Author: Royboy

Sometimes a guy just has to take a break. After more weekends on the road going to car shows than I can remember, it was time to take a break. Mostly because I couldn’t afford the time off from work to get to Columbus, OH for the Goodguys event, or to San Jose, CA to Gambino’s Sit Down more than any other reason. I figured it was a good time to head up to Northern Colorado to see my friends and shoot some video for an upcoming Motornation release.

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For the 5th and Final installment of my coverage of the 2015 Goodguys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines, IA we have over 105 photos in store for you. I did my best, but even with showing up before 8am and staying most of the day I still only covered about ⅔ of the event on Saturday. There’s just too much for me to cover in a single day. I hope you’ve enjoyed the show and yesterday’s podcast.

Enjoy the photos and at the bottom of the post tell me what your favorite image of the post was. We’ll do this every day this week and at the end of the week I’ll pick a winner and ship them one of the Royboy Keychains. 

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In part 4 we continue with the incoming parade on Saturday of the 2015 Goodguys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines, IA. I could have sat there for a couple more hours but about 90 minutes after I sat down I decided it was time to get up and move around. I made my way over to the Autocross area and got some images of some cars running, including my friend Robert Kibbe of The Muscle Car Place running in his 64 Chevy. Good times 🙂

Enjoy the photos and at the bottom of the post tell me what your favorite image of the post was. We’ll do this every day this week and at the end of the week I’ll pick a winner and ship them one of the Royboy Keychains. 

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With part 3 of the coverage we continue with the parade out of the 2015 Goodguys Heartland Nationals show on Friday and some of the Saturday morning entry. I tried to not duplicate cars but with over 4,000 registered cars I am sure I had a few. Enjoy and don’t forget for a chance to win a Royboy Keychain you need to comment at the bottom of the post and tell me what your favorite car in the post is.

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There were kool kustoms and bad ass hot rods all over the Iowa State Fairgrounds at the 2015 Goodguys Heartland Nationals. This Mercury from Omaha is always one I stop and look at. There were a lot of non-hot rod and non-kustom vehicles but the Goodguys organization allows them now. Some, I’m really glad to see, I walk on by.

Enjoy the photos and at the bottom of the post tell me what your favorite image of the post was. We’ll do this every day this week and at the end of the week I’ll pick a winner and ship them one of the Royboy Keychains. 

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For the first post of the 2015 Goodguys Heartland Nationals show coverage we start with what I saw on Friday as I arrived at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Enjoy the photos and at the bottom of the post tell me what your favorite image of the post was. We’ll do this every day this week and at the end of the week I’ll pick a winner and ship them one of the Royboy Keychains. 

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For the 5th and final post of the 2015 Goodguys Day At The Hay coverage we go back to the car show for a bit and then finish up some of the autocross coverage. Enjoy!

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For Part 4 of the 2015 Goodguys Day At The Hay coverage we have more from the car show, tomorrow we’ll finish up the car show portion and add in some more of the autocross action. Enjoy!

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For part 3 of the 2015 Goodguys Rod & Custom Association​ Day At The Hay coverage I’ve thrown in some of the autocross shots as well as some of the car show photos.

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Saturday morning it was time to head over to the Haymarket area of Lincoln and check out the 2015 Day At The Hay. When we got across the walk bridge to the show we were greeted with an option. To the left, the parking lots were filling with cars to be checked out, to the right, the autocross was in full swing. We headed left first and we saw tons of amazing vehicles.

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It’s time to start the voting for the 2015 New Blood Award People’s Choice!

This year we didn’t have as many contestants as last year, bummer but hey we do have 3!

Here’s how it works, below I’ll list the entrants and show a photo of their ride, in the comments at the bottom of the page you simply comment the name of your choice for the People’s Choice winner. Voting is open until July 20th.

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A couple of months ago word went out that a new Goodguys event was going down. The Day At The Hay was set to be a one day event in Lincoln, NE in the Haymarket District. Speedway Motors was on board as a show sponsor and even threw a great pre-party at their facility just west of the Haymarket District. The photos in part 1 of the coverage are from the Friday Night pre-party.

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While I was off galavanting in Indianapolis for the Custom Car Revival a bunch of our hot rod brethren were in Monte Vista, CO for the Hot Rod Dirt Drags. My friend Travis Lee of The Muffler Shop in Colorado Springs was in attendance and shot these photos. He gave me permission to post them here to share them with all of you. Enjoy the shots and be just as jealous as I am that you did not attend.

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The Showdown In The Valley had a large parking lot section as well as the indoor arena. It was hot. I may be a wimp but it was hot and not fun out there when I went out. Probably just me being a wimp that was used to the AC inside. Here are some shots from the outdoor area and a few select pinup shots from the 4 pinup shoots that I did on Saturday.

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The indoor/outdoor setup of the Showdown In The Valley was a godsend when the temps reached 100. I can see this arena as a great place to put on a small indoor show in the winter.

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I haven’t been able to attend the Showdown In The Valley lately, so this year when I was told that the date and venue for the show put on by the Mulvane Marauders, I was in. The new venue is the arena at the Kansas Star Casino west of Mulvane next to I-35. The plan this year was to have 80-90 cars in the arena and the rest outside, as the temps were nearing or right at 100 degrees this was a great idea for those of us that were vendors.

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For the 5th and final installment of the 2015 Custom Car Revival coverage I’m throwing a huge post at you! 100 photos in total, hope you’re not on dial up! I want to throw out a huge thanks to Kevin and Bob and their families for putting on a great event. To my buddies in the Lonely Knights, thanks for rolling with me! To all of my friends that attended, thanks for making the event awesome! And to Mark from Six Foot Six Creative, thanks for sponsoring this week’s coverage, you made it possible for me to attend this amazing event and bring it to folks all over the world.

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