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MOONEYES ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SHOW

Roger Rohrdanz November 09, 2022 All Feature Vehicles

Blue Skies for X-mas Show & Drags

Like in years past, hours before sunrise, in front of the gates, over 1,400 hot rods, rat rods, customs, low-riders, vans and motorcycles began lining up along Live Oak Ave. The gates opened at 4:00 am for the 8th Annual Mooneyes X-Mas Show at Irwindale Raceway. Participants sat in their idling rides with their heaters on trying to stay warm from morning’s winter cold. More then 100 vendors were busy inside the venue making final assembly of their booths in preparation of displaying their cool car culture swag and hardware. As the participant gates were opened the Mooneyes X-Mas Party staff did a great job directing the 6,000-plus cars into the massive Irwindale Raceway parking lot where they were guided to their parking spaces. The Irwindale 1/8-mile drag strip was open for the 115 contestants to have side-by-side drag racing, including a Cacklefest. The trailered dragsters were quickly unloaded in the pits then directed to the tech inspection area.

Soon the cold December morning sunrise gave way to the sun and very blue skies greeted show goers, many of them dressed in their Christmas and lifestyle swag. The smell of, fresh carne asada and tri-tip being cooked on BBQ grills filled the early day air. The stage was set for another Mooneyes Christmas Party to begin with its Von Dutch/Big Daddy Roth renaissance flare. Imagination, creativity, ingenuity, attitude, and style were all there for the enjoyment of the thousands of enthusiasts.

A little “T” bucket sporting a sparkly blown HEMI.
Eunice Ibarra’s customized ’55 Ford 2dr with 302 Ford power.
A well done, chopped ’51 Ford with a few flames.
Jose Macias’ rare ‘38 Chevy Sedan Delivery.
“Gatos” car club member Beto Rojas named his sleek ’51 Chevy Fleetline, “9 Lives”.
Nostalgia Top Fuel Final. Bill Dunlap (far lane) beat Denver Schutz.

Members of the “Rumble Cats” appeared to be praying. Wrong, their texting.
Event staff wear T-shirts with the show schedule on the back! Right: Mooneyes USA, owner Shige Suganuma was very happy to see another enormous Mooneyes X-Mas Party turnout. Thanks to Shige, Dean Moon’s legacy lives on.

Rare “Lost Lagoon” pickup is Roger Ward’s ’64 Subaru.

Guess this one—it’s a ’31 Nash!
This very massaged ’28 Ford Tudor belongs to Mario Tomasso.
A showstopping Merc.
Check out this butterscotch ‘54 or 5 Ford.
This flata black beauty could be a late 30’s Packard?
SuaVecito pomade’s cool, barbershop in an Airstream trailer.
Von Hot Rod was available for accenting cars.
The Mooneyes top fuel funny car.
Drag racing legend Jim Dunn (w/daughter), the owner/tuner of the funny car.
The Mooneyes legendary dragster.

Mr. Winfield was on hand.

Well over 100 cars lined up to go down the drag strip.
An interested observer.


 

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