Road Rocket Rumble 2008

Well, after 3 years of wanting to make it down to Indy for the Road Rocket Rumble, I FINALLY was able to make it this year! I took the day off of work and my 16 year old son and I made the drive down to the Speedway area.

I decided to leave the 50 Chevy at home, since it was about an 1 hour and 1/2 drive (mostly Interstate). After I was there I really wished I had taken ole blue. Maybe next year I'll chart a "cross country" route to avoid the Interstate.

At any rate, we arrived at about 9:00 am and stayed til about 2 in the afternoon. Unfortunately, we had to get home before the evening concerts due to my daugthers having a all-star softball game.

Over all, the show was absolutely FANTASTIC! Lots of GREAT cars...with NO BILLET ALLOWED. The coolest thing about the show was all of the "extra" stuff that was going on. The show takes place at the Clarion Waterfront Hotel. The entire hotel is reserved for the show. There are vendors outside as well as inside some of the conference rooms. There were black and white movies playing in a theater area, and a pool party @ 2 in the hotel pool area. Technical workshops also were going on throughout the day, and a Buick was actually being customized in the parking lot! There was also a DJ 'spinning' some awesome Rockabilly music throughout the morning. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the show was more than a cruise-in....it was a Kultural event!

I think I took over 100 photographs throughout the morning, so I will be posting them throughout the coming week.

I'm planning on taking the chevy to Millville, Indiana tomorrow to help a friend of mine with the Wilbur Wright Birthplace Car and Truck Show. Maybe I'll see a few "Suede and Chrome" readers there!

Wireless Internet and a Few Blasts from the Past

Well, I made the move today and went out and bought a Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO USB Network Adapter. My brother-in-law lives next door and went wireless a month or so ago. He told me that we could make a "deal" and I could tap into his wireless. So....I finally had some time over Thanksgiving to get to WalMart and purchase the Network Adapter. It has a range of 1000 feet, which seems to be enough to work.

Now that I can upload pictures at a much quicker rate, I plan to go back to some of my files and post some pictures from old events that my father, son, and I attended. To see how quickly they load, I started with a few pictures I took in the summer of 2001. These pictures were taken in Indianapolis at the Street Machine Nationals.

It's pretty funny to look back at my now 16 year old son. He was quite the "trooper" eagerly going to several LARGE shows with my father and I. Usually by mid-day, I had to pull him in a wagon or push him in a stroller because he would tire-out. Now it's his grandfather and I that tend to tire-out at these events.

Throughout the next few months, I will try to divide this achive of photographs and comment on the individual cars and/or events. I've found pictures from old Goodguy events, James Dean events, a museum in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., The ACD museum in Auburn, IN., and a few local events. Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!