Richard Parks
Richard Parks January 27, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
The competition begins for America’s most beautiful roadster A special part of the GNRS (Grand National Roadster Show) is the competition for America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR). It is this category that draws the most interest. This award is a prize that many have sought and only a few have attained. Past winners have included… Continue reading AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER ...
Richard Parks January 25, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
The Spirit of Lions Event: A Tribute to the Drag Legend The Price Automobilia Collection is a museum that Rick Lorenzen created to honor the old and revered Lions Drag Strip that operated in Long Beach from October 9, 1955 to December 2, 1972. Lorenzen’s father started Price Transfer in 1959, the same year Rick… Continue reading RELIVING THE SPIRIT OF LIONS EVENT...
Richard Parks January 14, 2023 All Feature Vehicles
Santa Ana Airport Drag Strip Reunion to Honor Leslie Long Twice a year we celebrate the very first pro drag strip, the Santa Ana Airport Drag Strip, and the men and women who made this such a special place in drag racing history. We said our goodbyes to many of our friends who have passed… Continue reading SANTA ANA DRAG STRIPS REUNION...
Richard Parks December 23, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
Traditional Hot Rod Style won’t die or fade away in the Suede Palace It was really good to see how young people at the GNRS were drawn to the traditional hot rod exhibits in the Suede Palace. It is a huge Quonset-type building from the 1930s that is used to house the nostalgic rides. The… Continue reading HOT ROD STYLE AT SUEDE PALACE...
RICHARD PARKS & GREG SHARP December 22, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
Art Chrisman was a Giant in Motorsports Racing On August 27, 2016 his family and about 450 friends gathered at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum to give Art Chrisman the kind of send-off that he would have appreciated. Dave McClelland was the narrator and conductor and museum historian and curator Greg Sharp wrote a… Continue reading A FAREWELL TO ART CHRISMAN...
RICHARD PARKS December 18, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) in its 67th year Once known as the Oakland Roadster Show, the Grand National Roadster Show is the longest running indoor car show in the world! Now in its 13th consecutive year in year 2016 at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA. The biggest prize at the show is AMBR.… Continue reading AMERICA’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ROADSTER...
Richard Parks December 01, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Largest Roadster Show on Earth For 52 years it has been a tradition to go to the Father’s Day Show & Swap. Referred to as “The Largest Roadster Show on Earth,” in 2016, it attracted almost 700 roadsters from various places around the world a week before the event. People spent time with friends,… Continue reading 52ND ANNUAL L.A. ROADSTERS SHOW & SWAP...
Richard Parks November 25, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS) is a paradox of sorts, in terms of feelings that fans of the event hold for this epic car show. That’s because it’s both large in scope and yet one feels connected to it like a smaller community event. You get a sense of the warmth of individual effort.… Continue reading 67th The Grand National Roadster Show...
RICHARD PARKS January 30, 2022 All Feature Vehicles
Leslie Long and Gene Mitchell organized the latest reunion for the Santa Ana Airport Drag Strip and Main Street Malt Shop on Oct. 12, 2013 at the Santiago Nature Park in Orange, California. The event honors all those who raced at or attended the first professionally run drag strip in California, and possibly the world,… Continue reading MAIN STREET MALT SHOP & SANTA ANA DRAGS REUNION...
