Autocross is big news now in the States. Companies like Hotchkis, QA1, Reilly Motorsports and others offer complete bolt-in suspension systems to transform most popular American-made cars into corner carvers that can stop and turn on the proverbial dime. The sport is nothing new, we’ve been steaming round cones in car parks in the UK since the dawn of the automobile, but the level of technology going into today’s cars far surpasses what were commonly largely stock production saloons. That was the appeal of the sport, though. It was cheap and accessible to anyone with a car. Modern Autocross cars are anything but cheap to build, but infinitely more fun to hoon around in.
But when Chris Brown popped his head into Valley Gas Speed Shop one afternoon, saying, “I’ve just bought a ’42 Ford truck and would like to do something different with it, are you interested?” it’s safe
