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The last time Marcus Talley heard from his mother, Geraldine, was Mother's Day. He sent her a text wishing her a Happy Mother's Day. She wrote back: "Thank you." "I never would have thought it would be the last time I would speak to her or hear from her," he said. "I never would have thought my mother would be shot dead – have a bullet go through her right temple on her head." One by one, on the steps of Antioch Baptist Church on Fillmore Avenue, the families of four of the victims of the May 14 massacre at the Tops Markets store on Jefferson Avenue stepped before reporters and let their grief flow. "How dare you!" cried out Robin Harris, the eldest daughter of another victim, Ruth Whitfield, stomping her foot on the sidewalk. The heartbroken families were joined by civil rights leader, the Rev. Al Sharpton of the National Action Network, attorney Ben Crump, who has represented the families of the victims of the nation's most heinous hate crimes, and Buffalo attorney Terry Connors. Crump and Connors are representing the families in taking legal action against the gun manufacturers that made the weapons that the killer used in Buffalo's worst mass shooting. They're also being joined in the lawsuit by The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Thursday afternoon, ahead of a vigil in the families' honor, the loved ones of Geraldine Talley, Andre Mackniel, Heyward Patterson and Ruth Whitfield tried to give words to their grief. Marcus Talley was the first to step up to the microphones. He held up a portrait of his mother, who was 62-years-old when she was killed. "It's like Groundhog's Day," he said. "We've seen this over and over and over. Honestly speaking, I wouldn't be surprised if another event like this happens down the line." Talley never thought such a horrible thing would happen in his hometown of Buffalo. "It's hard for me to imagine the city in which I grew up, in the neighborhood in which grew up, the Tops on Jefferson which I went to many times growing up, that that would be the place of the next terrorist attack," he said. Veronica White, Mackniel's aunt, sobbed as Sharpton and Crump held her. Mackniel was from Buffalo and was living in Auburn, but was back in town to celebrate his son Andre Jr.'s third birthday. He went to Tops to buy him a birthday cake and car, White said. https://csblackdevil.com/forums/forum/109-news/?do=add

After a season-opener at North Carolina's Charlotte Motor Speedway, the West-Coast launch of Optima's 2022 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts, had competitors heading to Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, for the first time in the history of the series. The iconic road course, which is on a lot of drivers' bucket lists, delivered in spades, and the tarmac for the QA1 Autocross and Peak Performance Challenge offered a tight and technical challenge that favored skilled drivers and cars set up for handling over brute power. Late-model Camaros in the series haven't offered much of a response to the dominant Mustangs in recent years, but that trend might be shifting. Three-time GT Class champion Jonathan Blevins cruised to an easy class victory at Charlotte but faced much stiffer opposition at Sonoma, led by the winningest driver in NASA history, Dave Schotz, in his 2020 Camaro. Schotz put down a fast enough time on the Falken Tire Road Course time trial to qualify for the Trans Am race, and he did it on 200-treadwear street tires. He needed to turn in a strong performance because he had a lot of ground to make up from the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge, where his car scored well but not within the range of the other class leaders, who enjoyed a 12-to-17-point advantage there. Mike Maier's 2017 Mustang turned in a top-10 overall time on the QA1 Autocross and the second-fastest time on the road course, which brought the eight-time SCCA National champion into the conversation. Meanwhile, Matt Ramirez's 2004 Mustang was quietly laying down consistent numbers in each of the five segments. Blevins struggled to find grip throughout the weekend, and by Sunday afternoon he knew another class win was out of reach. Ramirez posted a top-10 finish on the road course, but came up just one point short of Schotz, giving the Camaro driver his second class win in the series. The defending champion, Blevins, finished off the podium, in fourth place. Things were just as tight in the Holley EFI GTL Class, where defending Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) champion Jake Rozelle battled with 2020 champ CB Ramey. Rozelle grabbed the OUSCI crown from Ramey by a single point last year, after Ramey did the same thing to Rozelle the year prior. The two Corvettes were back at it again at Sonoma, where Ramey's C4 once again gained the upper hand over Rozelle's C5 by a single point. The No-Limit Engineering GTT class for trucks, SUVs, and vans saw the largest field in the history of the series, as 12 trucks took to the track in competition. The mix of entries ran from Kyle Sepulveda's '66 C10 all the way up to Rob White's '04 SRT-10, with several Fords