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Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018 Gallery: The Show Car Picks And A Tribute To A Legend

As the sun started to set and the temperatures started to mercifully drop in Bowling Green, as the last of the semi-final rounds in racing were wrapped up, the last bit of daylight was used to bring...

One Last Hook: Here’s Our Final Full Pull Of Photos From The 2018 NTPA Mule City 300

(Photos by David Whealon) –It was big time at GALOT Motorsports Park when the 2018 NTPA Mule City 300 rolled into town and we were there for every screaming blower, soot blasting diesel, and...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018 Gallery: Hot Lapping In The Heat Of The Day

The hand-drawn T-shirt said it all: “Boiling Green Heat Rod Reunion”. We’re talking every hour on the hour, a reminder over the P.A. system to drink water and hydrate. In fine Beech...

Pulling Action Coverage: The NTPA Mule City 300 At Galot Had The Pulling Stars Out At Night

(Photos by David Whealon) – One that does not “get” the sport of pulling may not understand the fact that facility that the events are held at makes a huge different. Just like a...

Holley Hot Rod Reunion 2018: Top Fuelers and Gassers Putting On A Show For The Crowds!

Nothing against the car show, but the action at the dragstrip was where the real show was going on during the Holley Hot Rod Reunion! With Top Fuelers, Funny Cars, Gassers, Nostalgia Super Stocks and...

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...