Congrats to both! That picture was taken at the F.A.S.T. /FS race held at Englishtown NJ last August/September. Go to the FAST website http://www.fastraces.org and check out the details about the next Hemmings MusclePalooza F.A.S.T./FS race coming up in the end of May. This will be an excellent chance to get your car in the magazine.
you sure Greg ?? that looks like Mid Michigan Motorplex to me........ anyways, good luck with the Palooza Race, one day I might make it out there........
Looks like Stanton to me as well. Cool story, congrats to Dale the Snail and Amanda. Nice to see young people take a intrest.:TU:
I could be wrong because I have not seen the magazine yet but, I think they shot pictures at both events Englishtown Musclepalooza and the Pure Stock Drags, any way thats very cool congrats Dale The Snail (how did you get such a silly name) & Amanda.:TU:
Terry, you got a mention, and all the pics look like Stanton....... not that it matters..... but it was disturbing to read that you were the guy who talked Dale into wearing the skirt..........
I've only been there (to watch a Pure Stock event) once back in the late 90s, but I immediately knew it was Stanton even before I saw "Mid-Michigan Motorplex" right there on the timing tower. :Smarty: Litwin snapped some sweet shots of those cars! Nice write-up too. Congrats to Dale and Amanda! My girls are only 5 and 7 right now, but maybe someday...
Congrats!! Nothing like getting just one car in a cool mag , You got both cars !! Not to mention a cover like that !!! Fantastic and hopefully will bring out more Spectators and Participants!! Enjoy the attention you both deserve it .. Paul
Good read................ Super cool cover. Congrads guys Who was that in that Lime Mist 71 Buick GS @ Martin :laugh: Hope this Martin we can race some boys Yvonne
Congrtas on the great ink,and Bad Azz covershot Dale and Amanda. Both cars are gorgeous! Makes the whole issue POP !!! Way to Gooooooooo!!!!!! Rich C.
Very cool photos and a great story. Congrats! Hopefully, in the next 14 years, my daughter will be interested in racing, also.
Yeah, cool pictures -- thanks to PhotoShop!!!! One of the pictures in the article is an obvious chop job, which raises suspicions about all the rest. I've always bitten my tongue about the number of factual errors which creep into print in HMM, because by and large it's a great magazine. But if they start fabricating their photos ..... what's left to respect?
So what if they photoshop a picture to improve it. Technology changes and improves things. You can't knock 'em for using new technology. I think the whole point of the article is just to show off the Waligora's musclecars and how much fun they have with them at the PSMCDR and the FAST events that we all love to attend. Any magazine is probably not going to get 100% of the facts straight. That's just the way it goes.
Sorry, but I have to side with Brian here - if you're gonna have a Buyer's Guide, you better get your stuff right. Sometimes the layout and photography end up overshadowing the nitty gritty that they get wrong.
I don't mind a little touch up (although even there, where do you stop? is it OK to clean up an dirty engine compartment? remove rust from manifolds? fix a tear in the driver's seat?) What I'm talking about is when they cut and paste a picture of two cars from one photo and place them on another background. It makes you wonder whether the cars were ever even in that location. Now, every time I see a fantastic photo in HMM, with the car shown in some fantastic scenery, I'll wonder if it's real. Anyway, I didnt' mean to take anything away from Dale and Amanda. Cool cars and cool people.
Care to elaborate on which one you think is faked? I'm an amateur Photoshopper myself and I will say the cover gave me pause at first glance. (The shadows under the cars are very different in nature and the tire treads are oddly bright when they should be dark, among other little things.) But after looking at the photos within the article, I'd bet a decent sum that they're all legit Brian. I just think the cover image has been "juiced" for more dramatic color tonality (all rags do this). Do you think the cars were pasted onto the scene in the cover? If so, check out the driver shots in the article and you'll see Dale and Amanda are standing in the car arrangement that's on the cover. Also check out all the grandstand reflection detail in the car bodies. That'd be pretty hard to fake.
Buyer's Guide? I thought we were talking up the Waligora's. That buyer's guide is about '57 Dodge w/ fins. I'll agree that when you are cookin' up a buyer's guide, accurate facts are right at the top of the recipe.
