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2019 Mopar Southern Classic Coverage: A Focus On The Slant Six Race and BangShifty Mopars – Photos Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – One race we enjoy within this event is the slant-six race.  An event within the event paying homage to the leaning tower of power.  Throughout our...

2019 Keeneland Concours D’Elegance Coverage: A Collection Of Everything European!

(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – The featured marque of this year’s show is Aston Martin and several were in attendance.  The extent of my knowledge of the breed is limited to knowing...

Show Coverage: 2019 Mopar Southern Classic at Clay City Dragway- Some Awesome Chrysler Action!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So, I broke my long-time rule of not covering or attending model/make specific events.  It was my birthday and I wanted to do something car-related and I...

2019 Keeneland Concours Coverage: American Sports Cars Like Corvettes, Cobras, and More! Photos

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The 2020 Keeneland Concours will showcase the Corvette as its featured marque.  I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that this might have the...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: Muscle Car Era Classics On The Field Of Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Mostly classic American muscle in this chapter of the Concours coverage.  You won’t find labels on the photos explaining what you’re looking at from...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: The Best Of The Rest And Some Highly BangShift Approved Stuff!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the catch all group of mostly foreign vehicles that I didn’t have room for in the other groups.  There weren’t many motorcycles in attendance,...

2019 Nostalgia Drags and Muscle Car Shakedown Photo Coverage: History Roared To Life At GALOT Motorsports Park

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Drag strips are interesting because they all seem to gain identity from the events that they are best known for holding. A place that runs a lot of small tire...

Ratty Muscle Cars Presents Mopar Vs. Brand-X Gallery: Stuff The Show, We Want The Go!

I thrashed, I wrenched, I cussed the damn thing out left, right and center, and I can officially say that the Imperial is functional enough to be driven. That’s the good thing. The bad? It just...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: Is This The End?!

Yep, we’ve come to the end of our coverage from Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and the NMRA’s World Finals event at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We went into the...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: The 3S Challenge

Somehow, we all survived the fun of Saturday. A lot of the show cars were put up, a lot of the drag cars were put on the trailer, and all we had to to was finish out the 3S challenge in the circle...

2019 Kneeland Concours D’elegance Photo Coverage: The Amazing Cavalcade Of Automotive History Continues

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The photos are not properly ordered or grouped per their respective class at the Concours.  I wondered around trying get photos of cars people weren’t...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: The Burnout Contest

After the cones were picked up and right about the time the sun started to make it’s final descent to the horizon, the delinquents started to appear. With the promise of no repercussions for...

Show Photo Coverage: The 2019 Kneeland Coucours D’elegance – Amazing Event!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I know what you’re thinking – this kind of show isn’t for regular gearheads.  I disagree.  Certainly the white-glove scrutiny the top-end cars get...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: More Photos From The Blue Oval Throwdown!

I struggled all day on Sunday to shoot a photo of anything that wasn’t a Mustang on the drag strip. I know, NMRA and Mustangs go hand-in-hand, but with the Ford Fest going on as well, I was...