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Set your calendars for October 17th and make plans to attend the New Haven Road Angels Christmas for Kids Car Show at Mason Park in Mason, West Virginia.

This special event is about much more than beautiful cars, trucks, and the people who love them. It is a chance for the community to come together for a great cause while enjoying an unforgettable day filled with classic rides, custom builds, and fellowship. The New Haven Road Angels are once again working to help make Christmas brighter for local families, with proceeds and support going toward families in need in Mason County, West Virginia, and Meigs County, Ohio.

Events like this show what the car community is really all about, people helping people. Whether you come to show a vehicle, look at the amazing lineup of cars, or simply support the cause, this is one date you will want to remember. It will be a day of horsepower, heart, and hometown support, all coming together for children and families who could use a little extra help during the Christmas season.

Be sure to follow the New Haven Road Angels page for updates and information.

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Come out and support Greg Stewart during a special Cancer Benefit Bike Night on Friday, August 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Sonny’s Tavern in Pomeroy, Ohio.

This will be an evening filled with motorcycles, music, friendship, and community support. There will be a 50/50 drawing, an auction, and music provided by Colt Montana. Everyone is invited to come together, enjoy the night, and help raise money for Greg during his fight against cancer.

The Meigs County Bikers Association will also have raffle tickets available for a chance to win a 2002 Harley-Davidson Super Glide with only 27,323 miles. It is another great opportunity to support the benefit while having a chance to take home an incredible motorcycle.

Events like this show what the motorcycle community is truly about. It is not only the bikes or the miles traveled—it is about showing up when someone needs support, standing beside one another, and helping a neighbor through a difficult time.

Please come out to Sonny’s Tavern, bring your friends, and help make this a strong night of support for Greg Stewart.

A special thank-you to the Meigs County Bikers Association for hosting this benefit and continuing to make a difference in the community.

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Fred Gardner 32 Ford Point Pleasant cruise-in every Thursday at 5pm beside Tudor's Biscuit World

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48 Ford Point Pleasant W.v cruise-in every Thursday at 5pm beside Tudor's Biscuit World

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Ron Pauley 71 Pontiac T-37

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Mike Reynolds 48 Chevrolet

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Randy Holsinger love for drag racing started when he was young. He traveled with his friends and family to nearly every track around, and when Kanawha Valley Dragway opened, he finally had a car of his own to race...a 1971 Monte Carlo.

Randy drove that Monte Carlo almost every weekend and raced it whenever he could. It originally ran around 9.30 seconds, but after plenty of tweaking, tuning, and hard work, he eventually improved it to an 8.70. At the time, the 9-second range was considered the street class, so Randy moved into Modified and continued competing with his street-driven Monte Carlo.

Like it does for many racers, life eventually changed his plans. Randy’s children came along, the track closed, and he made the difficult decision to sell the Monte Carlo. Randy had always been a wheeler-dealer who bought and sold plenty of vehicles, but everyone who knew him understood that the Monte Carlo was his favorite.

After his children were raised, Randy decided it was time to return to racing. He traveled to Pennsylvania and bought a 1979 Fox-body Mustang with a 408 stroker called “Fat Cat.” He never even made it to the track with the car before his friend Gary Wells stopped by with his stepson, who wanted it. Randy sold the Mustang and purchased a local 1984 Firebird.

The Firebird became known as “Slow Poke,” although it was anything but slow. Randy began traveling from track to track almost every weekend. The car consistently ran around 7.00 seconds, with a personal best of 6.90. Randy said he seemed to finish in the top three nearly everywhere he competed.

He raced Slow Poke for about three years before the engine finally let go. Randy spent the winter of 2023 building an even stronger motor, but before he could return to the track, life delivered a frightening setback.

Randy suffered a heart attack and later learned that his lungs were filled with blood clots. He spent five days in intensive care and was released from the hospital on June 5. At that point, he honestly did not know whether he would ever be healthy enough to race again.

Believing he needed something more street-friendly, Randy traded Slow Poke for a 2000 Chevrolet S10. He tried several different street cars afterward but struggled to find one that truly felt right.

For a while, he thought he had found the perfect fit in a 1981 Malibu. Randy built the entire drivetrain in his buddy’s barn and garage—the same place where he had built and installed the new engine for Slow Poke.

The Malibu had everything Randy had wanted when he was younger: an 11-to-1 compression 355, aluminum heads, a fluid damper, an Air-Gap intake, MSD ignition, a Turbo 400 transmission with a 3,000-rpm stall converter, and a Ford 9-inch rear end with 4.11 gears.

Randy drove the Malibu to Magnolia, KD Dragway, and Southside Dragway several times and raced it at each track. Still, he wanted to experience the newer LS-powered combinations, so he traded the Malibu for a built 2004 Pontiac GTO.

