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2019 AACA Fall Hershey Meet Photo Coverage: Antique Cars, Parts, Automobile, and BangShifty Goodness

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – A short while back, Joe Grippo hit one of the great legacy automotive gatherings left in the country, the AACA (Antique Automobile Club of America) fall meet in...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Coverage: More Cars, Trucks, Turbos, and Fun From Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is one of few events I’ve attended without any of my boys accompanying me.  Unfortunately this is a trend that is progressing to the point I’ve...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: More than 2,000 Cars Show Up, Here Are Some Favorites

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The 2019 Rod Run did not have a burnout contest.  The problem?  A proper place to conduct the event safely.  More and more people are attending render...

2019 Cynthiana Rod Run Coverage: Our Awesome Photo Coverage Starts Here

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I got to the Rod Run at what I thought was early enough to get a good parking spot.  This was not to be as downtown was already pretty full and cars kept...

2019 Riyadh Global Auto Salon: Our First Load of Images From This Incomprehensible Event

(Photos by the author) –  Directly following the NHRA Finals in Pomona, California and the awards evening on Monday night, I flew to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to attend the 2019 Riyadh Global Auto...

2019 SEMA Nightwalk Gallery: The Final Photos From Las Vegas

All good things must come to an end, and that’s where we are in regards to the en masse coverage of the 2019 SEMA show. We came, we saw, we walked for miles until our feet blistered, and we...

2019 SEMA Nightwalk Gallery: Meet Your Heroes

Many might think that out of all of the cars I saw at SEMA, that I would’ve spent the most time with Mike Copeland’s Dodge Rampage. I spent quite a bit of time around that car, no...

2019 SEMA Nightwalk Gallery: Slipping In After-Hours For Some Quiet Time

Enough pomp and literary fluff over SEMA. Let’s go for a more realistic viewpoint on what the show was really like. Tuesday, Chad got a jump on the show while I spent half the day flying over...

2019 Ice Cream Cruise: One Last Load Of Killer Photos From The Most Fun Show In Omaha!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – This is our last load of Scott Liggett shot photos from Kyle’s 2019 Ice Cream Cruise held in the Omaha, Nebraska area. As we told you a few days ago, this...

SEMA 2019 Gallery: The OEMs And A Take On The Temperature

It was strange seeing “SEMA Electrified” in place of where I had met R. Lee Ermey just a couple of years ago. It was strange seeing an electric-powered Chevrolet pickup and...

Ice Cream Cruise 2019 Photo Coverage: More Cars, Trucks, Hot Rods, and More In Nebraska!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Kyle Loftis of 1320Video started the Ice Cream Cruise years and years ago as a way to have fun, see neat cars, and raise a few bucks. As we told you the other day,...

SEMA 2019: More Randomness, More Beautiful Paint Work

Is it safe to confess here? This year, I have to admit that in the grand scheme of things, there weren’t a lot of machines that really grabbed me like in years past at SEMA. There were good...

SEMA 2019 Gallery: Morning Roaming, Including The Optima Alley

Is there such a thing as SEMA hangover? There’s the SEMA plague, which I think I managed to avoid this year. There’s the SEMA crunch, which I’m not going to be in danger of finding...

2019 SEMA Show Gallery: Flying Raptors, An Annual Tradition!

It’s strange to think about SEMA in this particular regard, but every year I’ve attended, there have been Ford Raptors jumped in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center as part of the...