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2016 NMRA All-Ford World Finals: Early Testing In The Cool Autumn Air At Beech Bend!

The LS fans got their chance, now it’s time for the Blue Oval brigade to take over Beech Bend Raceway Park! The 2016 NMRA All-Ford World Finals have kicked off, and the cars are out in force at...

You Knew This Was Coming…Here’s The Gallery Of All Of The Non-GM Cars At LS Fest!

Ok, I’ll be honest: I don’t get the LS hate. I don’t. I kind of understand the desire to keep the engine and car make together, but honestly, how can you hate an engine that can...

LS Fest Outtake: The Crunched Camaro That Was Still Going To Race

All Adam Prante wanted to do was to come down to Bowling Green and have a good time at the 2016 LS Fest with his late-model fifth-gen Camaro SS. Entered into the Grand Champion set of events, he had...

The 14th Ventura Nationals – Lead Sleds, Coupes, Sedans, Trucks & Bikes – No Trailers!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne)  The Ventura Nationals, across the street from the surfing beach at the Ventura Fairgrounds has grown. Since its inception, this event gave locals a place to...

2016 Woodward Dream Cruise: Our Final Gallery From The World’s Largest One-Day Auto Event!

I saw one part of Woodward Avenue: the intersection of Woodward and Orchard Park in Pontiac, just north of the Amtrak station. That’s it. I did not see Detroit. I did not see the eight-lane...

2016 Woodward Dream Cruise: The Cruisers Pour Out Onto The Streets!

By ten in the morning Woodward was in about as full of a motion as I saw the entire day: cars were cruising down the street, heading to the Roadkill Nights drag race about a mile away, a helicopter...

Woodward Dream Cruise 2016: Waking Up To The Sounds Of Yesterday

With only a few hours to shoot the action on Saturday, I faced a dilemma: did I take a ton of photos or did I use my time to shoot live video? Truth was, I did both, because I was starting to get...

2016 Woodward Dream Cruise: Up With The Sun And The Early Cruisers On Saturday Morning!

Much like the days prior, I was up not only before the sun, but before the free breakfast at the hotel, slamming a Red Bull and getting ready for what was going to be a solid day of awesomeness....

2016 Woodward Dream Cruise: More Early Birds Driving The Loop On Friday!

Automotive diversity. It’s something that I enjoy at shows. I want to see more than the predictable Camaro or Mustang…I want unique, I want vision, I want something that I won’t see...

Unhinged: …And They Just Kept Coming, By The Hundreds

At some point, I have to stop saying that I’m new to this game. I have to become a touch cynical, a touch…I don’t know how quite to word this without coming off like an...

2016 Woodward Dream Cruise: More Early-Bird Rides From Friday…One Day Before The Cruise!

As I’m typing this, the Woodward Dream Cruise is actually going on. The third Saturday of August is the official day of the cruise, but cars have been rolling up and down Woodward Avenue for at...

Cruising Woodward Early: Check Out Some Of The Iron Rolling Down The Road!

I grew up reading the stories from the guys who were actually there when the real scene was happening. Telegraph Road. Woodward Avenue. Diners, burger joints, cars everywhere. Races from light to...

Sittin’ With The Best View: 2016 MSHS and DAMM Modern Mopar Car Show On Woodward

The thing I’ve grown to like about the Modern Mopar community is that it doesn’t matter how pretty the car is, it will be used to it’s full potential. And there are some damn pretty...

MSHS HEMI’nsanity At Milan Dragway: Good Runs And Bad Luck In Michigan!

As you read yesterday, Milan was not kind to either myself or Angry Grandpa, with our luck running out right about the first elimination run in the Modern Street Hemi Shootout bracket race. But that...