The GTO was closer to what Randy wanted. It was fast, street-friendly, and capable of being driven to the track. He raced it in no-prep daily-driver and grocery-getter classes and even picked up a win or two. However, the GTO had a manual transmission, and on a couple of occasions, the car rolled slightly at the starting line and was called for a jump.

That sent Randy searching for an LS-powered vehicle with an automatic transmission.

Last fall, he finally found one and traded the GTO for a 1987 Chevrolet S10 Blazer. Randy traveled to Maryland to pick it up, not fully realizing what he had purchased. He soon discovered that the Blazer was a serious, bad-to-the-bone street machine....and a beautiful one at that.

Unfortunately, Randy damaged the Blazer after the left rear tire blew during some spirited driving. The crash did not end the story. Randy gathered the necessary parts, and with help from his buddy, they bolted the Blazer back together.

Even then, Randy still did not completely understand the potential of the vehicle. Once he finally made it to Southside Dragway and put a time on the scoreboard, everything became clear.

The full-interior, all-steel-and-glass Blazer, with only a fiberglass hood, ran an impressive 6.65 seconds at 104 mph. It did it on pump gas, without nitrous, a turbo, or any other power adder. The Blazer was faster than Randy’s previous dedicated race cars while remaining a true street-driven vehicle.

I have watched Randy race at Southside Dragway and other tracks, and that 6.65-second pass was impressive to me and everyone else who witnessed it.

Randy has enjoyed competing in no-prep daily-driver and grocery-getter classes, although some rules are beginning to require a factory-style engine combination. Randy jokingly pointed out that he and I both know Chevrolet never built a V8-powered S10 Blazer like his.

Whether he finds more no-prep events that allow the Blazer or returns to bracket racing, Randy plans to keep competing. After raising a family, surviving a heart attack and blood clots, rebuilding after a crash, and working his way through several different cars, he is still doing what he loves.

Randy Holsinger’s story proves that a true racer may step away for a while, but the love of racing never really leaves. He has faced more than his share of challenges, but every time life has knocked him down, he has found a way to rebuild, return to the track, and make another pass.

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The 6th Annual Kermit Vickers Memorial Car Show is coming to Chillicothe, Ohio, on Saturday, August 15, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This special event will bring together beautiful classics, hot rods, rat rods, custom builds, and the people who keep the car community strong.

Registration will be held from 10 a.m. until noon at a cost of $15 per vehicle, with judging beginning at noon. The awards ceremony and 50/50 drawing will take place at 3 p.m. Awards will include the Top 50, Best Rat Rod, and a trophy for Best Custom Interior.

The show will be held at 222 Lakeview Drive, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601, just off Maple Lane at Kermit’s Custom Interiors Upholstery Shop. There will be food, drinks, music, free public parking, and free admission for spectators. An air-conditioned building will also be available for anyone needing a break from the summer heat. Please remember that there are no accommodations for trucks and trailers.

More than a car show, this event is being held for a meaningful cause. All proceeds will benefit the Huntington Middle School Boys Basketball program in honor of Coach Vickers, along with the Kermit Vickers Scholarship Program.

For more information, call or text Ty Vickers at 740-649-1784. The rain date will be August 22, 2026. Come out, enjoy a great day of cars and community, and help support a cause that continues to honor the memory and legacy of Kermit Vickers.

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For Mike Chandler racing has never been just a weekend hobby. It has been a lifelong journey built on family, determination, hard work, and a passion for competition that began nearly three decades ago.

Mike’s story started in 1996 at Kanawha Valley Dragway in West Virginia. He was only eight years old when he climbed into a Junior Dragster and began learning the fundamentals of racing. Even at that young age, it was clear he had natural ability behind the wheel. During his very first season, Mike finished among the Top 5 in points and earned a trip to the NHRA Bracket Finals at Darlington Dragway in South Carolina.

Throughout his Junior Dragster years, Mike collected numerous victories and runner-up finishes. More importantly, he developed the focus, patience, and competitive mindset that would follow him throughout his racing career.

By the age of 14, Mike had outgrown the Junior Dragster ranks and stepped into a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro to compete in the Pro class. The transition did not slow him down. Mike won during his very first race weekend behind the wheel, proving that he was ready for the next level.

At 16, he began racing a dragster known as Twisted Metal. Mike quickly became a regular front-runner in bracket racing, competing in points events at Kanawha Valley Dragway and major races throughout the region. The name Twisted Metal would continue to follow the Chandler family as their racing program grew faster, more powerful, and more competitive.

