Tag Archive: Event Coverage

The Trials and Tribulations Of The GNRS: 2011

The bastards at United Airlines sabotaged my trip home. They listed “natural causes” as the reason for my canceled flight and resulting 3-stop nightmarish trip back to Austin.  Yeah, right. I think they are out to get me. I think they are all evil swine intent on ruining my entire day just to make their [...]

2011 GNRS TJJ Roadster Pick – VOTE NOW!

The nominations are in, the pictures are taken, and now it’s time for you fellas to do your part. Take a gander at this year’s top-10, study each car, ponder the possibilities, consider the details, and then place your vote. It’s that simple fellas… So, what are you waiting for? VOTE NOW! We will start [...]

2011 GNRS Jalopy Journal Roadster Pick!

I guess it’s that time of the year again, huh? Time to put on our poker faces, dawn the clip boards, hide the flasks, and head out amongst the big people at the Fairplex in Pomona. Our mission is to field and photograph the best ten roadsters at the Grand National Roadster Show as considered [...]

LIFE Images of Bonneville 1954

Ryan’s Bonneville photography post got me thinking about race cars documented at the salt over the past 60 years. The early Kodachrome era of photography is my hands down favorite, and I remembered some Bonneville shots I had seen in this unique color film that were also shot by a ‘non-car guy’ photographer. Some of [...]

NHRA Exhibit at the Petersen…

I was in LA for a work trip a few weeks ago and got to check out the Petersen Automotive Museum’s latest exhibit, “NHRA- Sixty Years of Thunder”, which had just opened four days earlier. They did a great job of getting some very iconic drag cars, from Dick Craft’s BUG and the Calvin Rice [...]