From Cruise In to Cruise In

   This morning was another great Sunday in L.A. for car lovers! from the Petersen Museum's "Breakfast Club Cruise In" to the "Killer Rides" Cruise In/Car Show at Killer Shrimp in Marina Del Rey.
We headed out around 7:30am first to the Petersen Museum where there was a mix of cars from brand new Lamborghinis, classic gull wing Mercedes, and some muscle cars & hot rods. we hung out there for a couple hours until about 10am, then we decided to head out early to get a good spot at the Killer Shrimp show which runs from 11-2.
 When we got there, there was about 15 cars or so already and we managed to get another good spot in the center section. This event tend to attract more muscle cars and American Iron, although everybody is welcome, and a fair amount of imports and exotics do show up.

I hope you guys enjoy these pics.

 - A.K.

This first set is from the Petersen Museum's

"Breakfast Club Cruise In"

These following pics are from the Killer Shrimp

"Killer Rides" car show

A Great Day Of Racing?

  So this past weekend was the 3rd Annual O'reilly's Street Machine Muscle Car Nationals at the Pomona Fairplex. I was looking forward to this for quite some time now, hoping to make a couple last runs in my El Camino with the old "Lil Engine That Tries". She's been knocking on the bottom end ever since the Optima Challenge this past Oct. And also since this event is also going to be my Friend and A.E.S.T. Family member's first time racing in an Autocross. After setting up and clearing out the cars, we headed over to the drivers meeting and to sign in. To say there was a jumbled mess of the people running the event would be putting it nicely. I don't want to linger on the bad, so to move on, once we finally got our numbers and tech'd, we were finally set. 

   When we got our run group called we headed over to the staging lanes. Since this was my friends first time racing, I had to leave my car off to the side and catch his first run! He did quite well, he dropped his time by then end of his runs by a lil over 2 seconds. If he had been bitten by the Autocross bug before today, by all the times he's came out when i've raced and the ride-alongs he's done, i'd have to say that now he's been really stung and hooked!! 

  After babying my car for the past couple of months, i didn't want to blow the engine mid course, but after the first run, she started to behave and the knocking seemed to go away, and she started to really enjoy the abuse. I guess she just needs to be beaten a lil to be happy!! 

  So if i would be to asked "if it was a great day out racing?" i'd have to say yes! 

Like most days out racing i didn't have much time to enjoy all the cars but i did manage to get several shots i can share with you guys! 

Hope you guys enjoy them!

 -A.K.

  

Motor 4 Toys 2015

  What another great event! This was my 2nd time making it out to the Motor 4 Toys car show and toy drive. the first time was in 2013 (Motor 4 Toys 2013), and unfortunately I wasn't able to make it out in 2014.  This year i met up with a couple friends and headed out for another group meeting (The Crazy 8's) at a coffee shop on Ventura blvd. and from there we headed to the show with about 15 cars.
  As we pulled up i instantly remembered how big of an event it really is. The lot was already more than half full, and this was at 6am! Once we found a spot to park and got situated, it was off to walk and enjoy the sights. What i enjoy most about this event is the wide range of cars, from classic american muscle, hot rods, imports, exotics, and the super rare 1 of a kind cars. As usual the muscle cars mostly caught my eye, and most of the pics i took are of those.
  After the show we went with the group (The Crazy 8's) on a quick canyon cruise down Topanga cyn to Old Topanga rd and down to the PCH.

  I hope you guys enjoy these pics!

-A.K.