Nov2
The RSW Admin/Moderating team has decided that the return of the RacingSouthwest.com Garage also signals the return of the “Garage Ride of the Month.” Garage Ride of the Month, or GRotM for short, is where we, the admins and mods, scour the RSW Garage for vehicles that are special in one way or another. Perhaps it is an obviously modified street machine or track champion. Or, perhaps the vehicle we will choose is a “sleeper”, highly modified, but as normal looking as any other vehicle on the road.
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The 2nd Annual SWMS Monster Mash
We stopped in at the Southwest Motorsports(SWMS) event to see a few cars on the road course this weekend (October 29th-31st) at the Sandia Motor Speedway in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was very successful and even the RSW member Carlos M. took home a first place trophy on his shifter kart. The SWMS organization is primarily vintage, but as you can see in the photos they have a wide range of vehicles that show up.
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We had the chance to stop by and take photos of the 250+ cars at the Hooters Halloween Show. With a record attendance for the 2009 season this event was packed. It was great to see a few cars from last weekends Hot Rod Rumble at Albuquerque Dragway. This event marks the last event of the 2009 Hooters show season.
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The second Hot Rod Rumble for the year was one of the biggest events at the Albuquerque Dragway this year. With an estimated 200+ hot rods attending, it was a great show. This was one of the last big events of the year before the track goes into hibernation for the 2009 season.
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Some video from a previous Thursday night RacingSouthwest.com meet. This is from 2007 at the Dion’s restaurant on Paseo/Wyoming.
Thanks to forum user Swirlone for recording this.
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Oct8
RacingSouthwest.com, along with Motiva Performance, are proud to present the last Drift Cross event of 2009. Come join us on October 11th, 2009 at Sandia Motor Speedway!
For those that are new to these events, Drift-Cross has something everyone: some time on the road course, an autocross circuit, and a separate area for drifting – ALL at the same time!
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Sandia BMW in Albuquerque, New Mexico sponsored one of the final SMRI weekends for 2009. The sold out event brought a BMW factory rider to unveil the new BMW S1000RR at Sandia Motorsports Park. The event had 75 participants ranging from first time riders to a very large expert group.
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Sep21
Our friends and local Albuquerque business would like to invite you to a celebration car show and BBQ to celebrate the one year anniversary of the store being open.
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The second to last Hooters car show on the west side for the year. A few new cars made it out as well!
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RacingSouthwest.com member Skyler Schmitt was nice enough to share some in-cab video of his Class 10 MC Race Buggy during the WOR – Snowflake 250 race. The Snowflake 250 took place between Heber and Snowflake, AZ off of the 277 Highway on September 5th, 2009. continue reading »