sprinkled in between. David Carroll's '74 Blazer emerged victorious, thanks to a consistent performance across all segments, capped by a class-leading run on the Falken Tire road course time trial. In the Speedtech Lucky 7 Outlaw Class, where aero rules take a break and the results are tallied from just the driving segments, a mix of newcomers squared off against longtime competitors. Keith Corrigan was able to grab the top spot on the QA1 Autocross in the No-Limit Engineering C10 pickup, but John Lawrence's 2017 Corvette grabbed the top spot in the other two segments and the overall class victory. The GTS Class always offers a diverse field of competitors, and Sonoma was no exception. The weekend started off with the Teslas driven by Jordan Priestley and Jon Bickford posting times on the QA1 Autocross and Peak Performance Challenge that were nearly unreachable by anyone else. The one car that could hang with them was Bob Sobey's Nissan GT-R, which managed to drive around Logan Palmer's 2019 Corvette for the class victory. In the Classic Car Liquidators GTV Class for vintage iron, defending class champion Jason Bottenfield was looking to rebound off his two-point loss in the opening round. His DuSold Designs-built '69 Camaro grabbed the top spot overall in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge, but the competition didn't roll over. Brian Hobaugh's stunning '73 Camaro took a three-point deficit from D&E and turned it into a two-point lead after the QA1 Autocross, and extended it even further after the Peak Performance Challenge. However, it was the consistent performance of Ryan Breezee's '69 Camaro throughout the weekend that allowed him to grab the class win over Hobaugh and Bottenfield. https://csblackdevil.com/forums/forum/901-auto-moto/?do=add

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Imagine spending more than $100,000 to build a truck, especially a truck from the '90s.—and that's starting with a nice, low-mileage one. That just seems wrong, doesn't it? That's the world we live in now, however. In an era where a show-quality paintjob can cost $100,000, having a running, driving car for that same amount is a much better choice, especially if it's one of these two Chevys built by Justin Keith, owner of Killer Performance in Kansas City, Missouri. While they may look relatively innocuous, you'd be sadly mistaken if you dismissed either one as just a lowered pickup with big wheels. You'd most likely be inhaling a cloud of tire smoke after getting absolutely destroyed by one of these pickups at the track or on the street. Lurking beneath the mostly stock exterior of each of these pickups is the potent heart of a modern muscle car. The teal truck is called the ZL1500 and has an LT4 engine and 10L90-E transmission swap. The red one is called ZR1500. It ups the ante with a modified LT5 and the same transmission. They each ride on ultra-modern coilover suspension, and both have braking systems that would make supercars from just a few years ago jealous. They combine the best of modern GM muscle with the undeniable good-looks of GM's 1988-1998 pickups. There are many reasons why these trucks are so po[CENSORED]r right now, but chief among them is that they are plentiful, (relatively) inexpensive, replacement parts are widely available, and restoration parts are even made for them now. Plus, they're just so good-looking compared to the generations of full-size pickups that succeeded them. That last statement is my opinion, of course, but the surge of interest in these models bears that out. That surge of interest has not gone unnoticed by the aftermarket, and there is a giant catalog of performance parts designed for these trucks that is only growing. Justin Keith is a savvy businessman who recognized the potential of late-model performance work. After working as a service writer at a Chevrolet dealership for several years, he started Killer Performance with co-owner Curtis Smith. The two operate out of a facility near Kansas City and focus on big performance builds on cars from 2010 and later. But then Justin decided to build an OBS. Perhaps the move was a stroke of luck, but we suspect he's good at reading the tea leaves. The Old Body Style Chevy pickups are hot, and Justin recognized a burgeoning market. "Growing up, my grandpa always had a regular-cab '90s truck," he says. He started building the teal 1993 C1500 in December 2021, after buying it from the original owner with just 54,000 miles on the odometer. He and technician Steven Prody transformed it into what you see here in about two months' time. It was far more than just a drivetrain swap, though; this was technically a frame-off restoration. They removed the cab and bed, then completely stripped the frame. Local shop KA Powder sandblasted and powdercoated the frame. It was on this refurbished foundation that the build happened in earnest. The list of parts reads like a who's-who of aftermarket performance: the suspension is from QA1; Wilwood brakes were sourced from Little Shop Mfg, of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; Weld Wheels; Dakota Digital; Aeromotive; and Nitto round out the collection. Justin used