{"id":33080,"date":"2013-04-23T02:30:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T09:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=33080"},"modified":"2015-06-24T16:44:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T23:44:22","slug":"gallery-pigeon-forge-rod-run-undoubtedly-the-most-diverse-car-event-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/event-coverage\/gallery-pigeon-forge-rod-run-undoubtedly-the-most-diverse-car-event-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Pigeon Forge Rod Run, Undoubtedly the Most Diverse Car Event of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Alright, we\u2019ll be the first to admit that we go nuts over weird cars and trucks. And without a doubt, the home of weird cars and trucks HAS to be Pigeon Forge, Tennessee during the \u201crod run\u201d events. They have one in the Spring and one in the Fall, and it completely takes over the town, which is just outside of Gatlinburg, Dollywood and all that good stuff. In the past 30 years, Pigeon Forge has morphed into a land of hotels and restaurants, thanks to these massive gatherings of cars. It\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n

This event was formerly known as the Grand Run, as it was held at the Grand Resort Hotel, but after being listed as one of the Top 10 worst hotels in the country (and honored as America\u2019s Dirtiest Hotel in 2011, as selected by tripadvisor.com) it was shut down, and sold off. Now, the car show is called the Pigeon Forge Rod Run, which is pretty much what everyone called it anyway. So, let\u2019s break it down. The actual car show feature less than 100 cars and has about 60 vendors (new parts and swap meet). Obviously, this isn\u2019t exactly something to write home about, but it\u2019s the five-mile stretch of wall-to-wall cars parked in every imaginable parking lot from one end of town to the other.<\/p>\n

We\u2019d love to know an official number of cars and people that come to Pigeon Forge for this event, but we\u2019d estimate it\u2019s north of the 5,000-car mark, and at prime time (Saturday afternoon) you can barely walk down the sidewalks because of the massive crowd of people. The streets are crowded with regular cars, but you\u2019ll often see a bunch of crazy stuff out on the street. Drag cars, enormously huge 4×4 trucks and other crazy stuff get out on the street when the cops aren\u2019t looking. Speaking of which, the Pigeon Forge Police are very strict, but hey, an event of this nature has been known to create some chaos, so it\u2019s understandable.<\/p>\n

All in all, the Pigeon Forge Rod Run has an insane amount of stuff that caught our attention so check out Tommy Lee Byrd\u2019s gallery of photos to see gassers, rat rods, big trucks, weird things, and even a couple of trars thrown in the mix.<\/p>\n

HIT THE LINK BELOW TO SEE ALL OF TOMMY LEE BYRD’S AWESOME PHOTOS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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