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Dave Jessup Racing

There was more than one double-take from drivers at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center parking lot a few weeks ago on a sunny morning. Automotive technology instructor Dave Jessup brought one of his personal projects — a 360-winged sprint car — to school to show his students. Then he fired it up in the parking lot.
11/20/2009 at 2:41 p.m. | 12 photos | more galleries like this

score: 2.38394461599

Wheels of the Week: DARF Racecar Show

It was a sure sign that spring is in the air, and a new racing season is just around the corner when more than 50 race cars filled Lang's Chevrolet in Beavercreek for the annual Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club (DARF) Race Car Show.
03/18/2009 at 3:37 p.m. | 12 photos | more galleries like this

score: 0.721721019576

Wheels of the Week: Doran Racing

Lebanon's Kevin Doran will be working around the clock on Jan. 24 and 25. He'll be the team manager on the No. 77 McDonald's Daytona Prototype racecar, hoping to end up in Victory Lane for the seventh time in the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
01/14/2009 at 4:07 p.m. | 12 photos | more galleries like this

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Wheels of the Week: Jim Unger Racing

The bare chassis of an old Gasser sits right inside the door. In the back of the shop on the chassis jig, welded metal tubing begins to resemble the frame of a front engine dragster, circa 1960. Jim Unger is hunched over his welding table, fabricating the spring brackets for the Gasser he's restoring.
12/31/2008 at 6 a.m. | 10 photos | more galleries like this

score: 0.442559805939

Wheels of the Week: British Car Day

The first Saturday in August has traditionally been British Car Day in Dayton. It started 25 years ago at Carillon Park, the brainchild of the Miami Valley Triumphs.
08/19/2009 at 10:38 a.m. | 16 photos | more galleries like this

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Trike motorcycle version may appeal to Baby Boomers

Ken Steele has been selling custom truck accessories and tinting windows for 30 years at his Truck Paradise shop in Waynesville. But the recent slowdown in the truck business has given him an opportunity to pursue business with his first love, Honda Gold Wing motorcycles.
04/23/2009 at 11:33 a.m. | 13 photos | more galleries like this

score: 0.404609793968

Wheels of the Week: The Zamboni

It sports a bright blue paint job, lots of sponsor logos, cool chrome wheels, and it goes in circles. This crowd-pleaser isn't a racecar, it's a Zamboni.
12/02/2008 at 6 a.m. | 10 photos | more galleries like this

score: 0.397834922486

Dayton Wire Wheels makes mark with hot rodders

The Ridler Award is one of the most prestigious in all of hot rodding. Since 1964, it has been awarded at the Detroit Autorama, to what the judges determine to be the Best of the Best in brand-new hot rods.
05/01/2009 at 3:24 p.m. | 11 photos | more galleries like this

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Wheels of the Week: David Lowry's Mustang

David Lowry really never had much of a chance to be anything other than a drag racer. "It started with my grandfather, who was a drag racer, and it's progressed through my dad and now to me," the 31-year-old explained.
12/24/2008 at noon | 6 photos | more galleries like this

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Wheels of the Week: Restorations, Rods & Customs

It all started 20 years ago in a single-car garage with Chris Smallenbarger working on a car. This fall Smallenbarger christened his new 6,600-square-foot shop, a complete facility where he and his six employees can do literally anything you want.
12/04/2008 at 4:31 p.m. | 12 photos | more galleries like this

score: 0.225729189646