Category: Event Coverage

The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular was here before I knew it. Wednesday I took my camper in to the park and set up in my vendor area with visions of spending the weekend with friends, seeing cars, and selling a ton of books in my head.

More of the story in the post….But first, an ad for my book 🙂

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – An 18,200 mile 48 States road trip in a 1963 Ford. Along the way I covered 6 events and shot a feature article on 48 different cars and then compiled them al into a book! The first 200 copies of the book sold out in 3 weeks time, you  can pre-order a copy of the 2nd edition of the book here! It will be shipping near the end of July

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After having to skip the 2017 Meltdown Drags due to some troubles with getting the Galaxie ready for the 48States trip, I was stoked to get to head back to Byron, IL for the 2018 Melt Drags! I called up my buddy Corey Conyers from Crown Custom in Wichita to go along with me. A car that he recently built was set to debut at the event so it seemed perfect for him to come along to see the event for himself.

More of the story in the post….But first, an ad for my book 🙂

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – An 18,200 mile 48 States road trip in a 1963 Ford. Along the way I covered 6 events and shot a feature article on 48 different cars and then compiled them al into a book! The first 200 copies of the book sold out in 3 weeks time, you  can pre-order a copy of the 2nd edition of the book here! It will be shipping near the end of July

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It’s time to start the voting for the 2018 New Blood Award People’s Choice! Below you’ll see the entries for the award and at the bottom of the page you’ll be able to vote for your choice. Please only vote one time, I’ll only count each vote once. Voting closes on July 25th. The award will be given out at the New Blood Award party at the Paramount Bar in Salina, KS on Saturday July 28th. The info on the party can be found here.

Scroll to the bottom of this page to vote for your favorite!

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This year for the 2018 Goodguys Heartland Nationals I decided to do things a little differently. I put together a little video of the event  and some photos. Let me know what you think about this change to how I do things. With 100’s of people shooting photos at events and posting them all over social media I see less and less need for the car show/hobby promotion that I started this website for. I’m looking for ways to keep what I do fun for me and also provide you with coverage of events.

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This post of the 2018 Custom Car Revival coverage will be a little different. In the middle of this post you should see a slideshow of the entire event. If you click on that slide show you can see the entire gallery of the event. This way there are less emails clogging your inbox and you get to see all of the photos of an event all at once!

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 35 copies remain. You can order the book here!

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Again this year I traveled over to Indianapolis, IN for the 2018 Custom Car Revival. My buddy Kevin puts the event on and it’s one that I never want to miss not just because some great cars show up but also because of the people. This is THE place to be to hang out with the keepers of the custom car faith.

After returning from Texas for work late on Monday evening I was able to pick up about 100 of the 48 Cars 48 States books on Tuesday and ship a handful on Wednesday before leaving for Indy. After 10 hours at the day job I put down about 6 hours to get me out to Hannibal, MO where I met up with Mick Bryan of Stray Kat Kustoms shows and Travis “TwoTallOkie” Miller.

Thursday we got rolling early headed on to Indianapolis and were able to roll in around 2pm finding the host hotel parking lot already filling up with great rides and old custom friends.

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Here’s the 5th and final day of coverage of the 2018 Hot Rod Dirt Drags, I hope that you enjoyed the photos and got a sense of what the event is all about. Thanks for coming to the site to see all of the fun.

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I’d tried for years to get my dad to join me, here’s a shot of him and my friend John Binger racing their banger powered Model A’s down the track! So much fun!

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Above you see the Overholts throwing some rocks during the night drags on Friday night. We had a blast watching the cars run through 1st and 2nd gear and putting on a show for the night drags. Then we all gathered up and had some bench racing sessions all over the host hotel parking lot, there were coolers opened and beers drank and lots of stories told. It was a great day!

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 54 copies remain. You can order the book here! Or pick up a copy at the Custom Car Revival!

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This year I talked my dad into attending the 2018 Hot Rod Dirt Drags in Monte Vista, CO with me. We headed out from home mid morning Thursday with some stops to make along the way for work. After the work day was done we found ourselves 6 hours from Monte Vista, we pointed the F250 west and headed for the mountains.

