3 Time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip joins Courtney this weekend! He’s just been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, he has a new book out called “Sundays Will Never Be The Same” and he spends the whole Block with us. He retired from racing in 2000 and now spends his weekends in the TV broadcast booth. Darrell will share stories from his life and career; some you may have never heard before. One especially fascinating story is about hiring Dale Earnhardt to race for him once. D.W. won 84 races and 59 poles, was voted Most Popular Driver twice and was named American Driver of the Year 3 times. It’s an amazing two hours of PowerBlock you can’t miss. Check it out February 11 & 12. Click here to read about Darrel Waltrip in PowerBlock Magazine Issue #36.

Master painter Ted Swan joins Courtney this weekend to talk paint! Ted will share his experience using Summit’s base coat/clear coat system and why. Cost is one, ease of application is another. The system offers 40 custom colors and they’re based on trends in the custom industry. The cost is low compared to a paint company that has to match thousands of factory colors. Summit has 40; including Gun Metal Silver, Pearl White, plain White, Hot Rod Satin Black, Orange Pearl, Red Pearl, solid color Reds, and even a Turquoise for someone who’s going old style. Plus we’ll check out this gorgeous ’32 Ford Coupe with a 350 smallblock and a 6-71 Weiand blower and polished aluminum Edelbrock heads. It rolls on Billet Specialty Wheels and Michelin rubber; 15’s in the front, 20’s in the rear. See it all on PowerBlock February 4 & 5.

This weekend on PowerBlock Courtney features two Nissan Leaf all electric race cars! Ron Stukenberg, Senior Manager for Nissan Motorsports, brings the Nissan Leaf that won its division at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb and a NISMO Leaf RC. The RC stands for racing competition and it could be the future of racing. It goes zero to 60 in 6.8 seconds and only weighs 2000lbs. It’s 100% electric so there’s no emissions, no CO2 gases or noisy exhaust. The other Leaf is completely stock except for a rollcage, fire extinguisher and more aggressive tires and wheels. Off road driver Chad Hord drove it up the 12 mile, 156 turn course in a time of 14:33. The race finishes at 14,110 feet and higher altitude means less performance for an internal combustion car. But the electric Leaf had no loss of power. Check it out on PowerBlock January 28 & 29. For more go to NissanUSA.com/Performance

This weekend on PowerBlock Royal Purple’s Mark McFann and Ken Lingenfelter, CEO of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, join Courtney with an update on the auction of the 1969 Royal Bird. Royal Purple wanted to give back so they put their ’69 Firebird on the auction block and Ken was the highest bidder with all the proceeds going to benefit Hot Rodders Children’s Charity. Plus Mark will announce a sweepstakes in conjunction with the release of “Real Steel” on Blu-ray combo pack and DVD Tuesday January 24th. Royal Purple and FunJet Vacations are giving away a V.I.P. trip for four to California to visit Legacy Effects; the effects team that made all the robots for the movie. Catch it all on PowerBlock January 21 & 22, plus we’ll have a gorgeous ’70 Super Bee too! For more go to RoyalPurple.com and for more on Ken’s car collection: thelingenfeltercollection.com

This weekend on PowerBlock Garry Ridge, CEO of the WD-40 Company, joins Courtney with an update on the auction of their SEMA Cares Foose Challenger. Chip Foose was here a few months ago to announce the build of WD-40/SEMA Cares Challenger to benefit two worthy charities. The completed car was unveiled at SEMA and now heads to the Barrett Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona January 20th. Not only is the car a tribute to WD-40’s loyal customers, but the auction sale proceeds will go to Childhelp and Victory Junction Gang Camp. Both charities help children who are disabled or have chronic illnesses. Plus we’ll showcase a gorgeous ’92 Chevy SS 454. See it on PowerBlock January 14th & 15th. For more info on the auction of the car go to WD40.com/Foose and for more the charities go to Childhelp.org or VictoryJunction.org

Formula Drift Series champion Vaughn Gittin slides his way into PowerBlock with 3 Mustangs! Courtney and Vaughn take over the back lot of Ford Lincoln of Franklin for a special PowerBlock shoot on location, filled with the sights and smells of burning rubber. Vaughn brings his 800 horse competition Mustang, the Mustang RTR-X he built for the video game – Need For Speed The Run, and his personal vision of the Mustang; the RTR. Vaughn designed this sexy 420 horse Mustang with his performance and styling package available at premiere Ford dealers worldwide. Vaughn will explain his involvement with Ford’s Octane Academy and how you can enter. Now the big question: will Courtney strap in for a drifting demo with Vaughn? Find out January 7 & 8. For more OctaneAcademy.com and VaughnGittin.com

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