The Goodguys Nationals in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the most anticipated events on the popular Good Guys show schedule. Hosting over 7,000 hot rods and street machines as well as over 100,000 spectators, it is one of the biggest shows of the year. While The Nats have always had an autocross component, this year Goodguys introduced a new twist: a sponsor shootout pitting vehicles from every Autocross Sponsor against each other in a ladder-type shootout.
Hotchkis was represented at the autocross in several classes including Street Machine, Truck and Vendor. "Fast" Mary Pozzi put Hotchkis on the podium both Saturday and Sunday in her Hotchkis-equipped 2nd Gen Camaro, claiming 2nd place on Saturday in the Street Machine class and, due to a wayward cone, 3rd on Sunday in the shootout. This was Mary's first Goodguys competition with her newly rebuilt car, featuring an all-new Hotchkis Total Vehicle System set to debut at the 2011 SEMA Show. Considering how early this race is in the car's development phase, we are tremendously proud of the result.
Mike Hickman didn't disappoint either, debuting his "G-10" 1968 Chevrolet C10 pickup in Columbus after a complete ground-up rebuild on-site at Hotchkis Performance. This included stitch-welding and gusseting the frame, a new off-the-shelf Hotchkis C10 Total Vehicle System, a brand new GM Performance Parts E-Rod LS3 crate engine and 4L65E transmission and more. Hickman ran hard all weekend and finished a very close second in the Truck class. G-10 was completed mere days before the race, and with more R&D time it will continue to rack up wins.
The Hotchkis team is also proud to note that Vendor class winner, Brandy Morrow of Spectre Performance is also running Hotchkis suspension on the Spectre 1970 "Carbon Camaro".
The Hotchkis sales team set up a booth and gave away t-shirts and other great prizes, thanks to our tire sponsors at the event, Falken Tires.
