40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAST DRAG RACE AT LIONS, December 1, 2012, NHRA Museum, Pomona, CA It was a damp, dreary, dark, chilly day:  December 2, 1972, the last drag race at Lions Drag Strip, Long Beach, CA. It was a damp, dreary, dark, chilly day:  December 1, 2012, the 40th Read More

This was the 11th time this show has been held on the California National Guards Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) in Los Alamitos, CA and it has gotten better every year. The show featured about 500 hot rods, customs, classics, rat rods and other notable vintage vehicles. The Read More

CALIFORNIA HOT ROD REUNION, OCT. 19-21, 2012 FAMOSO RACEWAY SUNDAY WRAP-UP: This week-end saw the running of the 21st California Hot Rod Reunion.  Not only has the Reunion come of age, it now has spawned two offspring –  the first, Bowling Green, is now 10 years old and the Read More

NOSTALGIA FALL CHAMPIONSHIP – October 5-7, 2012, FAMOSO RACEWAY, Bakersfield, CA Nostalgia Fall Championship is the Heritage Series finals for Group 1 and Group 2 and this week-end there was no “bake” in Bakersfield.  The weather was picture perfect and the racing couldn’t have Read More