Goodguys Returns to Raleigh for the 10th Griot’s Garage North Carolina Nationals

Goodguys Rod & Custom Association is heading back to Raleigh for the 10th Griot’s Garage North Carolina Nationals presented by Tremec on April 18 and 19. Due to Easter Sunday, officials say the event will be packed into two full days with over 1,500 muscle cars, classic trucks and hot rods filling the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. Classic cars and trucks built in 1999 and earlier are invited to take part in the show with many competing for a Finalist position in Goodguys’ “Top 12” awards program presented by BASF, including Muscle Car, Truck of the Year Early and Late, and Muscle Machine. Award-winning builder and former Goodguys Trendsetter of the Year, Jonathan Goolsby of Goolsby Customs, will also be on hand to select his Top 10 Builders Choice rides of the weekend.

Goodguys says the two-day event offers fun for the whole family, including a chance for the kids to build a model car courtesy of Autoworld during the free Model Car Make, followed by games and arts and crafts in the free Family Fun Zone. At the Nitro Thunderfest, attendees can hear and feel the roar of vintage exhibition dragsters revving their fully blown engines. There are also more cars to see inside the Graham building, plus a swap meet, Cars 4-Sale Corral and a midway full of builders and manufacturers.

More racing takes place as the Goodguys’ Autocross racing series returns to Raleigh where drivers hope to qualify for the No Limit Engineering “Rumble in Raleigh” AutoCross Shootout on Saturday afternoon. The day concludes with a parade of the award-winning rides followed immediately by a Demolition Derby where competitors will beat, bounce and crash into each other on a slippery, red clay surface battling to be the last car running (extra ticket required).