I headed to Roxanne’s Bar in Long Beach for the Nosed & Decked Chopped & Dropped car show on Saturday morning.

Saturday was one of my favorite shows each year, the Aces Hot Rod Resurrection put on by the Aces Car Club. This year’s show was the 20th and for the past few years, it has been Old World Village in Huntington Beach, CA.

One of my favorite buildings yearly is the Suede Palace at the Grand National Roadster Show. Traditional hot rods and customs are some of my favorite things in this car culture I love.

Now there aren’t just cool bright colors at the Mexican village there are cool colors on all the customs and hot rods at the show for the Grand National Roadster Show.

Well, it didn’t rain. Saturday was the Grand Cruise-In at the Grand National Roadster Show and for whatever reason the rain gods decided to let there not be rain.

My Grand National Roadster Show almost ever year starts off at the NHRA Museum for the GNRS press conference.

At this year’s Grand National Roadster Show there were some wonderful contenders for this year’s Slonaker Award but there can only be one winner. That would be a 1959 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop named “Bespoke”.

Sunday night while the rain fell outside, inside the main building at the Pomona Fairplex they crowned America’s Most Beautiful Roadster. This year’s winner is Beth Meyer’s fantastic 1932 Ford Phaeton built by Roy Brizio Street Rods. This was my pick too.

Saturday was the 3rd Annual Mooneyes New Year’s Party and it was a blast.

The Holiday Motor Excursion put on by the Horseless Carriage Club of SoCal and in its 67th year the show is always a blast.

Last Saturday I headed over to San Manuel Stadium in San Bernadino, CA for Huffarama. Put on by the Dead Sleds Club to honor Bo Huff the fantastic car customizer from Utah who was also part of the club.

So much fun at this year’s RPM Nationals. Enjoy the last few racing pics from the show.

Now of course we all came out to see cars speed down the runway but we also came to hangout with friends and make new ones. This wonderful hobby that I love wouldn’t exist if not for all the wonderful people that are apart of it.

Of course, there is racing at the RPM Nationals but there is so much more going on. There is the car corral filled with cool hot rods and customs and a wonderful swap meet.

Friday afternoon and Saturday morning the hot rods roll-in for tech. They lineup to get all the safety checks before the racing begins.

I tell everyone I know who’s into old cars and digs racing about one of my favorite events, the wonderful RPM Nationals. It’s an annual event on the airstrip at Santa Margarita Ranch. It's just so cool to see these 4-bangers and flatheads scream down the airstrip with the drop of the flag.

The show was awesome. So many wonderful trucks were in the buildings and outside. It was a blast. I got to see a few new trucks I hadn’t seen before as well as a couple of debuts from friends. It was an all-around awesome show.

So I realized as I was about to write about this year’s Cruisin’ for a Cure that I haven’t been since 2019. This year’s show was fantastic but a little on the warm side. Alright it was hot! The heat definitely turned some people away but it was still an awesome turnout for a great cause.

A favorite show every single year. I do love the Ventura Nationals! This year’s show was packed with friends and cool cars. It’s hard to describe but the vibe of this show is always wonderful. You are just hangin’ around so many car loving people who are just there to have a good time.

Every year I get up early and get the cars rolling into the Ventura Nationals. This year I was there around 5am. Now that may sound early but the 1st cars in the line got there at 3:30am. Yep, you read that right, 3:30am.