Texas Thaw 2013 - Hot Rods, Tire Smoke, and Sunburn

My brother moved down to Fort Worth over the weekend and I took advantage of that to make the trip up to Denton, TX for the Texas Thaw. The Torques did a great job making this drag race/car show happen. There were plenty of cars to check out, races to watch, and sunburn to be had. Met a few new HAMBers and even got to take a ride in the Casey coupe.

It was difficult getting good pictures of the rides which all seemed hell-bent on sitting in the sun at awkward angles making it hard to capture the "good side" of them, but I made the best with what I had.. There are a few muscle cars in there but just a few. Hope you guys enjoy.

 

"Blasted" on here, which is the current caretaker of the Casey coupe, was more than kind enough to let me sit in it, then he invited me for a short ride down to the staging lines.

 

One of my favorite rides at the show to check out was BigKen's pick-up. I hadn't had a chance to really eye it over at the other shows but since this was a smaller show, I took advantage of that to look over a lot of the cars there..





As well as one of the best deuce sedans ever..

 

Then there was this cackling FED..






I also tried my hand at snapping some shots of the cars in motion.. Then decided I liked looking at them up-close and moved on.

 

And the rest of the show..

 

This coupe is one of my absolute favorites..

 

As far as I know, there was one causality at the drags.. Two if that blue wagon broke something?

 

Of course.. Who doesn't like artsy shots?

 

Thanks for looking.. See y'all in April.

 

I swear all the 58-59 big back fleet Chevy's were sold in DFW. Great pic's Matt look forward to seeing you next month!

 

Man great shots! now I wish I would have made the trip up there for the show

 

Great PIx Matt......Man...I love this Car!!

 

Bitchin Texas. Thanks for post.

 

Great pics, thanks.

 

Thanks for the pics, I couldn't make it, had to work!

 

Hi Matt,
Great pictures thanks.

 

Best photos of the Texas Thaw,,love seeing the photos of Caseys old warhorse and Big Kens pickup.

Thanks for the great coverage! HRP

 

Is there any info on this car available from a HAMBER. A friend of mine owned one exactly like this one in high school. His was three on the tree, 292 engine. We were from Eastland in central TX.

 

some great pics there, thanks for sharing

 

Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. Looks like a great turnout.
Can't believe the 60 Sunliner pulling the camper trailer.
Later,
Dick

 

Great Pics, The pic with my rod was so BLURRED. Gone in 6 secs. Or sumthing like that. Yellow Belly it is. Along with some muscle car challenge races in between.

 

I always dig your show coverage threads, Matt. Thanks for the effort you put in.

 

I too love seein' that car. Because I know I'm going to be eating a fried cherry pie later on in the day, and that always makes me happy.

 

Damn good double fried Baloney Sammich', too!
Great pictures, Matt, thanks for posting. (you coulda' left the right side of y wagon out, though!)

 

Thank you so much for the pictures. We have a few months before we will see any of that action

 

Thanks for positing, Matt; Great pictures.
Davo.

 

Thanks for the nice words everyone! I'm far from a professional behind the lens but I appreciate that you guys like them.

Meh. It's still a nice wagon. I'm sure people decided against taking their cars to the Thaw for a lot less than messed-up paint. No reason to be ashamed of a mistake. We all make mistakes..