The buzz around Los Angeles was palpable. Something akin to the release of a long awaited new movie or the arrival of El Nino winds or even the ‘Big One’ that everybody is anticipating. There was talk of hot rods being built just to compete and for what, no prizes, no trophy just the right to say that you raced at the first ever TROG Flabob Airport Drags.

TROG or to spell it out, The Race of Gentlemen, was the creation of Mel Stultz and the Oilers motorcycle and car club of New Jersey. The first TROG was held in 2012 on the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey—just days before Hurricane Sandy hit. New Jersey has a long tradition of beach racing stretching back to 1905 that includes an epic 1-mile beach race in Cape May featuring Louis Chevrolet, Henry Ford, and record holder Walter Christie. At the time, the Cape May beach was deemed the ‘finest racing beach’ in the world.

Read on here; https://bit.ly/torqtalktrog22