The Race of Gentlemen's Dynamic and Charming Flag Girl, Sara Francello, is featured in this in-depth look into the amazing vintage racing spectacle that is TROG.
Back in the 1940s and 50s, hot-rodders had already started coming together on the beaches of the east and west coasts of the United States to compete against each other in sprints like the TROG. In order to participate in “The Race of Gentlemen” (aka TROG), many have come from far and wide, bringing their pre-1935 American cars.
TROG Wildwood New Jersey 2021 52K likes. Meanwhile, the rules of the race are being announced to the spectators and riders from a lifeguard tower. TROG 2020 has been cancelled all tickets will be good for October 2021! The engines roar and the tension on the beach rises. Meanwhile, the rules of the race are being announced to the spectators and riders from a lifeguard tower.
There are loud engine noises coming off what looks like a cast-iron bathtub on wheels. Sat, Oct 2 2021 8:00 AM — Sun, Oct 3 2021 5:00 PM. By The Race of Gentlemen (other events) The Beach at Schellenger Ave Schellenger Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260. It’s a 1934 Ford Hot Rod heading towards the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. The 2015 event at Wildwood was organized for the fourth time by the Oilers Car Club, one of the co-founders of National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) back in 1949 and organizer of some of the first hot rod competitions ever.
It’s no wonder that it’s the organization bringing back this spectacle for today’s audiences.With typical Vegas-style neon signs on the motels and restaurants straight out of the 1950s, Wildwood is the perfect spot for such match-ups of historic racing cars and motorcycles.
The Race of Gentlemen (TROG) is a one of a kind vintage hot rod and motorcycle festival born from the shared interests of a group of passionate purveyors of speed…..pays tribute to a style of racing that evokes the ghosts of yesteryear. But TROG 2016—the first of them, anyway—will take place June 3, 4 and 5, once again in that little seaside midcentury Elysium. The TROG story is also available as hardcover picture book at my As the hot rods line up at the starting line side-by-side in pairs along the wide sandy beach, all eyes are on the flag girl, a barefooted woman with blonde hair wearing white Harley-Davidson service overalls, albeit now cut short-short. Need to develop more than 30 rolls of Kodak Tri-X. Get Tickets These vintage cars are also restricted to replacement or add-on parts from the early 1950s at the latest. A lot of gas, but not too much, because otherwise the tires will just dig a hole for themselves in the sand and they won’t move.But the weather at the 2015 race was not so cooperative: Hurricane Joaquin postponed the start date and made the racing conditions even tougher.
In order to participate in “The Race of Gentlemen” (aka TROG), many have come … The event…“In Vintage Veritas” – Johannes Huwe and the fascinating world of analog photography Johannes Huwe’s life philosophy can be aptly described in just three words: “In Vintage Veritas.” His photo…Edge of Space – Where the sky appears black above and blue below and with a breathtaking view of the curvature of the planet earth.
TROG 2020 has been cancelled all tickets will be good for October 2021! Discover The Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey: Vintage cars and motorcycles race for glory in a throwback motorsport celebration on the Jersey shore. She’s got the checkered flag in her hand, ready to signal the start of the race.
Then the flag girl jumps a good two feet into the air and lowers the flag.The sand flies as the gentlemen floor the gas pedals in their vintage sportsters. Somehow, she skillfully navigated her vehicle to the finish line, but no longer anywhere near the 435 mph with which she had broken the forty-eight-year-old land speed record in October 2013.On top of the thrill of the race, the beach atmosphere provides plenty of fun just grilling and chilling. More will come soon. A flight towards the Stratosphere…Here is a first selection from my Patagonia pictures. Motel after motel lines the four miles stretch called Atlantic Avenue. Oilers Car and Motorcycle Club, Wildwood, New Jersey. It’s a 1934 Ford Hot Rod heading towards the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. Jessie Combs, the world’s fastest woman, for example, found that her steering wheel had come loose from the dash in one race! The Surfcomber Motel hosted a pre-race party the night before as the racers’ cars and motorcycles lined the streets to the delight of the many visitors.Everyone celebrated the next day’s Race of Gentlemen, complete with the flag girl and her acrobatic jumps, all a part of the 1950s charm of Wildwood.The “The Race of Gentlemen” story is also available as hardcover picture book at my The Rust n Dust Jalopy dirt track race is an old-school American-style racing event, taking participants and visitors back to the first years after the Second World War. Storm damage to some of the vehicles was not fixed until just before the start of the race, which had been postponed a week by the hurricane.Despite keeping their racing cars in the best shape possible, the drivers still have to reckon with everything in this 1/8 mile sprint on the Atlantic shore.
The Race of Gentlemen, or TROG, as it’s also known, catapults enthusiasts back to an era that’s been almost forgotten.Forget the old tropes of replacing fuel injection for carburetors and cellphones for lace-up riding boots, but instead, imagine going back to a stage of innovation.
Though this year Hurricane Joaquin forced it back a week, The Race of Gentlemen (“TROG”) is normally held on the first weekend of October on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.