STREET/RACE Issue 1, Winter 2016 | Page 4
AT A GLANCE
20 / TX2K16
The best and worst from the
Super Bowl of street racing
30 / GETTING STICKY
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Learn how to mix up a batch of
the sticky stuff
34 / STREET CAR TAKEOVER
The traveling street car series
nears the end of its monstrous
nationwide 2016 tour
90 / NATURALLY ASPIRATED
MEET STEVEN
Not yet old enough to even apply for his driver’s license,
13-year-old Steven Aghakhani has already experienced
the thrill of going 200mph and clearly has a promising
future in the racing world. Before jumping behind the
wheel of his father’s exotic Lamborghinis and McLarens,
Aghakhani made his driving debut in a go kart.
By Daniel Schenkelberg
76
FOUR-SECOND FOX
There’s no denying Mike Bunton’s silver Ford Mustang
performs like a race car, but he’s 100-percent committed
to keeping the single-turbocharged LS-powered ride
from losing it’s streetworthiness.
By Ainsley Jacobs
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STREETRACE
In a time where turbo- and
superchargers seem almost
commonplace, Eddie Blackwell
and his C5 Corvette are
dedicated to doing things
the hard way
92 / ON THE HUNT
Ben Hayes and his infamous
“Lambo Hunter” Nissan GT-R
expounds on taking the win
during TX2K16’s Roll
Race Nationals
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98 / DROPPING THE LAUNDRY
Andy Nelson does all he can to
slow his near-200MPH
Dodge Viper
ON THE COVER Justin Keith as photographed
by Kevin Cox in Kansas City, Missouri.
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PHOTOS: KEVIN COX, DANIEL SCHENKELBERG
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STREET CAR OR NO CAR
Kansas City’s Justin Keith continues to toe-the-line as one of the automotive
industry’s biggest proponents of the street car movement, relentlessly
pushing the performance envelope with his 1,000-horsepower C7 Corvette
but refusing to quit driving it to the grocery store. By Wes Buck