{"id":730828,"date":"2018-12-11T01:29:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T09:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=730828"},"modified":"2018-12-11T03:25:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T11:25:38","slug":"2018-pumpkin-run-nationals-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftapex\/2018-pumpkin-run-nationals-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Coverage: Our Last Photographic Blow Out From The Fall Show!"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>This is the last of our series covering the 2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals in Southwest Ohio.\u00a0 This gallery consists of those machines that either look like racers or actually are race cars.\u00a0 The looks range from stockers to straight-axles and even a good bit of Pro Street.<\/p>\n

A Pro Street Judge ought to cause the purists to lose their minds, but I think it\u2019s pretty cool.\u00a0 Pro Street was king when I was younger and seeing builds like this brings back old memories.<\/p>\n

The killer COE ramp truck had an equally-amazing dirt-track sprinter tied down on the bed.\u00a0 It looked right at home.<\/p>\n

Fat tires, tunnel rams, blowers, and big scoops poking through hoods were found in clusters and later in the day\u2026cruising the grounds.\u00a0 Lots of goodness.<\/p>\n

The blue \u201966 Belvedere (I think it\u2019s a \u201966) rolling on centerlines and steelies with side exit exhaust is something you could have seen in Anytown USA some 40-50 years ago.<\/p>\n

Jeff Richmond Jr. was regularly firing up his Warlord \u201946 Ford straight-axle taking folks for a cruise through the pathways and bullying other cars to step aside.\u00a0 Seems to work.<\/p>\n

Ryan Pope loaded up folks for a tour in his vintage, indoor oval-track-racing Crosley.\u00a0 Man that thing is small.<\/p>\n

We certainly wished we\u2019d heeded other folks telling us this show was this big.\u00a0 We literally only managed to cover the stuff outside the track area until the sun started to set and by then light was getting scarce and many cars had left for the evening.\u00a0 There was live music and food plus even more cruising after dark, but we still had a 2hr plus ride home with road construction so we really couldn\u2019t stay.\u00a0 We\u2019d made some good buys at the swap meet, got to see some old friends, and made some new friends.\u00a0 Pretty successful outing if you ask me.\u00a0 Next year we will plan to visit multiple days and might even make arrangements to stay in the area.\u00a0 This event is now on our \u2018must do\u2019 list.<\/p>\n

Thanks for following along.<\/p>\n

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