If you've ever wanted to find out what it takes be successful on a racetrack, yearned for the skills to be a safer driver on public roads, or just looked for the experience of a lifetime, Super Chevy knows where your metaphorical rainbow ends: on the outskirts of Phoenix at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

Around the office we frequently converse about where we are headed next. If you answer "Indianapolis," it's "What are you headed there for?" Now if you say "Indy"-well, that's a different story. You're either headed to the dragstrip or the speedway. This time it was the dragstrip.

As per the voting on the Project American Heroes website (www.projectamericanheroes.net), it's time to paint this Camaro red. Project American Heroes 2 will be auctioned off at the Palm Beach, Florida Barrett/Jackson Event in 2009 to some fortunate man or woman who, in all probability, has wanted a red 1969 Camaro for a very long time. All proceeds will go to the Armed Forces Foundation, the same organization with whom we partnered last year for the build of the 1957 Chevy convertible PAH 1. The success in working with the Armed Forces Foundation was a huge factor in desiring to do the sequel build for 2008.

When Pro Stock Motocycle racer Eddie Krawiec decided to build himself a street machine, the Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson team rider made sure the '66 Nova was going to be a cutting-edge street machine. All the best suspension goodies from Chris Alston's Chassisworks ensured "Project Getaway" would ride and handle like a champ. But what about the engine? When you earn your living accelerating to 192 mph on two wheels in under seven seconds, your hot rod has to be able to get the adrenal glands pumping in a major way.

When it comes to gears and rears, many concentrate on the high-end, bulletproof differential and axles-and for good reason. When it comes to the transfer of horsepower and torque, a vehicle's rear gear and axles can be the weakest link in the chain.

Often when thinking about fuel delivery, distribution and technology, electronics immediately come to mind. Fuel injection systems are often considered to be at the top of the technology realm, while leaving carburetors lying at the foothills, and being considered by some to be outdated technology from the dinosaur ages.

Photographers have an oft-used saying: "It's not the camera, it's the photographer." We would like to adapt that saying to the world of performance engines, ergo: "It's not the engine, it's the builder." Readers of Super Chevy magazine may already be familiar with Smeding Performance and the 572 big-block that was built for the Project American Heroes 1957 Chevy, or the more recent July 2008 cover, which featured one of Smeding's blown crate small-blocks.