car-for-10000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8217;75 Chevy Nova drag roller<\/a> is ready to be your next track day super star.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Dominic Gorden and Buddy Kofoid strutted their stuff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/bc-auto-restoration-enjoys-record-turnout-at-11th-annual-open-house-cruise-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Driven2SaveLives BC39 races<\/a> in honor of the late Bryan Clauson.<\/p>\n<p>All that, plus trailer Tuesdays, Cool Car finds and more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ZBl_6w6xqs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This week on Down the Track with RacingJunk, our weekly wrap up of news and notes from RacingJunk.com, we cover racing in the heartland, weather cancellations and green tires, and 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