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Trucks of the Grand National Roadster Show 2025

Totally Awesome Elky

Not A Mini Makeover
Pawl Shanley’s 1985 Dodge D350 dually isn’t your average pickup. This British truck has been transformed into a show-stopping masterpiece with an air suspension that lets it kneel at the pavement, a BMW Montreal Blue paint job with intricate marbleizing, and a custom interior by Aerotrim, a company that usually specializes in aircraft. Despite the challenges of modifying such a large vehicle, Shanley’s vision has resulted in a truly unique and impressive truck that stands out even in a country known for its Minis.


TO THE POWER OF FUN
When you’re talking power, few know more about it than Joe Granatelli. Not only does he come from the legendary Granatelli racing family, Granatelli is a licensed Pro Street drag racer and spent time as an instructor at the Roy Hill Drag Racing School. In 1989, he founded Granatelli Motor Sports, and since that time he has been busy designing and manufacturing items that add power to your truck or car. Those items include the Big G systems as well as exhaust and other high performance systems for not only gas and diesel pickups, but also for some fast Mustangs as well.
Two of those performance items are the Fuego Tuner and Hi-Performance Coil-On-Plug Connectors. The Fuego is a hand-held computer tuner that not only adds horsepower, it allows the person to control many of the actions associated with increasing the performance of the truck. Do you want the trans to shift not only firmer but also at a different rpm than the stock unit? The Fuego is capable of doing it. Do you have bigger tires? No problem. Want to retard or advance the spark? The Fuego can do that too.
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Driven Racing Oil: GP1 Racing Products
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The AutoBuilder Staff
All motor oils are not created equal…
Driven Racing Oil, born from Joe Gibbs Racing, is formulated specifically for all-out race and high performance engines. What makes Driven’s products different? In simple terms, Driven’s products are unique because they always put the “Motor ahead of the Molecule”. While other oil companies are in love with chemistry and have no real world understanding of how the products are actually used, Driven keeps things in the proper order. The oil is for the motor, not the other way around. Driven’s product development team looks at the motor and how it is used; then they design application specific products using a “zero compromise” approach that delivers a measurable performance advantage.
GP1 Racing Products
GP-1 synthetic blend high-performance motor oils are formulated using Pennsylvania petroleum combined with a high zinc (ZDDP) content that has been engineered and tested to deliver increased horsepower and better engine wear protection under high load. Available in 20W-50, 15W-40 IOW-30, and SW-20 viscosity for high performance engines, as well as a Nitro 70 Grade, Race Oil. The perfect performance oil for competition cars, custom cars, hot rods, classic cars, imports, and racing applications.
GP-1 Break-In & mono grades feature the finest Pennsylvania refined base oils blended with the best additive packages. These oils have the tenacious cling Pennsylvania base oil is famous for protecting your engine. Break-In, SAE 30 & 20W-50, blends have Rerfect balance of ZDDP to get your new build off on the right foot. Mono, SAE 40 & SAE 50, grades have proper ZDDP & Detergent package balance to protect vintage and high-performance engines that require the use of a mono grade oil.
Check out the video below to learn more about Driven Racing Oil’s Line GP-1 Racing Products.
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Manufacturer
Driven Racing Oil
3416 Democrat Rd.,
Memphis, TN 38118
866-611-1820
info@drivenracingoil.com

