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Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018: Our Coverage Starts With The Show Car Field!

It’s my anniversary! No, not the mark where I married my wife, that’s later on in the year. The Holley Hot Rod Reunion marks the point where I went full-time and on-the-scene for...

Open House At Walden Speed Shop – Art, Tradition & Metal Shaping!

(Photos and words by Darr Hawthorne) – For over fifty years, the Los Angeles Roadster Show has been a Southern California tradition as a showcase for new car builds, a chance to show off your...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: Our Final Gallery From The Beginning Of The Road Trip!

If you take anything away from our galleries from the first day of Power Tour at Beech Bend, it’s this: this is only just scratching the surface of what comes out. This is one day…this...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Swarms And The Showers

If there is one certainty about Bowling Green, Kentucky, it’s that you do not plan around the weather. What had been a hot, muggy and sunny day was quickly darkening and cooling. It was...

Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Crowd Grows Thicker And Thicker!

They just kept coming in. The stream of cars that were coming from the registration area at the Sloan Convention Center to Beech Bend never relented. Everytime you looked, there was just a steady...

Car Show Photo Gallery: Pontiacs Featured At Original Parts Group Spring Summer Series!

With summer in Southern California, the Original Parts Group held their second show of the Spring Summer Series for Pontiac customers over the weekend at the OPGI Headquarters in Seal Beach.  ...

Hot Rod Power Tour At Beech Bend: We Have Much More To Show You From The Cruise!

If you have never been to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, it’s going to be difficult to explain just how surprising it was to see cars parked from the entrance at the main gate to past the...

Hot Rod Power Tour 2018 At Beech Bend: Our Coverage Starts Now!

Over two thousand cars, who knows how many thousands of people, and a historic track that is offering up autocrossing, drag racing and even a burnout contest…did you think for one second that...

Power Tour Veterans’ Car Show At VFW 1298: The Forum Freaks Get Together!

This was a project half a year in the making and I’m glad to say that I was a part of getting the ball rolling. In January a call was put out via the Power Tour board in the BangShift forums...

The Laid-Back Chill-Fest At NCM Motorsports Park 2018: Starting Off The Power Tour With Road Course Laps!

There are neat machines prowling all over Warren County, Kentucky. A quick drive down any street in Bowling Green is like a mini car show: a kit-car Cobra cruising past the dealerships. A Buick GS...

A Day At The Track: SCCA Road-Course And Optima Ultimate Street Car Autocrossing At NCM Motorsports Park!

I’ve been to NCM Motorsports Park many times ever since my first visit, when they opened the track up years ago, and I can honestly say that I have never seen the place as busy as I got to see...

If You Missed The Edelbrock Car Show, Check Out The Highlight Video!

Edelbrock is a company built on traditions and it continues to create new ones with events like the yearly car show that they throw at their place in Torrance, California. This thing draws some...

This Holley LSFest West Highlight Reel Has Something For Everyone And Is Super Sexy

Some video just makes you feel all hot and bothered. Usually it’s because the footage is exciting, or sexy, or intense. Well this one fits the bill on all counts and gives a taste of almost...

NMCA Bluegrass Nationals 2018: The Wrap-Up From The Showdown In Bowling Green

Saturday afternoon at the NMCA Bluegrass Nationals was a blur, readers. I can’t lie…between shooting photos and doubling back to get the Chrysler ready for another pass where I was hoping...