A couple days ago I was contacted on our Facebook page by a guy named Henry saying, "Not sure if it matter, but I have one of the old vettes that used to run with y'all."  Well Henry, it matters!  We always love to hear how some of the cars that have left the crew are doing!  Lets face it, too many of the ShockerRacing Member cars are currently in graveyards and we are always glad to hear that one of them is still alive and well!  The car he was referring to was Brandon's 2002 Blacked out C5 Z06 and he had included a photo.

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Many people knew of "SmoothBlue" before it was even a member of Shocker Racing.  It was previously owned by, Larry, the former shop manager at Speed Inc.  This gorgeous Electron Blue Z06 was fairly well known in the Corvette community for having been well maintained and nicely modded by a well respected tuner in the Vette world.  Perry had already had his eyes on Larry's C5 Z06 when he found out it was for sale back in 2006. He began working with Larry and in just a short time Perry was the proud owner.  When he picked it up it already had a SI007 Cam, ported heads and Stainless Works 1 7/8" headers along with 3.90 gears.  The car was making a healthy 427 horsepower and had run well into the low 11's in the quarter mile.  Perry enjoyed it like this for a short time before deciding that he needed more power...

Read more: SmoothBlue's Procharged 2002 Corvette Z06

Shortly after Jon's 2007 Lemans Blue Z51 Corvette caught fire in an accident in June of 2010 things were looking kind of down.  Work was slow and as bad as Jon wanted to run out and find a replacement for his baby he knew the smart thing to do was wait out the slow times until he found some steady work.  An opportunity to move from Chicago to California for a new job came up and he jumped on it.  During the year that Jon was living in Cali, he found an Electron Blue 2002 C5 Z06 with 26,000 miles on it for sale in Northern California on Corvette Forum.  He fell in love with it immediately after flying out there to check it out and drove it home!  The Z06 was nicely modded with a Vararam Intake, Mild Cam and Heads package(to pass California Emmisions), Belanger Headers, Corsa X-Pipe with high flow cats, and a modified titanium exhaust with the bypass mod.  With this selection of mods the car made 387 rear wheel horsepower and 387 rear wheel torque.  This was a good start but this power wasn't going to be enough for long...

Read more: Jon's A&A Supercharged 2002 Corvette Z06

ShockerRacing first met Spdkilz, Carleton, through a mutual friend one summer day in 2003.  It was a ShockerRacing.com track day and we were heading out to a test and tune night at Route 66 Raceway.  He was this skinny punk kid with long scraggly hair covered by trucker hat(thanks Ashton Kutcher).  Our first thought was does daddy know that this kid stole his Z06 to take it to the drag strip?  We made our way out to Route 66 to get some runs in and of course had a little fun on the way up there.  Once we arrived at the track we had the chance to talk with Carleton, we began to realize that this kid was truly a Corvette enthusiast.  He had done many custom mods to his Vette that we had not seen before.  This C5 was his baby and it was clear that he had spent countless hours getting to know his Z06.  He had his own website for the Vette, www.spdkilz.com, which featured some amazing photos he had taken of the Vette along with tech tips on how to do some awesome custom mods.  Many people knew the site for his write-ups on the interior LED lighting installs, showing people how to replace the boring off-white lights that fill the C5 interior.  At the time he just had an intake and a Speed Inc. Tune done but had much bigger plans for the future of Spdkilz...

Read more: Spdkilz' Custom Twin Turbo C5 Z06 Corvette

ShockerRacing.com will be cruising to AJ Bombers in Milwaukee, WI on Saturday, May 24th.  We will be meeting at Streets of Woodfield in Schaumburg at 3:00pm and will proceed to cruise in a group up to Milwaukee for dinner at the famous AJ Bombers.

From the AJ Bombers website: P-Nuts, Burgers & Beer! That's the best way to sum up this kitschy, fun restaurant and bar located in downtown Milwaukee and downtown Madison. It's just as fun to hang here with your friends or bring the kids for a fun family meal. By the way, our Milwaukee Burger was declared Winner of the Travel Channel's FOOD WARS and our Mad 'Sconnie voted "Madison's Best Burger" via Madison Magazine.

Read more: May Cruise to AJ Bombers in Milwaukee, WI

The latest photoshoot by our friend Stephani over at Chromalusion Photography features Mandy and her 2012 Chevrolet Camaro.  Mandy is a 32 year old competitive bodybuilder and owns her own business doing floral and interior design and is from Franklin, NC.  She tells us that she likes cars that are fast... we took this to mean that she likes cars that resemble her... strong and sexy!!! Mandy has been an automotive enthusiast for years and surprisingly has left her Camaro stock...for now.  More pics coming soon but hit the jump to see all of the pics.

Read more: Chromalusion Photography Shoot April 2014 - Featuring ShockerRacing.com Girl Mandy

On April 17th, 1964 Ford launched the Mustang at the New York World's Fair.  Ford has announced that they will be offering a 50th Anniversary Edition of the latest Mustang.  It will be based on the Mustang GT with the Performance package and will only come in two colors: White or Blue.

Happy Birthday Mustang,

Love always,

Shocker Racing

Join Shocker Racing for our April Spring Cruise to Fatty's Pub and Grill in DeKalb, IL.  The cruise will begin at the Regal Cantera Theater at 28250 Diehl Road, Warrenville, IL at 3pm on Saturday April 19th. From there we will all head to Fatty's Pub & Grill located at 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115.  This is an open event and anyone is welcome to join us. For more details feel free to email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Read more: April 2014 Spring Cruise to Fatty's Pub in DeKalb, IL

Shortly after the announcement that General Motors is increasing the price of the new C7 Corvette by $2000 due to extremely high demand, SRT has announced that production will halt on the Viper beginning April 14th.  Production will remain paused until June 23rd to help move some of the current inventory that is sitting on dealers lots.  This comes not long after SRT had cut production from 9 units per day to 6 per day. SRT had sold just 91 units for for all of January and February.

Read more: Corvette Sales vs Viper Sales

This annual gathering of horsepower-aholics began in 1999 in Houston with a few dozen cars attending. The first sponsor was MVP Motorsports (www.mvpmotorsports.com) and the event was actually named “The Supra Nationals” to celebrate Toyota’s iconic sports car and the main type of car that attended. Over the years the event has grown incredibly and now encompasses five days showcasing several events. If you like fast cars, then this is the event for you. The event includes Drag Racing, Roll Racing, Dyno Shootout, cruising and even a bikini contest!

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