(Photos by Wes Allison) – While we often talk about the “racing season” there’s no real “car show season” in America because it just doesn’t stop. Like trying to find the beginning of a circle, car show enthusiasts have a near infinite number of choices of things to do or see in any given year. Because of that, things can get kind of regionalized. Well, a few events cut through the fog and rise above the rest and the Grand National Roadster Show is one of them. Home of the “America’s Most Beautiful Roadster” award and bringing people from all over the globe to attend, this is one of the world’s most awesome hot rod shows.
There is always some theming with parts of the event and this year’s was a celebration of drag racing’s past and we’ll get to many of those cars in the coming days. For today we’re kicking it off right and we’ll show you AMBR award contenders and loads of excellent cars from the event.
There is an honor of simply having a car in this show, let alone winning one of the massive prizes that come with it. A lifelong dream to just attend for some, it is the epitome of what makes the SoCal car culture cool.
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Great shots as usual Wes!
That garagster sure has a lot of trophies…….
Lots of cool stuff there!