The American Speed Festival started over the weekend at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, offering drivers the chance to show off their rides and set lap times around the 1.5-mile race course.

The three-day event from Oct. 3-5 showcases race cars, professional drivers and engineers preparing their vehicles to take on the course, plus exhibits that had visitors mulling around and gawking. Since the show's inception in 2021, the event invites race cars from any era to drive and set a timed lap with a crowd watching. There were bleachers for spectators, food trucks, a band playing live music, the Indy500 Gordon Pipers playing bagpipes, a kids zone and a beer garden for the adults.

M1 Radical Academy and garage reveal

On Friday evening there was a pre-show that gave fans a sneak peek of what would b

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