Now of course, the RPM Nationals is drag racing, but it’s so much more. There is a car show, a swap meet, vendors, and more. It’s just an all-around great time.

The reason we are all at the RPM Nationals, Saturday, race day.

I do so love the RPM Nationals. I look forward to it every year. It all starts Friday for racecar tech and continues into Saturday morning before the drag racing begins.

Of course the RPM Nationals is about the wonderful hot rods running down the track and hangin’ out at the show but I can’t forget all the people that help put on the show and the participants that are there.

One of my favorites and always a great time the RPM Nationals. This year’s show had the largest amount of participants I had ever seen. There was so much wonderful racing.

Saturday’s RPM Nationals show is so much more than just drag racing. OK is mostly drag racing but there is a car show, a swap meet, and an all-around fantastic time.

The RPM Nationals begins on Friday with tech and everybody setting up their camps/pits.

So much fun at this year’s RPM Nationals. Enjoy the last few racing pics from the show.

Now of course we all came out to see cars speed down the runway but we also came to hangout with friends and make new ones. This wonderful hobby that I love wouldn’t exist if not for all the wonderful people that are apart of it.

Of course, there is racing at the RPM Nationals but there is so much more going on. There is the car corral filled with cool hot rods and customs and a wonderful swap meet.

Friday afternoon and Saturday morning the hot rods roll-in for tech. They lineup to get all the safety checks before the racing begins.

I tell everyone I know who’s into old cars and digs racing about one of my favorite events, the wonderful RPM Nationals. It’s an annual event on the airstrip at Santa Margarita Ranch. It's just so cool to see these 4-bangers and flatheads scream down the airstrip with the drop of the flag.

After a day of racing the racing continues. Once the eliminations are done and the trophies are handed out the fun begins.

Many a racer shows up for the chance to race their friends and to go down the track but that’s not the only reason. They are there to compete.

As a photographer I sometimes get to do and see some cool things. While at the RPM Nationals I get to start right at the startline and watch my friends and other racers stage, get right up on the startline and punch that throttle launching their cars down the track. It just such a blast being right on top of the action.

If you go down the track you’ve got to get back to the beginning and that means making your way down the return road.

Saturday at the RPM Nationals starts off the day with grudge racing and test and tune runs.

So many friends at this year’s RPM Nationals. Many new and many old friends just out having a goodtime watching 4-bangers and flathead hot rods running down the strip.

Now of course the RPM Nationals is about the racing but that’s not all that is going on during the event on Saturday.

It all starts on Friday at Santa Margarita Ranch as the participants roll-in setting up their pits and getting their cars teched and ready for RPM Nationals.