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    MUSCLE CAR FIGHT

    Feb 11, 2022 5 minutes
    STEVEN RUPP
    JIM MCILVAINE

    Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, lives up to its name every time it runs. This series is more than just great drivers, show-stopping paintjobs, and 1,000-horsepower track freaks. It’s all of that and more wrapped up into a whirlwind weekend at some of the world’s best tracks. Stop number six in this series was iconic Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, and the first event out of the gate was the Falken Tire Road Course Time Trial on the big track.

    If you’ve never run at Road America before, know that it requires your complete respect and attention. There are elevation changes galore, technical turns, and three high-speed straightaways, each one with a progressively hairier

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