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The crew at Flying Deuces did it again with another hit event for the city of Brea, California. The Brea Holiday Car Show filled the streets of downtown Brea with a wide variety of classic and collector cars. Always a great event for the family, which leads me to a Public Service Announcement: PARENTS, if […]
The world’s longest-running indoor car show will feature hundreds of custom cars competing for some of the industry’s most prestigious awards. The 74th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Roadster Show presented by Meguiar’s will bring hundreds of the country’s best hot rods, customs, lowriders, muscle cars, trucks and motorcycles to the Fairplex in Pomona on Feb. […]
The show that was supposed to be rained out. We heard it all week long. The first storm of the 2023/24 El Niño of Southern California. Friday into Saturday rain. From 1-3 inches. Might not sound like much for some folks, but 3″ is a third of the annual rainfall in parts of Southern California. […]
At the beginning of each year, and arguably the beginning of the Southern California Car Show Scene, the Fairplex in Pomona, California is filled with awesome rods for the Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS). Each year Building Nine is usually reserved for a special theme. This year 2023, the theme was Keep On Truckin’. This […]
Here are some photos from the Rockingham stop for the 2023 Hot Rod Drag Week by Mike Slade.
Hot Rod Drag Week 2023 opened up at Darlington Dragway in Darlington, South Carolina. Over a hundred drag cars of all types showed up Sunday, September17th to get registered and do some testing to dial in their rides. Things got under way on Monday morning with participants making their final engine adjustments and start making […]
Each year the crew at California Street Vans host one of my most favorite events of the year. B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Boogie) Van-in and Show at Canyon RV Park in Anaheim Hills, California. And for the past several years I was tasked to be the MC of the Saturday Awards Ceremony. Let’s be clear. […]
A MIKE SLADE BIT The Hard Knox Chopper Ball is a drag race and car show put on by the Hard Knox Car Club of Anderson South Carolina. This years show was held at the historic Greer Dragway in Greer South Carolina. Greer is located off interstate 85 in North Western, South Carolina, about half […]
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 February. As per usual, Building 9 at the Fairplex in Pomona, California is reserved for […]
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 this in the middle of a suburban Southern Californian city. Flanked by houses built in […]
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 the Grand National Roadster Show. In-fact, at this years Roadster Show, John Buck and his […]
A Nostalgia Highway Photo Essay presented by Whittier Speed Shop
