July 2019 RPM MAGAZINE by RPMMAG

EDITOR’S RANT

Chris Biro

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’ve given my RANT space this month to organizers of events that RPM is supporting for 2019: Tom Bailey for Tom Bailey’s Woodward PreParty/RPM 20th Birthday Bash Friday August 8th and 9th and Ian Hill for the SMACKDOWN3 July 20th – 21st. By the time you have read this, JT (from RPM’s SHOP TALK column) will have held the first RPM-supported event of 2019; his Pro Street Palooza June 23rd. First, though, I want to send a shout-out to one of the RPM independent photo contributors, Jerry Garrison. In the May issue we featured Dale Snoke’s cool tribute FX Comet and listed not only the page incorrectly, but the photographer incorrectly as Matt Trombley when it was in fact Jerry Garrison. It was the first time in 20 years that this has happened, but we screw up just like everyone else and are big enough to admit when we do. Jerry is heavily involved in the drag race and street car scene in California and had two shoots in the June issue (that we got right) so be sure to check out his work!

SMACKDOWN3

JULY 20th – 21st Toronto Motorsports Park, Cayuga, Ontario, Canada FROM ORGANIZER IAN HILL: As the summer creeps in, it brings with it Canada’s No Time Grudge racing event of the year...the 3rd annual RPM Magazine Smackdown3. Now in its 7th year in Ontario, No Time Grudge Street Cars shootout-style racing couldn’t be more exciting. This year’s event brings with it the $10,000 Extreme Outlaw Shootout, the $10,000 Limited 28s Shootout backed up by guaranteed payouts in every class from the new 235 Outlaws right through every sportsman class, including the Jr. Dragster program at $750 per day! All in all, Ian Hill Racing Promotions—with the help of the event sponsors—is bringing $50,000 in guaranteed class payouts to the event and we invite you to come see if you can take home your share as you race against some of the best drag racers Ontario has to offer. RPM Magazine Smackdown3 classes for the heads-up racer include: Extreme Outlaw, Limited 28s, 235 Outlaws, Street 275, Real Street, Street Bike and for the Sportsman racer we have Extreme 8.80 Bike, 6.0/ 10.0 indexes, Bikes and Sleds, Pro, Super Pro and Jr Dragster classes...so we have a class for everyone! What makes this event stand out from others in the area, besides the $50,000 in guaranteed payouts of course, is the Grudge Racing. When you have a bunch of heads-up racers racing a No Time event, the starting line can get crazy with fans. We follow this up by providing the local dial-in racers a place to come and compete for larger-than-normal payouts. Put this all together

and we have what we call The Smackdown! Then, not only will the champion of each class be rewarded with some great payouts for hammering their competition, but the class champions will also be rewarded with a heavyweight champion-style belt for their efforts! The partnership between Ian Hill Racing Promotions and RPM Magazine has never been stronger and it is through the efforts of everyone involved that we can offer such a great weekend of racing. We hope you will all come out to experience what No Time Grudge Racing is all about! Follow us on facebook or at www.smackdownevents.com

TOM BAILEY’S WOODWARD PREPARTY / RPM BIRTHDAY BASH

August 8th at Lapeer International Dragway and August 9th at Wildwood Park, Lake Orion Michigan. FROM ORGANIZER TOM BAILEY: We opened registration for Tom Bailey’s Woodward PreParty/RPM Birthday bash event at www. bailey-racing.com for JUNE 1st, and it has gone wild ever since! It is going to be a crazy event with some of the baddest cars in the land! If you are looking to see one of the greatest displays of street-legal horsepower ever assembled you need to attend! This is not a lawn chair car show. It’s a two-day horsepower festival! Day one is Thursday 8/8/19 at Lapeer International Dragway for a day of testing and Friday 8/9/19 is the party, burnout contests, dyno pulls, live music, and an assembly of over 100 street cars packing parachutes!!! Need I say more???? FROM RPM MAG: “You might notice a change in the second part of the event name for 2019,” said RPM Magazine Editor In Chief Chris Biro. “We replaced RPM MAG TAKEOVER with RPM BIRTHDAY BASH in order to invite our readers, supporters and followers to come celebrate 20 years of power & gears with RPM. This is a huge accomplishment in the world of fast car mags, especially for an independent family operation, and we want to celebrate with as many people and as much horsepower as possible!” RPM senior staff, including Editor In Chief Chris Biro, VP Of Marketing & Customer Relations Trish Biro, Associate Editor Ace layout guy and wicked writer Toby Brooks and shooter Matt Trombley will all be in the house, plus more special guests. Come by and enjoy the action and meet & chat with all your favorite horsepower junkies as well as RPM staff. We will have free mags and great giveaways while supplies last! Follow the event on Facebook or at www. bailey-racing.com

COMING NEXT MONTH: ReFender the Tiiiiime........................................................... Our Project aPocalypSe Horse makes the 1000+ mile trek to Bob Thrash for new sheetmetal fabrication....here’s hoping the fourth time is the charm!

THIS AND MORE IN THE NEXT RPM!

july 2019 | RPM Magazine

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