Event Coverage The Gear Jam Drags, Rod n Custom Show, Swap Meet; Sept. 28

The rescheduled Gear Jam vintage drags, traditional hot rod n custom show and swap meet is September 28 at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia, with a cruise-in/concert Friday night September 27 the historic downtown area.

Cruisin’ Commerce on Friday Night from 6-10pm, with cruising on the main street, VIP hot rod parking, food tents, a beer garden and live music by Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho Devilles!

Saturday’s event features Race classes for Gasser, Front Engine Dragster, Hot Rod and Muscle Car (1974 and older), with attention paid to the cars looking like they’re from the ‘60s, not modern “Pro” style builds.

Heads-up racing with qualifying in the morning, and then the hard cases run a Quick 8 Elimination for $1,000 per class purse money, while everyone else is paired with the car (in class) closest to your ET for a best 2-out-of-3 shootout eliminations—Everyone gets to race all day, nobody gets put on the trailer, nobody gets their doors blown off, and nobody watches staggered-start racing. It should be fun for everyone, whether you run 7 or 17 seconds!

At the end, we’ll take the class winners and the four fastest non-qualifiers from the field for a final Mr. Eliminator.

Tech cards are $50, and gets the driver, your pit kitty and little grease monkeys in.
Gear Jam Car Show is for traditionally-styled 1966 and older cars, trucks and motorcycles. “Traditionally styled” meaning pastel or monochrome paint jobs and 20-inch Boyd wheels with rubber bands, or Pro-Street Camaros and the like will be in the parking lot.

Show Car entry is $35, and gets the driver, your chick and little grease monkeys in. (Immediate family.) This includes test-n-tune passes during the day.
All other adults, race crew and spectators are $10 each. Kids 12-under free.

Show awards and sponsors are:
Flat-out Bitchin! -- The Sock F'ers cc
Best Paint-- The TW's cc
Best Survivor -- The Cross Members cc
Best Tradtional-- The Iron Lords cc
Trick Truck-- W&H Restoration and Performance
Best Use of Louvers-- Bright Star Hot Rods
Best Engine—US Army
Best Custom—RollFast Customs
Quality Breakage—Bethlehem Steel & Iron
Just Kicks Ass!—The Roadents cc
Best Hot Rod on Cokers—Coker Tire

If your club or shop wants to sponsor a trophy, let me know.
Classes still available are:

Best Race Car
Best Wheelie
Best Interior

Don’t see one you like? Then make one up and we’ll add it!

Swap Meet
We’re anticipating between 175-250 vendors, based on the vendor count for our monthly NE Georgia Swap Meet, put on by us at the same location. We had over 230 vendors for our August swap meet.

Spaces are $25 for all the space you want, and that gets you and a helper in the gate.
Manufacturer’s Midway: $100, for as much space as you need and passes for your crew.

Back-up Girl Contest sponsored by Rich Venza’s FaceBook Back-Up-Girls page. $100 Cash prize
Burn-out contest sponsored by Hot Rod Deluxe Magazine. Prize to be announced.
For more information, go to www.gearjamdrags.com, shoot me an email directly at [email protected], or call (706) 424-5035

 

CAN'T WAIT!! WHOO HOOO!

Looking fwd to the cruise in too....as well as camping out at the track (or to clarify....a field by the track). That's usually where some of the best stories come from.....lol

 

Looking forward to an epic event!!!


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We had over 230 vendors at the swap meet last month, and all of them I talked with are excited about The Gear Jam. I'm hearing from people everywhere I go that they're comin' to race or for the car show, including several car clubs.
I think our inaugural event is going to be huge!
-Brad

 

Just three weeks away!
We had a HUGE swap meet this past weekend, and every where I've handed out fliers, people have told me they're planning to come to the race--racers, car show participants, and swap meet vendors.
And don't forget Cruisin' Commerce on Friday night!
Food, a beer garden and live music by Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho Devilles from 6-10pm!

-Brad

 

Looks like good times are getting close


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Getting closer by the day!

With the format I would have thought I would have been hearing more nose on the street. Someone needs to be promoting it at the Canton cruise this Sat. I wonder if a larger ad in Rag Tops & Running Boards might have been a good investment.

I've been telling everyone I run into about it. I would love to see this event become a success!

Fingers crossed for good weather!

 

Brad, if you aren't going to canton this saturday night I am (no dragster though ) so if you have an electronic version of your fliers or want to mail something let me know

Also, year one is this weekend as well

 

Hey guys,
I will DEFINITELY be in Canton on Saturday!!! And finally, my boy doesn't have to work this Saturday, so he'll be handing out fliers at YearOne while I'm in Canton.

