Vic Edelbrock's highboy, set 13 world speed records, and is an icon of streamlined dry lakes racers

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Vic Edelbrock's highboy, set 13 world speed records, and is an icon of streamlined dry lakes racers

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Famous people I happened across at SEMA this year... makes me wonder who I walked past and didn't notice

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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg56UgbAhJwGdAj9HcCxV0TIumeChORaGJRQZ7gWbcOEPHLtgWtfmoMOh2IBs9Lj0tTJ51blwentiUglZuPE83bXeJrkHR8gqY0kFCbO1y7dBuLK5plhK5yR3gLeS9T4_hyphenhyphen3HKiH1FxL0Q5/s640/DSC_0303.JPG" width="578" /></a></div> What you didn't know about AJ is, she's or Serbian and Mexican decent, was one of the Fantanas (Fanta Soda ad campaign) <br />What you probably knew is that she is the television co-host of the Discovery Channel's <i>Overhaulin'</i>, and she was also a host of <i>Hot Import Nights</i> (2008), an automotive show on the Speed Channel.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYepJGE41y7TJYMLx6YfAn9R9n6hvfGjm6263uT9YT3_P_lQdtuferXQ_SED9bT7Neyhjwak28aRNZ_hGJ8ZBcGwnKnGi8EIMuEW5724-62gqKedOVu6-ILIIdBcnk3ZvKGcO1Nv1Sg-y/s1600/DSC_0291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He won the Baja 100 and set a speed record doing that. As owner, he won the Indy 500 twice more, the 71-73 USAC championship, the 76 SCORE championship, and lots more. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnelli_Jones">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parnelli_Jones</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhyl_KDiV1sgeH0pDb5vjfFKuZlfm6m7h64HJeynWZcDVJ5zPxvJqjG4uQ7wqk2aW77p_Jpb-J6foMyR0M1z3FzZ_q1lfhUTK3FBkG6KA4LoY1-iWhrMeMUGLvL8tFDVODzTJHK0f_2E8/s1600/DSC_0416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhyl_KDiV1sgeH0pDb5vjfFKuZlfm6m7h64HJeynWZcDVJ5zPxvJqjG4uQ7wqk2aW77p_Jpb-J6foMyR0M1z3FzZ_q1lfhUTK3FBkG6KA4LoY1-iWhrMeMUGLvL8tFDVODzTJHK0f_2E8/s640/DSC_0416.JPG" width="468" /></a></div>Alex Xydias, founder of So Cal Speed Shop<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeifEF1T0_tHB9UnWnOnRiysRkhoMDCkEHj3O3vYtfP1iK4-oX8EfyTGffS0rzbl2StwJ6_JQdNn_AaGhB_PEDRlmPH5hcUclVIC9Ow0mdxw2CI1RQ_47UA0EahDj5nIK3YO4eH8ZhaTT/s1600/DSC_0357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFeifEF1T0_tHB9UnWnOnRiysRkhoMDCkEHj3O3vYtfP1iK4-oX8EfyTGffS0rzbl2StwJ6_JQdNn_AaGhB_PEDRlmPH5hcUclVIC9Ow0mdxw2CI1RQ_47UA0EahDj5nIK3YO4eH8ZhaTT/s640/DSC_0357.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> ought to be known as the Werewolf of London, his hair is always perfect. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Ha5CKg5QeAJtdlr9d9gVOl4IGawOtfqhG9_NLDu0HmEEXzzhgkWTn1Pfo1rBnt5MtNjpysaSwmCHjG18swboSUdAO3yOD9AA-fWN0dUk4IFjzGQ3j3LNRb9ki80wucaJTVzf4fNcHnQ/s1600/DSC_0359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr6Ha5CKg5QeAJtdlr9d9gVOl4IGawOtfqhG9_NLDu0HmEEXzzhgkWTn1Pfo1rBnt5MtNjpysaSwmCHjG18swboSUdAO3yOD9AA-fWN0dUk4IFjzGQ3j3LNRb9ki80wucaJTVzf4fNcHnQ/s640/DSC_0359.JPG" width="640" /></a></div></div>

Famous people I happened across at SEMA this year... makes me wonder who I walked past and didn't notice

 AJ (Adrienne Janiciek) and Bill Goldberg  What you didn't know about AJ is, she's or Serbian and Mexican decent, was one of the Fan...

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