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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