1971 Chevrolet El Camino Super Sport / Figure 8 Race Car What is figure 8 racing? It's racing around a track shaped like ... well, a figure 8. As you can imagine, the possibilities of collision (at speeds of 60 mph or more) at that center intersection are super high, so the cars, much like demolition-derby cars, are built to take a beating. รขโฌยข Jesse James, custom-bike builder/designer, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif. รขโฌยข Bruce Berkey, animator and former Ford Motors designer, Pasadena, Calif. รขโฌยข Scott Burson, rental-equipment service and repairman, San Bernadino, Calif. รขโฌยข James Hollan, special-effects artist and mechanical fabricator, Tujunga, Calif. รขโฌยข Mark Nelson, manager, West Coast Choppers, Long Beach, Calif. รขโฌยข Rod Proctor, restaurant owner, Riverside, Calif. รขโฌยข Jeremy Stets, pipe welder, Carlisle, Pa. รขโฌยข ""Barefoot"" Billy Ziemann, tow-truck driver, Bloomington, Calif.