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Grand National Roadster Show 22

Normally, I wouldn’t cross town for an indoor car show but the Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS), ‘The Grand Daddy of Them All’ is not your usual car show.

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Was the 2021 SEMA Show worth the Wait?

It’s hard to believe that the last SEMA Show we attended was over two years ago! Two years without the SEMA crunch, the long lines of people waiting for autographs, and without all the feature vehicles filling up the convention center.

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RPM Nationals Hot Rod Drags

There were more surprises ahead on the Santa Margarita Ranch with lots of newly graded roads that undulated down to the old airstrip and home of the RPM Nationals.

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Street Racing in Long Beach

Yes, it’s been three shy of 900 days since 1000+hp Formula DRIFT PRO Championship cars have raced in our backyard and we were down—and we were not alone.

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RPM Nationals: You Asked For It—OHVs

The RPM Nationals Flathead Drags is one of our favorite events, but it is restricted to four bangers and flathead Ford V8s which is great but not for everybody.

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Holley National Hot Rod Reunion

The 18th Holley National Hot Rod Reunion was the first since October 2019, but it didn’t disappoint—there was some great racing and plenty of drama.

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Eagle Field Drags

If you want to travel back in time and watch drag racing as it was in the 50s and 60s with rail jobs, hot rods, straight-axle Gassers, Super Stocks and the like then the Eagle Field Runway Drags is for you.

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NMCA West Auto-X: Season Opener

Auto-X — short for autocross— is a form of motorsport that has been around for decades and has provided many drivers a safe and technical place to test their skill and machine.

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