Local New England

Over the years K & S video has participated in and videotaped a multitude of Hot Rod events. Most of these listed have been on our yearly event video at one time or another, but not necessarily every year.

Boston Area Roadsters: -- This show is typically held on a Sunday morning in the spring, usually a restaurant or business parking lot. Open to street rods, muscle cars and street machines. Previously held as a weekend event on Cape Cod.

50's Flashback Weekend: -- Memorial Day Weekend "Light ‘em up, Burn ‘em out Fifties Flashback Weekend", previously held at the Sheridan in Boxboro, MA -- rods, customs, street machines with an emphasis on street machines. Tire-blowing burn-outs a highlight of the event. Moved to Worcester in 1998.

Rod & Custom Kruisers: -- Annual "Getaway Weekend" previously held at Point Sebago Resort in early Spring.

New England Summer Nationals: -- Worcester, MA, July 4th weekend. Rods, Customs and Street Machines with an emphasis on Street Machines. Miss Summer Nationals pageant, tire-bursting burn-outs, etc.

NSRA Appreciation: -- Weekend event held on the shores of Cape Cod in June.

Mass Street Rod Association: -- Annual Family Fun Day at Canobie Lake Amusement Park, mid - July. Cars arrive prior to park opening and are allowed to park on grassy area within the amusement park itself. Participants are given ride passes and vehicles are displayed for general public.

New Hampshire Street Rod Association: -- Annual Make-A-Wish charity run at the Merrimack, NH Anheuser-Busch brewery.

Sam’s "Last" First Ever Rod Run (and Smoke Show): -- Strong, ME. Wednesday gathering in the backwoods of Maine at TOHRJ Richard "Sam" Samson’s home. Only street driven hot rods and Harleys. No trailered cars are allowed. Camping in the back yard for those under the weather after the festivities die down in the wee hours of Thursday morning. Burn-outs on the garage floor and, in later years, on top of an old jailhouse door.

Down East Street Rods, Inc: -- Weekend campout, pig roast and car show at the Cumberland Maine fairgrounds in mid August. Party atmosphere, vehicles parked around horse race track. Roast and Coast at earlier events.

Dragin' in the 50's: -- Mass. Street Rod Assoc. & New England Dragway Nostalgia Drag Racing Day, typically end of summer / early fall. Open to pre-63 Vehicles.

TY-RODS Old Timers Reunion: -- Held on the second Monday in September at the Hudson, MA Elks Lodge. Open to 1967 and earlier rods, customs and street machines with an emphasis on rods and customs. Limited to approximately 1000 vehicles due to space limitations. Vehicles neatly parked in rows for easy viewing.

Fall Foliage Tours: -- Sunday tours through southeastern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts, co-hosted by Mass Street Rod Association and New Hampshire Street Rod Association

Toys For Tots Rod Run: -- Sunday at the beginning of October in central Rhode Island, sponsored Rhode Island Street Rodding Association.

 

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