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!
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!
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!
When I can’t make it to a show sometimes I have a buddy who sends me some photos to share with all of you. This time the show was the 2018 Viva Las Vegas and that buddy was Luke Zoch, thanks for the photos, sorry I had to miss it! Thanks for capturing some of my Lonely Knights brothers rides too!
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 June of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
Since I was already down in Arkansas City to have Jeff Myers’ Premier Body & Paint fix up my daily driver so that I can sell it, and I was driving by anyways I just had to stop by and see the Mulvane Marauders at their 2018 Showdown In The Valley held at the Kansas Star Casino Arena on April 21st. The show moved to the Kansas Star a few years ago and now has a feature that was great for the rainy weather of the day, an indoor spot for about 100 rides!
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 June of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
Even though the weather wasn’t great, the 2018 Lonestar Round Up was a great time. Thanks to everyone involved in putting on one heck of a great weekend.
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By Saturday the weather had turned from 86degrees to 46, it was a bit chilly especially with the wind but if the pinup girls could walk around in it, so could I. The crazy huge turnout that had been at the event on Friday was down quite a bit due to the weather but most of the folks that traveled from across the country were still ready to hang out, check out some cars, hear some great music and enjoy each other’s company.
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When I finally got into the show on Friday it wasn’t long before everyone in the show was getting sweaty, it was kinda warm compared to what Kansas had been only 24 hours before but since Saturday was not looking too good temp wise we all just kind of dealt with it. I’ve never seen so many cars at this show on a Friday, it was crazy!
Around 2pm I got a text from Ryno that the minibike races were starting so I went over to check them out with a pinup friend of mine and some friends from Colorado. That’s one of my favorite parts of events like this, there were friends to hang with from across the country and planet!
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We had a great time out at the Meatheads BBQ and then hanging out with the Okie Sleds in Taylor. Later that night we headed down to Giddy Ups to hang out and listen to some live music. Friday morning I headed to the show and waited in line for an hour to get in. The amount of people trying to get into the event was crazy, the most I’ve ever seen on a Friday at the Lonestar Round Up.
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
Starting out Wednesday at 6pm leaving Gypsum, KSAround the Kansas Star Casino Nick from Omaha passed us, it was damn cold and I do not envy him.Pushing into the night, behind the wheel of the the Galaxie feels like home.Finally made it to Texas, our second fuel stop of the day. My buddy Steve followed me down in his Buick.The next morning it was smoooooooth sailing to get down to Beyersville for the Meatheads BBQ.Since the line was so long at the BBQ we decided to head down to Taylor to try out Louie Mueller BBQ. All I can say is… AMAZING.We got to hang out with our friends from the Okie Sleds for the afternoon.My spot for the weekend was this tiny house called the Blue Aggie. It was a great spot to hang out for the weekend.Later that night we went to Giddy Ups and hung out for Open Mic night. Here a band is rehearsing on the patio, giving us a private show.
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The 2018 Lonestar Round Up trip started the way that all of my annual pilgrimages to Austin have started. Ill prepared and a few minutes late. After work at 6pm I headed off from my home in central Kansas and met up with a buddy along the interstate about 30 miles down the road. We pushed through and got to the south side of Fort Worth around 1:30 am and called it a night.
The next morning he was calling my room far too early and shortly after we were headed south again. Destination, Beyersville, TX for the Meatheads BBQ pre-party at Noon on Thursday.
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Here’s the fifth and final post of the Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred! Thanks to the CrossMembers CC for allowing me to cover the event and for all of the hard work it takes to put these on.
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After catching some shots about two miles from the start point I hopped in my daily driver and got on the interstate and leap frogged around the group to station myself at the Spencer Route 66 station. My buddy Quentin Brown was already there so I moved down to this old bridge on the route just up the road. The rain was falling gently when I got perched precariously on the side of the bridge but it wasn’t enough to keep me from shooting an image of every single car that was on the run.
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
After the driver’s meeting I rushed out and found a spot on the route to take photos of some of the cars passing by. I always love the action shots! So here they are and then some from the Spencer bridge on Rt 66!
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
My plan was to take my Galaxie for it’s third trip to be a part of the SWMO Hot Rod Hundred, but after not touching the car for the last couple of months while I worked on the book, the battery was DEAD. Even my jump start battery couldn’t get the car started. So I hopped in the daily driver and made my way down to Joplin, finally getting a room around 10:30. I opened my laptop and worked on the book until about 12:30am, 6am would come all too soon.
More of the story tomorrow.
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
One of the most common things that I hear is that we need more events that are not car shows, luckily we have the CrossMembers CC and they put on the Hot Rod Hundred. I’ve been attending the HRH events for a few years and they are all awesome! The SW Missouri HRH happens each year on the Saturday of Easter weekend and is a great excuse to gather up a bunch of hot rod family and go for a run on some cool roads and finish up eating some great BBQ.
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
On Saturday March 10th, 2018 I traveled down to OK to visit Nostalgia Sid’s Open House, then went over to Dewey, OK to hang out with some of the Stray Kat Kustoms family to talk about a couple of upcoming events and make some plans for some big things this year. More of the story below!
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!
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!
