Event Coverage Royboy goes to the 2013 H.A.M.B. Drags

Another H.A.M.B. Drags weekend has come and gone.
As usual for this event I decided to leave my ride at home and catch a ride with my folks down to Joplin. With all of the travel that I do, it’s good to spend a couple of those weekends a year with them on the road. As I loaded my bags into the back of the truck the rain was pouring down in our little town. We headed south as quick as we could to try to outrun the storm. The route between Gypsum, KS and Joplin, MO has a few turns so every time we out ran the storm we made a turn and drove right back into it for the first 2 hours or so of the trip. 15 or 20 miles in a massive hail storm and torrential downpours were lowlights of Thursday evening’s drive.

We finally hit Joplin around 10pm Thursday night. Ryno's truck seemed a good subject to play around with my new lens and some long exposure shots. This one had a car drive by, leaving the trippy red lines.




























Friday morning we headed off to Springfield for the swap meet.















Saw this lil number in the parking lot,




Then it was back to the host hotel to hang out with old friends.

That's the 20 pic limit for this post, see you at a show,
Royboy
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Great Pics! Thanks for posting. John

 

Nice work!

 

More from Friday at the host hotel.

My good buddies Pushrod setting up to play.








Love the new art Ken

That's it for this post, more Friday night Pre-party shenanigans in the next post.
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Thanks for posting,great photos as always. HRP

 

Great shots Travis. That timed exposure was neat. Take care.
Later,
Dick

 

Thanks guys! More to come as soon as I can sit back down at the computer.

 

Great shots, Travis. Thanks for posting them... and good to see you again!


Malcolm

 

Thanks for making it seem like I was there, Travis!

Love seeing Micks' '60 back on the road!

 

More from Friday night's pre-party in the host hotel parking lot.

My buddy Robert's new 40 Ford and Rick's new kustom shoebox


Pushrod Mike entertaining the crowd.


Daddyo


The 1 line king, Jimbo


Flakey








Dick's clean ride


StrayKatKustoms 60 Chevy, soon to be a daily driver again.







Saturday it was off to Ryno's then to the track






The scene when we arrived at Ryno's




Jason swapping on his slicks


A group working to fix some bad vibes on another ride.


150 miles from home and the same distance on the odometer, hell of a test drive.


See you at a show,

Royboy

 

Does anyone know what they were asking for that 1937 Chevy on the trailer?
Jay

 

Nice pics!

 

Nice pics as always, thanks for posting them.

 

Royboy you have a real feel for those low light shots, very well done.

Thanks for sharing the adventure.

 

I remember it was cheap and SOLD before I seen it.

 

I really dig the night shots.

 

I believe it was $ 5500.00 , CHEAP !!! Speedway axle, discs , 9 in. ford etc. !!!!!

 

Thanks for the pictures. Anymore of the J in the last post looks fast.


Jim

 

Kool pics Travis, always look forward to your event coverage.

 

Thanks everyone, there is more on the way for sure, I'm not sure if I have any more of Mike's J, I believe he did with the Yahoo Cup though for fastest ET of a car driven to the event more than 150 miles each way. It should be noted that the first 150 miles on the car got it from Tulsa to Joplin, that's gutsy!

 

Great stuff, Travis! Thanks for sharing - makes me feel a little better since I couldn't be there.

 

Thanks Dan! See you in Wichita in a couple of weeks!


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Good to see you again Travis.....

 

Sweet photos. I dig em

 

You actually have pictures of Pushrod. I forgot what they looked like. Last time I saw them was at the SK500 years ago. I expected to see them on a milk carton.

 

Beautiful photos! Thanks for posting them!

 

Great pics! Didn't make it to the drags but I set up and sold/bought a bunch of stuff at Springfield, met a few HAMBer's looking for bargains on Friday.

 

Great pic's as usual, Travis. Thanks for sharing...

 

Finally we hit the track!

Hot Rod Hill Climb and Grandpa's Hot Rod Booth​

Really nice ride​

Nick's roadster is just getting better and better​

Model A John's ride​

Some of my Mulvane Marauder friends were in attendance​

Of course the Lil Honker, always a favorite.​

My buddy John's barn find gasser​

The man, the myth, the traveling legend Bob K!​

Butch M's 56 Chevy Gasser got some new touches​

Perfection.​

Simple, cool, I want one.​

Some of the best curves in the automotive world.​

Bill Moore's "High School Dropout" Merc​

That's it for this post, 1 more tomorrow and then maybe some special edits on Friday.

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Thanks for following along on all of my adventures, remember if there are any photos you'd like to own a copy of for your wall, click on the photo here, and the site will take you to the appropriate page to buy prints. Every print you buy helps put gas in the tank to get me and my cameras to another show to bring you more show coverage.
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See you at a show,​

Royboy​

 

I remember when nobody wanted thep 39 standard Ford. I love the front clip. I still have my front grille horizontal molding. I am thinking of putting it back on.