Hopefully everyone caught our Mustang Week – Part 1 coverage, where we covered some small meets and the dyno day. We’ll start up Part 2 with the Cruise-In, the final day of this enormous weeklong Ford pony car gathering.
There are a few things every Mustang owner loves: lots of horsepower, sunshine (on their left arm), and meeting other enthusiasts. For one week in July, over the past 14 years, they take over the golf town of Myrtle Beach, SC to throw one of the East Coast’s largest Mustang gatherings – Mustang Week.
In the past many automotive manufacturers have strived to create the perfect sport compact chassis. Combining the balance of power and handling into a smaller attractive chassis has proved to be a difficult task. It took the collective design teams from Subaru and Toyota to create the tuning canvas of our generation, the Scion FR-S.
In the Northeastern United States, few tracks are recognized like Englishtown’s Old Bridge Township Raceway Park. Though this track has built its name on being a premier drag racing destination over the years, they built a 1.3-mile tight road course a few years ago. Whether it’s learning driving techniques in their school, attending a drift event with Club Loose, or getting some open track time, this track is just right for the amateur, like me, looking for seat time.
Entering Wall Stadium Speedway in Wall, NJ on the morning of Formula Drift, you’re greeted by a sensory overload of tire smoke, loud revving engines, and colorful vendor booths. With practice time incorporated into the pre-race schedule, fans can listen as they anticipate their entrance into the speedway. Inside the guardrails lining the 1/3-mile oval track have seen better days, making it the perfect setting for the chaos brought with the 4th round of the Formula Drift series.