When heads-up racing began exploding in popularity, Mike made the move into the wild world of Outlaw 10.5 competition. He raced a 1968 Camaro powered by a massive Gene Fulton 706-cubic-inch engine with a four-stage nitrous system. The combination was capable of producing incredible horsepower and consistently ran in the 4.40-second range in the eighth mile.

Mike competed at some of the toughest tracks and outlaw events along the East Coast, including Cecil County Dragway, Shadyside Dragway, Motor Mile Dragway, Kanawha Valley Dragway, Southside Dragway and many others. The Camaro earned five Outlaw 10.5 victories while lining up against some of the strongest racers in the country.

That car would eventually begin a journey of its own. Mike sold it to Brent Austin, who later sold it to Reaper. The Camaro eventually became recognizable to racing fans through appearances on Street Outlaws, adding another chapter to a machine that had already played a major role in Mike’s career.

After several successful years in outlaw drag racing, Mike and his father, Greg Chandler, decided to take a completely different path. They stepped away from drag racing for approximately four years and began competing in Open Wheel Modifieds at Ona Speedway in West Virginia.

Greg quickly became one of the division’s front-runners, while Mike is refreshingly honest about his own experience.

“Dad was the one winning races. I just loved turning left.”

The victories may not have come as often for Mike during those years, but the experience became one of the most enjoyable periods of his racing life. It introduced him to another side of motorsports and helped him build friendships throughout the short-track racing community.

Mike also became involved behind the scenes, helping promote races and special events at Ona Speedway. That experience showed him how much effort, planning, and dedication it takes to put on a successful motorsports event. It also created an interest in racing promotion and community involvement that continues today.

Eventually, the pull of drag racing became impossible to ignore.

Mike and Greg returned to the sport they had grown up loving, building competitive small-tire cars and earning an opportunity few racers ever receive. Together, they entered the world of Street Outlaws and No Prep Kings, building cars specifically for that demanding level of competition.

For the past five years, the father-and-son team has competed together in Street Outlaws No Prep Kings while also racing small-tire, 28-inch tire events at tracks throughout the East Coast. Today, Mike pilots the famous Twisted Metal 1969 Camaro for Chandler Motorsports, a ProCharged, Hemi-powered machine that represents years of experience, sacrifice, and family teamwork.

The Chandler Motorsports story is about much more than one driver or one race car. Greg and Mike have built their program together, standing beside one another through victories, setbacks, new builds, changing classes, and countless long nights in the shop and on the road.

Away from the racetrack, Mike is also an accomplished entrepreneur. He owns and operates several automotive businesses specializing in collision repair, automotive paint, detailing, ceramic coatings, fleet services, and vehicle restoration. His business knowledge, mechanical experience, and nearly 30 years of racing have made him a respected figure both at the track and throughout the automotive community.

Through every chapter, one thing has remained constant: Mike Chandler has never lost his love for racing.

From an eight-year-old boy competing in a Junior Dragster at Kanawha Valley Dragway, to winning in Pro, battling in Outlaw 10.5, turning laps at Ona Speedway, and racing Twisted Metal on one of drag racing’s biggest stages, Mike’s journey is a true West Virginia motorsports story.

It is a story of resilience, family, horsepower, and a father and son who continue chasing the next finish line together.

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From a Tutu to a Rail Dragster.....Chloe Heck Has Racing in Her Blood

Some people grow up around racing, but for Chloe Heck, racing has been part of her life from the very beginning.

I first met her father, Joey Joseph Heck, through his beautiful 1955 Chevrolet. When Joey and his wife, Katrina Heck roll into Southside Dragway they never come alone. They bring family, friends, plenty of support, and a true love for the sport.

Right in the middle of it all is their daughter, Chloe.

Chloe started racing junior dragsters when she was only seven years old. By the time she turned 16, she had graduated into a full-size race car. Today, she drives a slick black rail dragster and is a fierce competitor every time she pulls into the staging lanes.

She may be young, but she carries herself like someone who has spent a lifetime at the racetrack, because she has.

What makes Chloe’s story even more special is that racing is only one part of who she is. Her mother says Chloe is the only kid she knows who can go from wearing a tutu to climbing into a race car in a matter of minutes.

Along with racing, Chloe is also a talented baton twirler. This fall, she will take another exciting step as she twirls with the Marshall University Marching Thunder Majorettes.

One moment, she is graceful and polished with a baton in her hand. The next, she is strapped into a black rail dragster, focused on the Christmas tree and ready to compete.

That combination of talent, determination, and fearlessness makes Chloe Heck a special young lady. She is proof that you never have to choose just one dream. You can be graceful, competitive, strong, and still be completely yourself.

From the football field to the dragstrip, Chloe is making her family proud, and I believe this young racer’s story is only getting started.

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