Author Archive: Darr Hawthorne
Grand National Roadster Show 2023: The Suede Palace • Some Of The Coolest Vehicles Around!
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • An estimated two thousand invited hot rods and weekend drive-ins made their runs to the Pomona Fairplex over the weekend for what has become the premier hot rod and...
Champions Crowned At 30th California Hot Rod Reunion
(Photos by Mike Burghardt and Darr Hawthorne) • For thirty years, the NHRA Museum has held its yearly California Hot Rod Reunion, the first couple of years this event was truly a Reunion for the...
Ventura Nationals • Cruizers, Sleds, Bombers, VWs’ And Trucks At Ventura Fairgrounds
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • It’s great to have the awesome shows coming back, but one thing is clear, hot rodders, painters and customizers have spent their time well, working and finishing...
All American Fuel Dragsters Association To Vote On Boycott Of Hot Rod Reunion
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • With a record number of Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragsters slated to appear at NHRA’s Holley Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, KY, the Assoc. will vote this week on a...
Cadillac’s 120th Anniversary Celebration At SoCal’s Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum
(Photos by Lou Hart and Darr Hawthorne) – This year is reportedly the 120th Anniversary of Cadillac and Southern California’s Lions Automobilia Foundation held a Celebration for owners and...
Another One Bites The Dust: R.I.P. Auto Club Dragway
(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – In a terse Facebook page proclamation on Friday December 3, 2021, Auto Club Speedway management declared, “After careful consideration on the best...
Ron Capps, Leah Pruett, Greg Stanfield And Matt Smith Close Out Hot Racing Action At Too Hot Pomona Winternationals!
(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt) – If I told you it was hot at the annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, it was hotter for the drivers and...
The NHRA Winternationals, Leah Pruett, Blake Alexander Greg Anderson & Matt Smith Leading Friday Qualifying At Pomona!
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Leah Pruett is on track for her first No. 1 qualifier of 2021 in Top Fuel, taking the provisional top spot in qualifying on Friday during the 61st annual...
Antron Brown, Bob Tasca III, Greg Anderson & Scotty Pollacheck Win 40th And Final Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals!
(Photos by Mike Burghardt and Jeff Burghardt) — Antron Brown couldn’t have dreamed of a better way to close out the famed Atlanta Dragway on Sunday, becoming the winningest Top Fuel driver at...
64 Funny Cars, Make That 70 Funny Cars At The Texas Motorplex For Funny Car Chaos!
(Photos by Randy Anderson and Dave Stoltz • Words by Darr Hawthorne) – As a teenager, funny cars have been that major draw keeping me coming back to the drags. Today’s Big Show cars...
Long Lost Film Of ’66 Winternationals Found! Sunday Eliminations With Packed Pomona Grandstands!
(Film and Words by Darr Hawthorne ) In 1965 Santa brought me a new 16mm Bolex film camera, rather than using my dad’s cameras any-longer. The first opportunity I had to use it was on the...
Second Gen GMC Canyon And Colorado Truck; Making A Secure Space With Goose-Gear!
(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – When I purchased a new pickup, I thought there’d be room for everything, cameras, suitcase, ice chest, etc. Well, in the end of 2019 a brand-new GMC...
Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith Clinch NHRA World Finals In Vegas!
(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt and Timothy Heather – Words courtesy of NHRA Communications) – All four points leaders in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series finished the job on...
