BY: JOHN ORO – What a year. What an incredible year for the folks at Rod Shows. John Buck, Kevin Doyle and crew put together an amazing Grand National Roadster Show to start off the car show year in early…
Grand National Truck Show – The Contenders
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Kiwanisland Car Show 2023
Imagine a nice grass lawn park rimmed by a variety of trees; Eucalyptus, Palms, and Pine Trees. A large man-made pond with an island and rope bridge in one corner, clubhouse, amphitheater, rows of picnic tables and pass-through kitchen. All…
Pinky and the Vans
Like any great event, there are events within the event. This is true at the recent and very first Grand National Truck Show! The event is promoted by Rod Shows the same team that puts on the Sacramento Autorama and…
2023 Ventura Nationals
Cruisin For A Cure with Pickups Limited
We take a moment to stop at the Pickups Limited camp at the 2023 Cruisin’ For A Cure. Brandon Hamner shares how important Cruisin’ For A Cure is to their club. Pickups Limited hosts two events during the year and…
Cruisin’ For A Cure with Ron Cambra
Today we meet up with Ron Cambra from Cambra Speed Shop at the 24th running of Cruisin’ For A Cure. The largest one-day charity car show in the country held at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Ron tells us what this…
Randy’s Drag Racing Museum
A Blacktop Archive from Issue #27 of Blacktop Magazine In Memoriam: Sadly Randy passed away a few months after our visit to his Museum and the Hot Rod Shop. Mark Soltan asked me to ride out to Randy Haapala’s place…
The O’Reilly Grand National Truck Show
Hundreds of Custom Trucks, Vans and SUVs Take Center Stage at the Inaugural Grand National Truck Show The West Coast’s premier truck show will host incredible customs, classics, local entries, a cornhole tournament and fun for the whole family The…
The Wienermobile
At the Historic Main Street Car Show I got a call out of the blue from Allison with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile. She asked if it would be alright if they brought the Wienermobile out to our car show. She…
Santa Ana Drags and Beyond
At LYON Air Museum Santa Ana Drags and Beyond exhibit at Lyon Air Museum. The Lyon Air Museum is within yards of where the original Santa Ana Dragstrip laid. This celebration of the first official drag strip in the United…
Man on Main Street – Stock v Custom
Tonight the Man on Main Street asks the question Stock vs Custom. Hear the fun as we hear from the party in the street at the Historic Main Street Car Show in Garden Grove, CA. We start with Jim buying…
Isky’s 102nd Birthday Celebration
At Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum Today we hit one of my favorite places in all of Southern California. The Lions Automobilia Foundation Museum. Always a good time, but today is even more special. We are here to celebrate a founder…