While the car show area and the pits were both slower to fill than I am used to seeing at this event the car show area filled up and the pits filled in as the morning goes on. There were some drag VW’s that I had never seen before, some killer looking drag bikes including a twin engine job. Speaking of twin engines there was the twin flathead front engine dragster piloted by Heath Murray, which I didn’t get to see run because I was in line for lunch thinking that the lunch break in the racing had been called. So I got to see the top of the car over the safety barrier as it went by but it did sound good! Sorry Heath for missing it!
The Texas Thaw is always a great time and you should put it on your schedule for 2019. Not only is it fun, all of the proceeds go to help send care packages to deployed military members and that’s a damn good cause.
The coverage of the 2018 Texas Thaw is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. The next one is March 31st in the Springfield, MO area. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
After a long day including driving about 6 hours for my day job on Friday I met up with my buddy Dalton at my house and we took off heading for Oklahoma. 5 hours later we get to our stopping point for the night. That’s a lot of driving time in a day, even for me.
Saturday morning we got up early and crossed the Red River into North Texas headed for the Northstar Dragway and the Texas Thaw. When we arrived it was a bit later than I usually do, so there was almost no line to get in. Parked the daily driver and grabbed the camera, it was time to check out some cool rides and hang out with some great folks.
The coverage of the 2018 Texas Thaw is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. The next one is March 31st in the Springfield, MO area. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
I’ve been heading south of the Red River to Denton, TX and the North Star Dragway to attend the Texas Thaw for a few years now. As an event, it’s a fun one, car show, drag racing, it’s a great way to spend a Saturday. That’s only a small part of the reason that I attend whenever I can. Most years the event is overrun with car buddies from all over the region as well.
This year there were a few less car show entries and the trickled in slowly but filled the car show assigned part of the pits, and there were some friends of mine that were noticeably absent. It was still a great time though!
The coverage of the 2018 Texas Thaw is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. The next one is March 31st in the Springfield, MO area. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
Once I made it to the Rockin Billy Bash downstairs I saw some of my buddies from OKC, the Okie Sleds crew, a couple of their rides are pictured above. Now, for me, about half of the Rockin Billy Bash was cool, I’m not into the art project cars, I don’t care for the burnout contest inside where there could have been more cool hot rods and customs, maybe I’m not the target audience.
I was happy to see some of my Beatnik buddies, the aforementioned Okie Sleds, some Stray Kat Kustoms cars, a great collection of VWs, lots of artists, pinups and some very cool vintage racing rides, some drag and some dirt track cars. I walked past a bunch of other stuff, no offense, just not my thing to see art cars.
I hope you enjoyed the cars I showed you, if I were completely honest I’d rather have left the camera at home and hung out with friends more, I kept having to end conversations to get back to shooting photos and felt rushed the whole time that I was there.
Next event for my schedule is the Texas Thaw in Denton, TX the first weekend of March, hope to see some of you there!
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, 18,200 mile adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
What you see above was one of my favorite cars of the show. My buddy Rocky Burris’ Blue Hawaiian 1950 Chevy. Were there cars there built to a higher level with more flash and pizazz? Yup. Were there cars there that make me want to hop in and go for a drive more than this one? Not many.
Friday evening after work I hopped in my daily driver and headed the nearly 300 miles down to my childhood buddy’s home just south east of Tulsa. We talked and BS’d until the wee hours of Saturday morning. A few hours I rolled out of the spare room and found my buddy out in his wood shop. We worked really hard on a project for a couple of hours before it was time to head to the show. Of course the project was just watching Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, so we didn’t have much to do but laugh but it was a good way to start the day.
As we got to the show I ran into another friend in the parking lot I ran into my buddy David who had a couple of extra passes, saving Jared and I the entry fee getting in. The first car we see walking in is the Berlin Bug, a Beetle with a Nailhead behind the seats, this thing is KOOL. There were lots of very high caliber cars at the show this year, but as with any show it’s the high caliber people that make or break any event.
More to come tomorrow…
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, 18,200 mile adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
I wasn’t sure if I was even going to attend the Starbird Rod & Custom Show in Tulsa, OK on February 17-18, 2018 but after seeing how many of my rod & kustom family were going to be there I decided to take a break from the 48 Cars 48 States book and slide on down to Tulsa for the weekend. The 54th annual show was a pretty good one over all. Sure there were tons of cars there that just aren’t my thing, hence only taking 161 photos of over 1000 vehicles, but the ones that are my thing were pretty incredible.
I had more shots but quite a few came out a little blurry as I was trying to shoot the show a little differently than I normally do. I hope you enjoy the images, I’ll tell you a bit more about the weekend tomorrow and Wednesday.
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, 18,200 mile adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
Buy a print (click on the image for the shopping cart) if you like a photo!
See you at a show,
Royboy
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The final day of the 2018 Grand National Roadster Show coverage is a bit smaller, honestly I thought I had way more photos! Oh well, I hope that you enjoyed the photos and little commentaries along the way of my trip last week.
Later Friday evening I went out to a great Mexican dinner with some of the Lonely Knights before making the 40 or so mile trek over to Lucky’s Hot Rods for the party. It was nice to wait until a little later to let the hellacious traffic die down. The next morning it was back to the show, on Saturday they let in more cars to park between the buildings, this year I heard that they were expecting 700 or so additional cars, I’ll be honest, I didn’t make it through them all!
