Two-picture panorama of some of the car club displays.

I headed back down to the infield and resumed wandering through the car club displays where I had left off earlier. The photo above is of the Carolina Kar Nuts club.

1974 Cadillac Ghost Busters Ectomobile tribute.

Several movie tribute cars were parked in this area. I remember seeing this 1974 Cadillac last time I was here in 2019.

Next to the Ectomobile was a Jurassic Park Jeep tribute.

1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible.

I believe this is the 180 hp version of the 273 CID V8.

The Plymouth Barracuda had a head start in the emerging "Pony Car" market when it arrived in dealer's showrooms two weeks before the Ford Mustang. But it didn't matter, as the Mustang outsold the Barracuda by more than 5 to 1 in its first year. By 1967, the gap was more than 7 to 1 in favor of the Mustang. That makes this car quite rare. A total of 4,228 convertibles were produced that year.

Next in line was a display of old race cars from the Stock Car Classics club.

The cars on display here are all actual race cars from the past, or accurate replicas of such.

1965 Pontiac GTO "Green's Goat" race car.

The display sign indicated that this car started out life as a normal street car that was modified for competition in the NASCAR Permatex racing series. The "Green" name is a reference to the car owner and builder, Jerry Green. It was presented today in "as raced" condition.

Power comes from a Pontiac RAIV 400 CID V8.

Bobby Hillin Jr Monte Carlo, circa 1999.

Another of the many Mustang clubs in attendance.

1987 Saleen Mustang convertible.

This is car # 74 of 279 for 1987.

Of the 279 Saleen Mustangs produced for 1987, a mere 33 were convertibles.

1967 Ford 'Playmate Pink' Mustang.

Back in the day, one of the many gifts given to Playboy magazine's "Playmate of the Year" was a pink car. For 1964 and 1969, that car was a Ford Mustang. Because of this, the first generation Mustang became available in some shade of pink via special order. While often referred to as "Playboy Pink" and "Playmate Pink," it doesn't appear that those were the official Ford names. Various shades of pink were available via special order for the first generation Mustang, including "Passionate Pink," "Hot Pink," and "Dusk Rose."

When this car was discovered in someone's backyard, it was painted yellow. The owner said it was originally pink, which was later confirmed by the car's build sheet.

The next group of Corvettes were from the Queen City Corvette Club.

Old and new Corvettes from the Queen City Corvette Club.

1982 Collector Edition Chevrolet Corvette.

The 1980 - 82 C3 Corvette is my favorite from a styling standpoint. This 1982 represented he first year for the infamous "Crossfire" fuel injection. While the 200 hp produced by the 5.7L V8 doesn't seem like much compared to the past, this was an increase in power over the previous years, the first in quite some time.

1957 Chevrolet Corvette.

1958 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster with fuel injection.

This car is finished in Charcoal, and is one of 1,631 painted in that color for 1958.

The 283 CID V8 makes either 250 hp or 290 hp.

The next club was the Turbo Six Club, which featured some rare early 1990s GMCs.

GMC Syclone pickup.

GMC Typhoon.

Power for both trucks is provided by a 4.3L turbo V6 that makes 280 hp.

1987 Buick Regal Grand National.

I then passed by a lightly modified 2003 Mercury Marauder from the Ford Owners Association of the Carolinas club.

The modified 4.6L V8 makes 326 hp, which was a modest 24 hp increase over the factory 302 hp rating.

Of the 11,052 Marauders produced over two model years, a majority of them were black, like this car.

It was hard not to notice that there were A LOT of Dodge Challengers here today.

Many, many Dodge Challengers.

Next up was the Tach Twisters Club, which featured numerous "Pro-Street" style cars.

1967 Chevrolet Nova.

1966 Ford Mustang.