Drake Donovan
Ride Of The Week 10/02/2023: Dan & Lynnette Hartmann's 1967 Shelby GT 500
A BLIND SQUIRREL FINDS A NUT When I attended a charity car show in my community two weeks ago, I set out to find some stories to help...
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Drake Donovan
Sep 25, 20235 min read
SURVIVING THE SEMA SHOW: The Things I Wished I Knew Before I First Attended
When you don’t know, you don’t know. That’s how I went into my first SEMA experience in 2021. I had heard so much about this show, the...
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Drake Donovan
Jul 4, 20222 min read
Ride Of The Week 07/4/2022: Bob Bachman's 1969 GTO Restomod
YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN I’m jealous of those people who have managed to hold on to their first car. I’m just as envious of those folks...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 18, 20214 min read
Celebrity Encounters Of The SEMA Kind
Car Show Celebrity appearances happen at many big events like custom hot rod shows or auctions. At SEMA they are everywhere. If there is...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 3, 20213 min read
CAR SHOW LIFE AT THE SEMA MONDAY REVEAL
I’ve done a few conventions in my radio days with Country radio having the most star power but SEMA blows them all away. Monday night, to...
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Drake Donovan
Nov 1, 20212 min read
CAR SHOW LIFE AT SEMA EXPERIENCE
Our car show season in much of the Northeast and Midwest is over, but here in the Southern Nevada Desert, it still very much is car show...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Did You Know Charlie Watts Lived The Car Show Life?
It’s strange how you only learn things about a person when they die. Last week the Rock ‘n Roll world mourned the loss of Rolling Stones...
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Drake Donovan
Apr 13, 20212 min read
Car Show Season Is Here
After fits and starts during 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 is beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel. And,...
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Drake Donovan
Sep 29, 20202 min read
What Is Your Car Club's Signature Charity? Car Show Life Wants To Help Out!
I've belonged to a few car clubs and they all had pet charities that they exclusively supported throughout the year. The Northeastern...
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Drake Donovan
Aug 19, 20201 min read
Win a custom designed #CarShowLife Show Board
This year has been, well, less than ideal for living the #Carshowlife to the fullest. So we're trying give folks something to smile...
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Drake Donovan
Apr 4, 20202 min read
Car Show Life During COVID-19
If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting all winter to get your car out and start cruising and attending shows in Spring 2020. However, it...
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Drake Donovan
Feb 8, 20204 min read
The Anatomy Of A Car Show Flyer
Car shows are almost exclusively promoted by flyers. Any seasoned car show enthusiast knows they can expect at least one sheet of paper,...
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Drake Donovan
Jan 21, 20203 min read
2020 Car Show Life Virtual Car Show
Being a car show enthusiast in the Northeast or the Midwest during the winter months is excruciating. While our cars are in storage,...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Why Car Show Life?
You've spent thousands of dollars on your car. You take great pride in the work you've done to maintain or restore it to this level of...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 23, 20191 min read
What to buy the car lover who has everything?
Buying a gift for the car lover in your life is difficult. Their ideal gifts are car parts...and car parts are expensive. However, you...
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Drake Donovan
Dec 23, 20193 min read
Why I Love My Car Club
Over the course of my adult life, I was very lucky to not have to pick up and move a lot after college. It's very surprising to me...
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