Day: 20

Five months. That’s all that stands between us and a painful, fiery Mayan meltdown. But look on the bright side—that’s five months to enjoy some of the best events in hot rodding before that Mayan calendar runs out on December 21, 2012. But seriously, there really are only five months left in the year and

[portfolio_slideshow id=7073] This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and first appeared on SummitRacing.com on 8/21/2006. The 1949-52 Oldsmobile 88 is an American automotive icon. The car’s 303-cubic-inch “Rocket” engine was one of GM’s first overhead valve, high-compression V8s (Cadillac had one in ’49 as well), making the Olds one of the fastest cars