Photograph by Kevin Cox
Orlando, Florida
TAKING
THE
BACK
ROAD
Street Car Takeover’s Street Racer category
requires racers to embark on a 25-mile cruise
before being allowed to race, and that was
nowhere near enough to scare off Shane
McClelland and his 1,100-plus horsepower Nova.
Always eager to prove the street-worthiness of
his steel-bodied, twin-turbocharged, 8.5-second
Chevy, McClelland took to the highways around
Thunder Valley Raceway Park along with a slew
of other Street Racer entrants for a road
construction-filled, detour-ridden joyride.
Equipped with a Holley Dominator EFI system,
four-speed 4L80E automatic transmission from
Rossler and 4.30:1 rear gear in the Strange
Engineering Pro Mod 9-inch, McClelland has a
car that can produce and utilize big power, but
also be driven cross-country.
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