This was a make or break year for the H.A.M.B. Drags. After last year’s pure pandaemonium, I knew we were facing our first real challenge with this idea of ours. Could we or could we not control what has become a monster of sorts? Could we keep things personal? Could we keep a laid back [...]
Event Coverage
The 2010 H.A.M.B. Drag Nationals
Posted on August 23rd, 2010 by Ryan
Filed under: Event Coverage
Filed under: Event Coverage
LIVE From Joplin!
Holy hell… The Drags are tomorrow! I think everything is in place. I don’t think I’ll screw up anything too badly. Fingers crossed… In any case, you can follow my trials and tribulations through my mobile blog found here. I’ll do my best to update it fairly regularly with photos and what not. The craziness starts [...]
2010 H.A.M.B. Drags – August 21
It’s that time of the year again… The time when I get nervous as hell. The Drags are just around the corner. Of course, we made a lot of changes this year. For one, the event is “pre-reg only.” So as of right now, we have a full field of race cars and I must [...]
The First Lap
I don’t want to get into a conversation about the big business of modern-day racing. Corporate sponsorship, the lack of innovation, soft drivers, personality marketing, etc… For a handful of seconds during the month of May, I don’t give a shit about any of that. Nothing in racing (or the entire car culture for that [...]
2010 H.A.M.B. Drags!
We are finally all set up and ready to go for the world’s best traditional drag race held on August 21, 2010. After the mad house we had last year, we’ve made some changes. Tell all of your buddies (it would be totally rad if no one tried to punch me this year) – you [...]
Pasadena Roadster Club’s Reliability Run
I flew into Oakland and drove down to Pasadena this weekend with the admirable Mr. Jay Ward. It was a quiet trip as both Jay and I were focused on the task at hand. See, every year at around this time the Pasadena Roadster Club holds a race through the San Gabriel Mountains. All of [...]
The 2010 Lone Star Round Up
When i was a kid, my dad and I built a ton of models. Mostly, we focused on WWII aircraft. We’d spend hours putting them together. Every piece was painted perfectly, the decals were laid straight and true, and the finished model was always exactly how it should be. Then, I would see the same [...]
Hoodlum City is Back
The dot-comers dressed in crisply ironed khakis matched with sharp button-down short sleeves are replaced by hoodlums in jeans and t-shirts. The creepy politicians creep back into their corners. The hippies hide. Black Audis are replaced by hot rods. Green VW bugs are replaced by customs. On a typical night in Austin, a melting pot [...]
The 2010 Grand National Roadster Show
I walked a lot this weekend. I think there were seven (or eight?) buildings packed full of cars for the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show. Who’s counting? I certainly wasn’t. I was too busy admiring this thing of ours. Granted, The Jalopy Journal focuses almost entirely on the traditional (or at least the traditionally inspired), [...]
The 2010 GNRS Jalopy Journal: Roadster Pick… VOTE NOW!
It’s time fellas… Blake and I walked our asses off, polled some of our favorite builders and personalities, and came back to the hotel with 10 finalists for the 2010 Jalopy Journal “Best Roadster” award. Now, it’s up to you fellas… Take a long hard gander at the photos and pick your favorite roadster. By [...]