the engine and transmission out of his personal 2019 Camaro ZL1. Motor mounts from Elevated Concepts mate the LT4 to the '93's frame, and Elevated Concepts also manufactures the frame-stiffening pieces that double as a transmission mount. Genesis Powder Coating gets kudos for treating these various brackets as well as the engine and accessory parts they installed. The big Wilwood brakes were bolted on next, followed by the wheels and tires, and the chassis was quickly a roller. Justin and Steven then began the meticulous work of plumbing and wiring, utilizing a harness from Speartech. More than just a harness, the kit comes with a gas pedal, and GM ECM, TCM, and fuel pump control module. The ECM comes preloaded with parameters close enough to get the engine running and get them to a tuning shop to work out the final details. They used headers from Speed Engineering, an Elevated Concepts rack-and-pinion steering conversion, a radiator from a 454SS pickup, a Drive Junky accessory drive, and electric fans from LMC Truck. Cordes Performance Racing makes a supercharger expansion tank for C7 Corvettes that fit perfectly on the driver-side wheelwell, and they plumbed it to the heat exchanger they grabbed from Justin's Camaro. Steven dismantled the stock wiring harness to extract the components needed for the fuel gauge and to keep lights and various other dashboard switches working correctly. The Dakota Digital VHX series gauge panel reads data from the ECM via a CAN-BUS connection and therefore saves a lot of extraneous wiring. Plus, it adds a modern touch to the funky '90s dashboard. In a short time, the teal truck was a runner again, and before long it was strapped to the chassis dyno at Just Tune in Grain Valley, Missouri, where Justin Kalwei optimized the bits and bytes inside the factory ECM. At the track, the teal truck has run a best time of 10.56 at 138 mph on 20-inch wheels with Nitto 555 R2 tires, not the optimal combo for drag racing. Justin thinks he could dip into the 9s with a better launch on a suitable 15-inch rear wheel-and-tire package. The red truck came about because Justin wanted to implement the lessons he had learned while building the first truck, saying "We decided to take the teal truck build and go over the top. To do everything that we would have changed on the teal truck build—just basically go one step further." The red 1994 C1500 was also a one-owner truck with very low miles—just a touch over 55,000 showing on the odometer. Justin says the original owner had a camper shell installed over the bed and never put anything in there. "The bed was immaculate, absolutely perfect," he says. The formula for the red truck is almost the same as the teal truck, with the major difference being the LT5 engine. Not content with his modified LT4's measly 800 hp, Justin opted for a brand-new LT5 crate engine and 10L90-E transmission purchased through Gandrud Chevrolet. From the factory, the 6.2-liter LT5 is rated at 755 hp, but Justin changed the cam and supercharger pulleys before even dropping the engine and transmission combo in place. Like before, he and Steve completely stripped the truck to its bare frame. After powdercoating, they installed QA1's Level 3 suspension, which utilizes a true coilover shock on the front. It requires cutting a large hole in the frame over the spring pocket area. That way, you can mount a long-travel spring and shock assembly, different from the setup installed on the teal truck. Though it seems like a minor difference, Justin says the change in ride quality between the two is striking, and that's quite a compliment considering how much he likes the way the teal truck drives. The same massive Wilwood brakes, packaged by Little Shop Mfg, are on the ZR1500, but they incorporated Wilwood's new forged spindles for the GMT400 pickups instead of having to cut the ears off the stock-style spindles. Under the hood is where the biggest differences between the two trucks can be found. Though both engines share the same displacement, and both are supercharged, the LT5 has a bigger supercharger and different intercooler plumbing lines. It also utilizes a dry-sump oiling system, so you'll find an oil tank in the place where the battery should be. Again, they used Elevated Concepts engine and transmission mounts and rack-and-pinion steering conversion, Speartech's complete wiring kit, and Cordes Performance Racing's supercharger expansion tank, and their Corvette cold air intake, which was modified to fit the truck. Both pickups still have their stock 10-bolt rear axles, believe it or not. Each one, however, was treated to a complete rebuild and fitted with Yukon heavy-duty axleshafts, an Eaton Detroit Truetrac differential, and 3.08:1 Yukon gears. So far, Justin says they are both holding up just fine. Another set of 20-inch Weld wheels and Nitto 555 R2 tires round out the ZR1500, and Justin said they completed it in even less time than the teal ZL1500. Finished less than a week before our photo shoot, Justin hasn't yet had the ZR1500 to the dragstrip. He did spend an afternoon on Just Tune's chassis dyno, where they saw a reading of 874 hp at the wheel with pulls made in