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Hot August Nights coverage
We had our trusty Jeff Koch out at Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada, last year, but due to the impending birth of his first child, we can’t argue with his desire to stay home in L.A. this week. But it...
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Hot August Nights CEO resigns, plans for Long Beach show canceled
The planned growth of a sizable hot rod show foundered earlier this month when the people behind Hot August Nights canceled the inaugural expansion show and the CEO of the event resigned. Hot August...
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Silver Auctions denied re-entry into Reno for Hot August Nights
Silver Auctions and Reno’s Hot August Nights fell out publicly and protractedly in 2010 and 2011 (see Hemmings Classic Car issues #81, 82 and 83), with Silver moving out of town to Carson City for a...
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Sizzling at Hot August Nights
First-generation Camaro and a 1958 Buick Special were among the first cars in the parade. My vacation this year just happened to coincide with the annual Hot August Nights event in Reno and Sparks,...
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Barrett-Jackson Cup to award $20,000 for Ultimate Best in Show at Hot August...
With car shows, cruise-ins, tours, entertainment, and auctions, Hot August Nights bills itself as the “premier classic car event in the world,” and now there’s one more reason to attend. Actually,...
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Inaugural Barrett-Jackson Cup at Hot August Nights goes to “GPT Special”...
George Poteet’s award-winning GPT Special Torino. Images courtesy of Goodguys. It’s been a good year for George Poteet and his Troy Trepanier-built 1969 Ford Torino Talladega, the “GPT Special.” In...
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Barrett-Jackson Cup at Hot August Nights increases to $30,000
Last year, the Barrett-Jackson Cup debuted at Reno’s Hot August Nights celebration, paying $20,000 to the winner of the Ultimate Best in Show award. For 2014, the auction house has increased the...
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1957 Chevrolet pickup takes Barrett-Jackson Cup at Hot August Nights
QuickSilver, Alan Beers’s 1957 Chevrolet pickup, takes the top prize in Reno. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. In addition to bragging rights in the world of street rodding, the Ultimate Best in Show...
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The Craftsman Comet R lights up the auction stage in Reno
The Craftsman Comet R. Photos by Terry McGean. All good things, the saying goes, must come to an end. After a summer spent following the Craftsman Comet to shows and events throughout the Midwest, our...
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1962 Chevrolet Bel Air takes the 2015 Barrett-Jackson Cup at Hot August Nights
Randy and Lisa Wilcox’s 1962 Chevy Impala Bel Air bubbletop, the 2015 Barrett-Jackson Cup winner. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Hot August Nights in Reno, Nevada, has been a mecca for the street...
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Barrett-Jackson bows out of Reno
Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Following its third annual Reno auction earlier this month, Barrett-Jackson claimed a record for attendance and a spike in automobilia sales but still made the...
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Hot August Nights turns 30 with a new auction and new sponsorship
Hot August Nights in downtown Reno, 2014. Photo by Marcello Rostagni, courtesy Hot August Nights. Since 1986, Hot August Nights (HAN) has been drawing hot rod and custom car fans from around the globe...
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A tale of two Futurliners: One fails to sell at auction while another goes...
Futurliner No. 3. Photos via MAG Auctions. While a much-hyped and fully restored Futurliner consigned to auction apparently failed to sell over the weekend, another one of the 12 GM Parade of Progress...
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Ridler Award-winning ’39 Oldsmobile captures Hot August Nights Cup
The Hot August Nights Cup winner, Billy and Debbie Thomas’s 1939 Oldsmobile Model 60 convertible. Photos by Marcello Rostagni, courtesy Hot August Nights. Starting from a one-owner 1939 Oldsmobile...
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