roddingandracing
I've always liked automotive caricatures ("CARtoons") and a few years ago, I purchased a couple of designs (right) from Wayne Sadler (CARTOONS 'R' WAYNE) and I used them on a couple of previous pages ("RODDING", "RACING"). I recently ran across them and decided to "revamp" my website a little and repost them.
roddingandracing
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CAR SHOW COVERAGE
SPACE CITY CRUISERS 2024 SPRING CAR SHOW
WALTER HALL PARK / LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS
Covered a Plane, Car and Tractor show last weekend at a Regional Airport south of Houston in Angleton. Here's a "Sneak Peek" and "Request(s)" from the event including
a Chevelle that belongs to a long-time friend (50 years) of the family. He acquired it a few years ago that replaced one that was stolen back when he was in High School!
MAY 11 / MIAMI
JUNE 1 / ATLANTA
JUNE 15 / CHARLOTTE
JUNE 29 / PHILADELPHIA
JULY 13 / DETROIT
JULY 27 / CHICAGO
AUGUST 10 / INDIANAPOLIS
SEPTEMBER 7 / DALLAS
SEPTEMBER 14 / HOUSTON
SEPTEMBER 28 / PHOENIX
OCTOBER 5 / EL SEGUNDO
The HOT WHEELS LEGENDS TOUR began back in 2018 and the only Texas stop was up in Dallas. Beginning the following year (2019), they've also made a stop here in Houston. They just released their 2024 schedule which I've posted above. Above that, I posted images of their full-size Hot Wheels vehicles that they display during the tour including TWIN MILL (3 versions), DEORA II (2 versions), BONE SHAKER (2 versions) and the GAS MONKEY CORVETTE.
Here's a "Sneak Peek" of a Bayou City Cup Series" event here in Pearland (TX) this past weekend. Sharp 1957 Corvette won "Best in Show".
Although I missed the HW Legends Tour in Dallas in 2018 (above), their full-size
vehicles showed up later in the year at a Goodguys event at the Texas Motor Speedway which we used to cover
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.
Before heading 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.
Posted a couple more images of my son (right) enjoying (?) himself. The photo with the late George Barris standing in front of the Munster Koach I've posted before. Took this at the Houston Autorama. Ran across the Indy Car image recently that was taken at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum while we were following the Hot Rod Power Tour.
Right after the Pandemic shut everything down, I joined several Private Facebook Groups to share my old images. As I share, usually 8-12 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!
Although I never use my camera's motor-drive feature, I do get lucky enough sometimes to get an action sequence.
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.