2008 Mopars at the Strip

Lest you think that all I do is cover Mopar events, let me tell you up front, that’s not the case. Sometimes it just seems that way, as it did last weekend when I took a quick sprint up Interstate 15 to pop in on Mopars at the Strip, an annual event held for Mopar fanatics at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

While it is just the last weekend in March, it was already uncomfortably warm, and the bright sunlight made it almost impossible to photograph some of the outstanding Mopars in attendance. The event–which is part car show, part vendor midway, and part drag race on the facility’s 1/8-mile drag strip–had something for virtually everyone, if your interests tend to slant towards Chryslers, Dodges, and Plymouths (alas, there were no AMCs, Chrysler’s red-headed step child).

A lucky break, as far as photography was concerned, was that on the way back to Los Angeles Friday night, I stopped off at The Cannery north of downtown for a bite to eat–taking advantage of an excellent $11.99 Prime Rib dinner–which just happened to be the host hotel for the event. And as participants returned from the track, they set up a car show in the rear courtyard and on the rear street which was blocked off.

Taking advantage of the great light, I was able to get some shots of some truly stunning Mopars. I have twenty more shots after the jump.