Friday morning we went out to the Best Western Movie Manor to get our registration and start the weekend hanging out with friends. The Speedster wasn’t running quite right so we ended up finding a couple of Model A experts Larry and Rick who helped us get it going. A few hours went by and the car was running again. Dad and John Binger were selected along with 12 or so other sets of cars to do the Night Drags on Friday night. These are some 1st/2nd gear pulls to just put on a show with all of the rest of the cars parked along the track using their headlights to light the track.

Here are some photos from Friday, there will be more to come all week long!

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The 2018 Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show was a blast! This year I was called upon to be the DJ and MC of the show so I didn’t take as many photos as I wished I could have. The temperature was flirting with 100 and although our town has a LOT of trees, none of them were in the right location to help provide shade for the show.

On Saturday I organized and lead the inaugural Flint Hills Rod And Custom Run where we started in Manhattan, KS and drove a beautiful scenic route through the Flint Hills and ended up in Gypsum. I hope to have a stop motion video of that run put together in a few days for you to get a glimpse of what it was like.

Sunday started early, with the show scheduled to open registration at 9 and the show start at 10, there were already 40 or so cars there by 7:30 am! We had a stack of pies, awesome food vendors, crafters, an amazing DJ named Royboy, and a town full of great car folks to hang out with. Door prizes were given away throughout the day as well as some sponsored awards where the award sponsors picked out the recipients and a bunch of awards that the Pie Festival committee members picked out.

A lot of folks went home sweaty and with a pie and as far as I can tell we all had a really good time. I hope to see you here in Gypsum next year!

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 78 copies remain. You can pre-order the book here! Or pick up a copy at the Hot Rod Dirt Drags or Custom Car Revival!

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When I didn’t get my Galaxie back together after a radiator, overflow tank, fan and shroud, and alternator swap, I had to make other plans. Lucky for me, my dad has some pretty awesome cars so I borrowed his 1959 Thunderbird and headed over to Emporia, KS to the 25th annual Emporia Flatland Cruisers Car Show.

The skies looked pretty scary on the way over to the show but since they were moving away from the event I just kept the pedal down and through the Flint Hills over to Emporia. They had a nice crowd show up including some old friends and some new to me rides, I believe about 150 cars showed up with a nice mixture of all kinds of rides. I even got to see a couple new to me traditional rods.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 81 copies remain. You can pre-order the book here!

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With cars from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Australia, to name a few, there was a great variety of rides in town for the Stray Kat 500. Saturday is the big day for the show, with nearly every available spot filled and people filling all of the shops and eateries in the area, it’s packed! Sunday is a bit more laid back since many start heading for home Saturday evening or early Sunday. We always have a smaller crowd on Sunday and try to get folks on the road around 1pm after the Blessings of the rides and the awards. I’m honored to get to play my little part in helping promote some of my favorite events.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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Friday after the feed we all went back to our respective hotels, one of the best parts of the Stray Kat Kustoms shows is the hang out at the hotels. My Lonely Knights family from Colorado provided the rum and cokes and we had a great time telling stories and laughing until a bit too late in the evening for our 5:30am wake up time so that we could get over to the show so I could set up a stop motion video of the cars rolling in to the show.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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It’s hard for me to write about the 2018 Stray Kat 500 some times. I (maybe unfairly) love this show and the weekend. From the time that I first attended the show I immediately got it, the vibe of the show that is hard for me to capture in words. The people that attend this event, the laid back vibe, some amazing vehicles  and the occasional great weather all combine for what is annually one of my favorite events to attend.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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With a scheduled shoot in Joplin to tend to I had to blast off earlier than I wanted to but I was still able to get out and check out some of the action at the drag strip. I can’t wait to see what the good folks of Herington do with this event in the years to come!

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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In today’s post let’s see if you can pick out the images taken by my 9 year old nephew Stratton as we walked the show… I’m not sure of the numbers of the show but it seemed like a huge turnout with cars taking up pretty much every spot that was allotted by my eyes. As Stratton and I walked around talking to people and shooting photos we both picked out our favorite cars of the day. Him getting to sit in one sure made his day too. Small town shows can beat most big turnout events most every day.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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I always enjoy my trips over to check out the Herington Car Show and Drags in Herington, KS. It’s a great small town show that has the added bonus of Run What Ya Brung Drags that brings out a HUGE crowd.

48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!

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