It's been a hellish two weeks, trying to get things finalized.
I'll be updating the website, updating website posts, etc. etc. tomorrow and Friday.
Win, lose or draw, I already have plans on the books for next year's event. I'm in this one for the long haul, so I'm really looking forward to next weekend's show!

I've heard from a bunch of people, from all over Georgia and several other states, that they're coming--racers and rodders.

-Brad

 

It unfortunately looks like solid rain this weekend for canton/year one but the following weekend looks nice so far

Sunny, high of 80*F, 0% of rain

 

Brad, my truck isn't far enough along to race or even show as a construction project so it looks like I'm driving over from AL as a spectator. What are the cooler policies at Commerce? I haven't been to a race there in 15+ years since I used to bracket race.

 

Cooler policy:
Show cars, racers and swap meet vendors can bring in coolers. No spectator coolers (track rules...)
Absolutely NO glass, absolutely NO exceptions.

-Brad

 

I think i'll try and bring some sunshine up from south fla and while i'm there may run the scenic six gap road trip

 

Ok found the right Gear Jam thread! Planning on Friday night and Saturday.

 

One Week!
Check here for updates on details as they come in, shoot me an email with any questions at [email protected], or check my website which will be updated by Monday at www.gearjamdrags.com

Camping: The track management said camp fires are allowed now. I, however, ask that you put it in some kind of off-the-ground container... we don't need a bush fire!

Racers and swap meet vendors will be allowed to sleep overnight inside the fence; entry for them is 10pm to 12pm, OR, they can come in earlier if they want to pay to watch Friday Night Test and Tune. Track's rules.

If you're thinking about racing, but are concerned about the wheels requirement, we have relaxed the drag cars wheels requirement for this year. Wheels SHOULD be traditionally styled on drag cars, but we're not gonna send you home if you've got Super Tricks or modern wheels on your Nostalgia Super Stocker.

I'd also like to let everyone know Snake & Mongoo$e is playing at the Commerce cinema, and we may work something out for a showing on Friday night after Cruisin Commerce.
Stay tuned.

-Brad

 

I'm a go for Sat and a maybe for Fri night! Two questions, 1) where is the cruise in starting and how "street legal" do we need to be for Friday ?? 2) if I were to want to stay in the parking lot and sleep for the evening, will I be run off the property at midnight when they are ready to lock the gates???



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I guess that is 3questions but oh well!!!


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First, racers and swap meet vendors are welcome to sleep inside the gate in the pits with their rigs.
We also have camping in the spectator parking field outside the fence, so whatever you want to do, we'll accommodate you.

The cruise-in is in historic downtown Commerce. Just show up in the late-afternoon/early evening.
Now, regarding the Street Legality of cruise-in participants:
The police are being VERY encouraging with us, and want everyone to have a good time. There will be NO bumper height checking, window tint checking, turn signal and horn checking, no muffler checking, and if you have a license plate on your car they probably won't be checking the expiration date too closely.
They are really working very well with us, and I've been told they hope this is the first of a good relationship. The City of Commerce is going into this with the idea of making it an annual event with The Gear Jam.
That said, there will be ZERO tolerance for burn-outs, racing and solo 1/8 or 1/4 mile blasts down the street.
If anyone gets froggy, the police will descend upon them like "Krispy Kreme" is lettered in neon on the side of the car and the "Hot" light is in the windshield.
They are not anticipating any such "Donut Runs," nor am I.

 

Sweet!! hoping to make it Friday evening,,, um mm with no exaust, but trailered to a close location!!??!!??

 

I have it on very good authority there are several large, accommodating parking lots fairly close to The Party.

-Brad

 

What's the schedule for Saturday? I didn't see it on the Gear Jam website.

We're bringing the Camaro - kinda Nostalgia Pro Stock style. The Nova and Chevy II both have cowl hoods and nitrous.

 

Dave, it's posted at the bottom of this page.
http://gearjamdrags.com/admissionschedule.html
Looking forward to watching Y'all run.

 

Brad, Can't wait for it and count on us to bring the trophy (BEST CUSTOM)!!!! Like waiting for Santa!!! ​

 

Dave;
I'm putting together the hourly schedule now, and it'll be posted up there tomorrow or Wednesday.
Quickly, the gates open at 6, spectator and show-car gates at 8:30.
Open time trials from 9-10am, racer's meeting on the starting line at 10.
3 rounds of qualifying start at 10:30
There will also be a round of show car test n tune in there.
Please add "-ish" to all times mentioned after 10am!

-Brad

 

Thanks Brad (and Stevie). We'll see y'all Saturday, or maybe Friday.

 

A shot of the Grump Lump.

 

Thrashin away! Trying to get the digger up there with the tow rig.

 

nice, cant make gear jam but hope to see ya'll at the $10.000

 

Dog Patch that panel has come along way, looks great!


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Dog Patch the panel looks great! Looking forward to seeing it and you sock guys again.


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