Vintage Drag Racing Cars Never Get Old

Drag racing is one of those sports that you are either into or your not. There is no such thing as toeing the water to test it out. Going to the drags can be an interesting slice of life as it could be a run what ya brung type of night or it could be a specialty event. We dig hitting up both styles of events due to the nature of the fans involved. 

If you live in eastern North Carolina the Dunn-Benson Thursday night drags will bring out more gambling and shit talkin' than most sports bars. If ya hit up Rockingham, NC you can witness top fuel, local hero's and numerous touring sponsored teams with tricked out machines and huge advertising dollars. 

There is a great variety of events on hand all over the country. Go out and check some of these races to see what is happening in your area. Maybe a few of the vintage rides will show up and do some runs.

1500 Rear Tire Burnout, WTF?

Just because you can dream it, build it or bolt it on, doesn't make it right. This Hyabusa with 1500 rear tire exmplifies this to no end. If this bike was on the track it might make sense, along with the fairing that would surely wrap around it for speed and aerodynamics.

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The Horse Smokeout 2011

Once again another Smokeout has come and passed and we are still thinkin' on how great a time was had. If a distinctive moment or key word had to be thought on which would describe the Smokeout Rally it would boil down to just the word "friends". Every year we seem to get to know more folks and get to hang out all night talkin' on bikes, bands, choice of beer and more than anything else about all things motorized. It is in these circles of friends that makes it worth while to drop everything and roll out for a few days of camping and let the world seem to not exist except for the events unfolding directly in front of us.

A few amazing things to note from the event, saw one crazy mofo do a wheelie the entire drag strip and was still running in the low 10's, Michael Lewis of Violent Choppers won the Chop Off and also rode the bike from New Orleans all the way to Rockingham, bad ass! Some crafty folks made a slip in slide on the hill side of the track that reverted everyone to being an 8 year old, Motorcult folks Mad Max style propane flame throwing bicycle, good times hangin' with the fine folks of Justified Defiance, Led Sled, Crafters Metal Fab, Wrench Works & Ben Jordan Designs, the Loose Lugnuts playing for almost four hours along with having two kegs for free, last but not least, we saw more bikes truly built for ridin' instead of chopping to chop. Good times for sure and already lookin' forward to the next Smokeout!

Check out more bike photos on Rusty Knuckles Flickr page

Rumble Fest Coming To San Diego And Raleigh

Later this week we will be announcing one of our major headliners for the Rumble Fest. These new events are growing out of the Rumble in Ramona due to the demand of the fans asking for it to be open to the public. Rusty Knuckles Music will be crucial in establishing the musical elements to the showcases and once the headliners are announced we know its going to be a game changer. All ticketing will go on sale through etix.com around mid May.

We will keep the updates coming via this blog and rumblefest.blogspot.com The photo below should be a solid clue as to what we have cookin'.