By Tony Castellano

Tcassa

Just as show season is winding down in the northern hemisphere, winter has reached its end here in Australia things and the car show schedule is getting back into full swing. Believe me, it couldn’t come any sooner! This particular show here in Melbourne was small, but the quality of rods and customs on show was sensational. It’s a great indication of what’s to come as car show season revs up, and I always enjoy checking out the smaller local events as you often get to see cars that don’t usually attend the more large-scale shows. Follow the jump for more pics!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

The show took place in Longview, Washington on August 28. Thanks to Robert for sending in the pics! Check out all the photos in the events section!

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

The last time I witnessed Reece McGregor’s NZ based R32 GTR was back in 2006 when I first started taking photos. It hasn’t changed very much on the exterior, but has come back to Australia with a load more power. Let’s see if a new record is on the books.

This past Tuesday was quite a day of testing for this weekend’s Jamboree drag event, the most important Australian drag meeting of the year. McGregor ran an 8.3 @ 184mph pass on his second run, but the team wasn’t too impressed with this time. The clutch was pulling the car down and wasn’t set up correctly for the sticky track. After adjusting the clutch, the next pass was an 8.22 @ 183mph. With testing ending at 4PM the end of the day was already upon us, they put in one more pass: a 7.73 @ 187 mph. That’s a huge improvement over a short period of a few hours, it will be exciting to see what times it can pull this weekend’s Jamboree, Australia’s biggest sport compact and custom event of the year. Be sure to tune in, it’ll be streamed live all over the globe. See more at Speedhunters.

-by Casey Dhnaram

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Charlotte is having its big annual car show next weekend, the Food Lion AutoFair. And it looks like there’s going to be some exciting oddities there, including this trio of nostalgic vans belonging to JR and Glenda Sammett of Florida. There will also be a swarm of those street legal bumper cars and some truly over-the-top tailgating rigs like this slammed Grumman delivery truck, and 1500 cars for sale in the car corral alone. If you’re anywhere near the Charlotte area next weekend, August 26-29, I’m guessing this show will be worth a look. See the rest of the pics from last year’s show at Charlotte Motor Speedway here!

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By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Honestly, I was never all that interested in the Pebble Beach show. Just seemed like it would be a lot of wine and cheese. But then I had the opportunity to go on Sunday, and all I can say is this: every gearhead needs to attend this event at least once. It costs a whopping $150 to get in (I guess they want to keep the riff raff out–press pass FTW) but it’s still worth it to see all those Ferraris, Alfas and Bugattis sitting on the green, just a few feet from beautiful Carmel Bay. Anyway, I took around 200 pics, which you can see in our events section. And I posted a bunch of videos on StreetFire. Check ‘em out!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is a fantastic annual celebration of everything hoity-toity within the automotive world. But what of the forgotten, the ugly, and the orphaned? Now in its second year, the Concours d’Lemons ensures them a place, too. And I’m sure I don’t need to tell you which Concours I’m most excited about. Held just up the road from the hallowed Pebble Beach site in Monterey, d’Lemons takes place on Sunday and will include a colorful heap of beaters and automotive oddities. Clunkbucket‘s Mike Bumbeck is going, and we’re hoping to snag some photos from him net week. Take a look at a few of his pics from last year’s show here!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Thanks to the folks at PASMAG, we have pics from the NOPI-HIN show held at New England Dragway earlier this month. And while you’re at it, be sure to check out pics from World Challenge: Round 4 and DMCC: Round 3.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Thanks to Lucio at K&N for all the pics! See over 300 photos from the July 18 Long Beach show in our events section!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

The REMIX Awards Tour will be taking over Miami’s Dolphin Statium on July 31, and it looks to be a pretty hilarious show. With RIDES Magazine and HellaFlush as major sponsors of the event, you’re not going to be able to find a better mix of stacked and slammed rides anywhere in the country that weekend. If you’re in the area, you should totally hit it up! You can register a car for the show and get tickets online, and CarDomain members can receive five bucks off admission by entering promotion code CD (for CarDomain) on checkout. Let us know if you’re going, and take lots of pictures!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

The show was put on by the Columbia River Corvettes Car Club in Longview, Washington during the July 3/4 weekend. For the past several years it’s been open to anything American made or powered. Thanks to Robert Winningham for the pics! See 200+ pics in our events section!