fifth gear, which probably generates a lower reading than what the truck is actually putting to the ground—most dyno pulls are made in whatever gear has a 1:1 ratio. In the 10L90-E, that would be seventh gear, but the wheel speed would be so high that the guys were concerned about driveshaft critical speed being an issue. For now, it's sufficient to know that the red truck is sending at least 850 hp to the wheels, and all the while, it drives like a new Camaro. "You can beat on this thing at the track, then drive it home afterward without any worries," he says. Do you need to spend $100,000 on a 90's-era Chevy pickup to have this kind of performance? Of course not, but consider these builds as a benchmark—something to aspire to. You can have plenty of fun with a used 6.0-liter engine in an OBS Chevy. For even bigger grins, throw a Magnuson supercharger on top if you can swing it. Either way, you should invest in one of the various 4/6-inch drop kits available for these pickups, and a brake upgrade is also highly recommended, because the stock system is pretty lame. The point is that this is an affordable platform to build over time, as your budget permits. If you stick with it, you could have a pickup as nice as one of these. Both the ZL1500 and ZR1500 represent the potential of the GMT400 pickup as a performance car platform, and we admire the quality of the work done by Justin and his crew at Killer Performance. By the way, KC Detailing deserves major recognition for massaging the original paint on both these pickups to a finish as nice as some award-winning show cars we've seen lately. Justin says they are miracle-workers. If you like these builds, be sure to check out Justin's YouTube channel Stangkilr Productions. There, he documents each build in exhaustive detail, and that's a good thing. Tune in, get inspired, then build a muscle truck of your own. Watch A Full Episode Of Roadkill! The Muscle Truck Returns It had been a while since David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan last saw the original Chevy C10 Muscle Truck and, in true Roadkill fashion, it's junk and needs fixing! Plus the guys want to add twin turbos to the LS3 in the Muscle Boat! Want to see more? Sign up to MotorTrend+ for a free trial today and start watching every episode of Roadkill! https://csblackdevil.com/forums/forum/901-auto-moto/?do=add

Ten people were gunned down at a Buffalo supermarket Saturday in a horrifying mass shooting that officials were quick to label as "pure evil" and racially motivated. The shooting stunned a community basking in a warm May afternoon, with shoppers filling the Tops in a predominantly Black neighborhood at 1275 Jefferson Ave. "It’s the weekend, so it was packed," Shonnell Harris, an operation manager working at the Tops during the shooting, told The Buffalo News. Harris said that when she heard gunshots, she ran frantically through the store, falling several times before exiting out the back. She saw the shooter, whom she described as a white man wearing camouflage. “He looked like he was in the Army,” she said. She thought she heard 70 shots. Of the 13 people shot, 11 were Black and two were white, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said. Most of the victims' identities weren't released as of late Saturday night. However, sources told The News that one of the dead was Aaron Salter, a recently retired Buffalo police officer working as a security guard at the store, while another is Ruth Whitfield, the mother of former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield. The shooting is the worst in Buffalo history. “We are hurting, and we are seething right now as a community,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said at a news conference following the shooting. Katherine Crofton, a retired firefighter and medic, witnessed the shooting from her porch on Riley Street. She said she was playing with her dog and smoking a cigarette when she heard a shot. “I didn’t see him at first, I turned around and I saw him shoot this woman,” Crofton said. “She was just going into the store. And then he shot another woman. She was putting groceries into her car. I got down because I did not know if he was going to shoot me.” Four of those shot were store employees. The dead included the security guard, who confronted the gunman, Gramaglia reported. Gramaglia hailed Salter as a hero. The three injured victims were taken to Erie County Medical Center. A hospital spokesman said one was released and the two others were in stable condition Saturday night. As the shooter exited the Tops Market, Braedyn Kaphart and Shayne Hill came almost face to face with him as they pulled their car into a parking space in the Tops lot. The shooter looked like he was preparing to kill himself, Kaphart said. "He was standing there in his military gear with his weapon to his chin, looking like he was going to blow his head off," Kaphart said. "We weren't sure what was happening. As he continued to do that, he dropped to his knees still appearing as if he might shoot himself." https://csblackdevil.com/forums/forum/109-news/?do=add

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