IZOD IndyCar Runs Through The Long Beach Grand Prix

By Andrew Paul Bettridge
May 17, 2013 • 132 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing

Long Beach At the Grand Prix of Long Beach the IZOD IndyCar series came through on their 3rd event of the year before heading south to Sao Paulo, Brazil. 27 cars started the field lead by the pole winner Dario Franchitti. By the first lap cars were beginning to be eliminated due to contact. In total... Read more »

Formula Drift Round 1 Day 1 on the Streets of Long Beach

Andrew Paul Bettridge
May 1, 2013 • 294 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

  Formula Drift rolled into its hometown April 12-13th on the Streets of Long Beach. The day started with several messy crashes leaving parts scattered across the track constantly sending out crews for clean up. Last years Irwindale winner Justin Pawlak "JTP" slammed into the wall during the first... Read more »

Summit ET #1 At Irwindale

by Andrew Bettridge
March 20, 2013 • 831 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

  It was a nice clear Sunday at Irwindale Drag Strip where hundreds of drag racers gathered from all over Southern California to run the Summit ET Series Event #1. Running behind schedule, the crew got through the 3 practice runs by 1:30. Eliminations started just after 2 pm with Sportsman. Coming... Read more »

Lucas Oil Regional Races Returned to Southern California

by Andrew Bettridge
March 7, 2013 • 604 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

It’s that time of the year again. Lucas Oil Off Road returns to Southern California for the regional series. At Glen Helen Raceway, the fans came out in masses to see the restructured regional series. The Pro Lite and Super Lite categories bow run the Regional Series. A destructive multiple car crash... Read more »

Thursday Night Racing at Irwindale

By Andrew Paul Bettridge
February 27, 2013 • 711 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing

Thursday at Irwindale had the lowest turn out in months since the track re opened. Although the total car counts was 107. Many left by the time nighttime took over the skies. By 7:30 pm only 20-30 cars were left running for the next few hours. Those who stayed to watch the nights racing witness a Mazda... Read more »

O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals

By Andrew Paul Bettridge
February 20, 2013 • 866 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing

  Courtney Force, whose father is racing legend John Force, beat Ron Capps in the Winternational Finals held in Pomona, CA. Ron Capps who has been a nemesis to John Force and Courtney was indeed proud to claim the victory. This year’s race went on without a hitch and not a cloud in the sky. In... Read more »

A New Year and A New Drag Racing Season

Andrew Paul Bettridge
February 3, 2013 • 794 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

Its been a month since we have seen drag racing at Irwindale Drag Strip due to the holiday break and the rains on the week that was to originally start the season. But this past Thursday was opening day with 242 cars in the staging lines. Packed grandstands and a full fence line showed the racers some... Read more »

Monster Energy World Speedway Invitational

Andrew Paul Bettridge
January 10, 2013 • 518 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

Industry Racing, one of the premier speedway bike tracks in Southern California. Just down the road from us here in the San Gabriel Valley you can enjoy speedway bike racing from the end of May through the end of August. A few weeks ago with Monster Energy Speedway Invitational, crammed over 5,000 people... Read more »

Racing 2012: A Year in Review

Andrew Paul Bettridge
January 7, 2013 • 250 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing

Last Race of the Year

Andrew Paul Bettridge
January 2, 2013 • 245 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing

As 2013 approaches drag racing ends at Irwindale Speedway, the last race of the year just passed by on December 20, 2012. The normal crowds came bearing the cold weather clothing to watch race, which ran late into the night. They watched record setting times of a 4.89 second run at 127.71 MPH.... Read more »