Showstopper: Ron & Lynda Carpenter’s ’48 Chevy Pickup

This story originally ran in the Summit Racing catalog and on SummitRacing.com on 8/29/2008. If by chance you ever meet Ron and Lynda Carpenter, odds are it will be while they’re at, going to, or coming from a car show or cruise-in somewhere in the Midwest. They will be hard to miss—behind the wheel of

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Ron Wood’s 1967 Chevelle SS

Editor’s note: This story appeared originally at SummitRacing.com on 8/26/2005. Ron Wood was Pro Street when Pro Street wasn’t popular. Back in the early 1970s, he ran Goodyear Indy oval track tires on his blown 1969 Corvette because there wasn’t anything available to handle the engine’s 550 horsepower. “Trailers are for boats,” said Wood, of

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Ultimate Challenger: Bob Motz’s 1970 Challenger

[portfolio_slideshow id=4871] “I knew it had to have a big engine…” Bob Motz said of his 1970 Challenger R/T, “…and I wanted it to be different. I’ve seen my fair share of Chevy 350s and ’Cudas. They’re nice, but I wanted to have the car that you don’t see at every show and it had

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