The Buick Stops Here

The turbo-charged V-6 on your ultra-cherry ’83 Buick Grand National is purring like a 180-horsepower kitten. Now you need somewhere to show how it can fly down the road. With those new-fangled cameras lining Valley freeways, a high-speed jaunt on the Loop 101 ain’t reccomended. Instead, take your pride and...
By Benjamin LeathermanNovember 27, 2008
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The turbo-charged V-6 on your ultra-cherry ’83 Buick Grand National is purring like a 180-horsepower kitten. Now you need somewhere to show how it can fly down the road. With those new-fangled cameras lining Valley freeways, a high-speed jaunt on the Loop 101 ain’t reccomended. Instead, take your pride and joy to the Buick West Coast Nationals. Buick fans will be driving their souped-up Skylarks and Rivieras in several different speed categories for cash prizes. (Any car powered by a Buick engine can also participate.) The next day, dubbed “Sunday TNT,” will be devoted to more informal competition.

Sat., Nov. 29, 9 a.m., 2008

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

benjamin.leatherman@newtimes.com

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