Watching Vintage Racers From a Bygone Era Some days you go to a car show. Some days the show goes eighty miles an hour down a quarter mile of tarmac in front of you, and you just try to keep the camera steady. Sonoma Raceway sits about thirty miles north of the city, out past the vineyards, and on the day I went it wasn't NASCAR or the dragsters getting the run of the strip — it was the old guard. A parade lap of vintage racers, lined up nose to tail along the wall like they

The 60th-anniversary Rally of the Giants classic American car show Written by Rascal Philip (Editor) Hey friends, I’ve been looking forward to this particular show for months, featuring all-American classic cars, trucks and bikes. Rally of the Giants is celebrating its 60th anniversary, so lots of sparkle and celebration are evident. Whoooo Yaaaa! After looking around, I managed to find a huge Stetson hat, but when I arrived at Mark’s home, I'd left the damn thing at home. D

A Brit Survives the Modesto Classic Car Show Right, so. I've been to car shows before. Goodwood. The odd village fete with a bloke's restored MG parked next to the tombola. I thought I knew what I was walking into. I did not know what I was walking into. The first thing that hits you in Modesto isn't the cars, it's the heat, which arrives less like weather and more like a personal insult. I stepped out of the car park — sorry, "the lot" — and a man in a Hawaiian shirt the ap

The British Tourist Modesto Graffiti Car Show — where the dream is parked and polished, and the chrome does the talking. Yank Tanks Modesto Graffiti Car Show — where the dream is parked and polished, and the chrome does the talking. Attend any car show in the UK, and you'll discover just how popular the Yank Tanks really are. The big cruiser, the muscle car, the pickup truck, the hot rod. What's the draw? Is it the size? The power? That

"A visit to the Greenbrae Classic Car Show reveals that classic cars are more than machinery. They are memory machines, carrying stories of youth, restoration, adventure, and the people who loved them."