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2015 HOT ROD POWER TOUR
CAR SHOW COVERAGE
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TOMBALL, TEXAS
HOUSTON PERFORMANCE
DRIVING (HPD)
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HOUSTON CARS & COCKTAILS
We took 605 pictures at the September Houston COFFEE & CARS event and 300 were of Porsches. Porsche was the "Feature" vehicle of the gathering so that explains that. Even though I posted quite a few above, that still wasn't all of them. Now the rest of the vehicles (non-Porsche) should be posted on my next update on the 20th of September.
On our way last week to the local Friday Night Cruise, we saw this "Patriotic" Semi on a cross street. I could have gotten a better shot, but I was sitting at the light behind a School Bus!
.....DIECAST, PLASTIC MODELING, ARTWORK, ETC.
This current build (right) has given me a few problems. Although I have a few other builds in queue, this is the only one I'm working on at the time.
I actually thought about giving up on it but I'm not ready to throw the towel in just yet. Body prep and paint is next on the list.
The last Hobby/Alternate series CAR TUNED released was Series 6 and my first trip to our local Hobby Lobby netted me only one. Recently we made a return trip and found the other two I wanted...the 1967 Chevy C10 and red 1932 Ford Coupe.
When my wife or son see something they think I'll like, they usually pick it up for me. Check out what my wife surprised me with recently.
The box says "Hot Rod" and that was enough for her. The LEGO kit has 87 pieces and the instruction manual had over 90 pages! I put it together while watching TV and it actually looks pretty good!
...photographer's choice! (Exotics +)
Since I didn't cover any car shows in 2020 and very few in 2021, I decided to join several private and public Facebook Groups to share my old pictures, some going back 50 years! Below are the latest images I shared.
My apologies for the images above. They're the same from my last update. I didn't have time to pull more of my old images out this time around. One of my favorite Facebook Groups to post on is "ISCA Car Show Pictures". I have over 50 years of ISCA indoor car show images, but the Group is currently "Paused" (?). The administrator(s) paused it on August 26. Hope everything is okay.
Before heading out to cover the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green (KY) back in 2018, I made some prints of a handful of pictures that I had taken of "Big Daddy" Don Garlits. He had made surprise appearances in the past so I was hoping that he would show and I could get the pictures
autographed. As you can see above and right, he did and so did I. My old images, now autographed, were taken years ago at Alamo Dragway in San Antonio and Green Valley Race City in Fort Worth (top row). Both bottom images were taken at Eastex Dragway in Porter just north of Houston. Now as far as the political bumper sticker above, Garlits ran for Congress in Florida back in 1994.
After a couple of years with a two-door 1962 Chevy Bel Air which I wish I still had, I bought my first brand new vehicle; a 1972 Datsun pickup (left). Once I got used to working the manual shift, I slapped on some big-meat Goodyears on Ansen wheels. It got plenty of attention
whenever I picked up my younger siblings at Junior High and High School.
Check out my admission ticket from Houston International Speedway (above). Not sure of the year but only $3.00, it had to be from quite a while back.
Right after the Pandemic shut everything down, I joined several Private Facebook Groups to share my old images. As I share, usually 8-16 per week, I also post them further above. Before the Pandemic, I
also had a "RACING" page where I posted my old racing images. I've decided to post a condensed version of that page below. What I'm trying to show is the variety of motorsports that I frequented back then and as you can see, it was quite a few!
Yes, all the images above were taken by me over the years but this image was not. It's the only image I've ever seen posted that actually has me on it!
Although I never use my camera's motor-drive feature, I do get lucky enough sometimes to get an action sequence.
That's me on the right side (w/beard) leaning on the trailer at Eastex Dragway when Don Garlits was there.
GREEN VALLEY RACEWAY HISTORICAL AREA
Several years ago, I received an email from someone on the North Richland Hills (TX) City Council concerning a Green Valley Race City Historical site that was in the planning stages. They were asking permission to use several
of the images that I had taken at the track back in the '80s. I of course told them that it wouldn't be a problem. Below are the latest images of the site that were posted on a Green Valley Race City Facebook Page.
A quick check of the three information boards that are already put up (top, right) shows eleven of my images! I posted those images below and I hope I can make it up one day to check it out. (On the right image, you can see some of the original track that's still there)
It was a lot more fun to be 20 in the '70s than to be 70 in the '20s!
Time is precious,
Don't waste it.
2018 NHRA
HOT ROD REUNION
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Before heading to the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion in 2018 (Bowling Green, Ky), I decided to make some enlargements of images I had taken over the years including some of "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen in hopes of getting them autographed. They had both showed up in previous years so I decided to give it a shot. As you can see above (left) and below, Garlits did show up and I was able to get some of my personal images signed. Not sure if he had planned on showing up or not but sadly, McEwen passed away three days prior at the age of 81.
All the images above were taken at Texas tracks that I frequented when I was a lot younger. Left to right...Alamo Dragway in San Antonio, Green Valley Race City in Fort Worth and the final two were taken here (Houston) at Eastex Dragway in Porter. The tracks have been closed for years.