{"id":33948,"date":"2013-11-04T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=33948"},"modified":"2022-06-30T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:44:28","slug":"race-gentlmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/race-gentlmen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Race of Gentlemen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Images and video Via Scott Toepfer\/The Selvedge Yard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Full of old-time authenticity and replete with a pier-to-pier thrash of around 1\/8th of a mile, The Race of Gentlemen is held occasionally on the beaches of the Jersey Shore by the Oiler&#8217;s Car Club. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Race features a knock-out sand flinging fest where dedicated builders of rods and two wheeled customs pit their rides against each other in a truncated and sand-wrought drag. The vibe is obviously down home and old school \u2013 and the cars are built for the sort of racing that created the post war custom craze as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>It might be a while since WW2 ended and brought that legion of tech and thrill crazed GIs home from the battlefields \u2013 but the tradition they created lives on and burns bright.<\/p>\n<p>Great teaser video and images from <a title=\"It\u2019s Better in the Wind: 2011 Film Teaser\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/its-better-in-the-wind-2011-film-teaser\/\">Scott Toepfer<\/a>. 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