Category Archives: Idaho

Idaho

1946 Chevy AK!

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This 1946 Chevy AK made an appearance at the Tadd Jenkins auto-show-burnout event in Blackfoot, Idaho, 07JUN2025.

This same truck made an appearance in the now demolished Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, at the end of August 2024.

Here’s a quick video:

My 4K car-show YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaMsXs-lIQ

See my 4K ‘short’ video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4rhxI6Te4vk

Grand Sport:

1970 Buick Riviera GS 455 Stage-1

Idaho

1970 Buick Riviera GS 455 Stage-1

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The GS stands for Gran Sport.

Showing off at the Tadd Jenkins auto-show-burnout event in Blackfoot, Idaho, 07JUN2025.  Video by me:

My 4K car-show YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaMsXs-lIQ

See my 4K ‘short’ video on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lny4gDKIU7I

June is when the bugs come out: VW June Bug!

Idaho

What happens when you ‘Touch-A-Truck’?

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On 03JUN2025, a Touch-A-Truck event was conducted on the property of The Museum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho.

Streets were closed.

DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to watch out for your kid’s safety and health.

Cement mixer truck poured some fake-news concrete:

After pouring the fake concrete kids got hands-on:

Watch my ‘long-form’ video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57jRzjJCP4

My ‘short-form’ videos:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VDNf8vuQqok https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LjU5u4K0nVo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4d9Oc1J3yzs

Pocatello Car Club: A mini-show & go!

Idaho

VW June Bug!

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This late 1960s Manx style dune buggy appeared at the Tadd Jenkins auto-show-burnout display in Blackfoot, Idaho, 07JUN2025.

My walkaround video:

See my 4K ‘short’ video on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lny4gDKIU7I

My 4K car-show YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaMsXs-lIQ

My 4K Blackfoot Burnout video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mep7XBYlt0

Consider Blackfoot for your next ‘Holiday’: …with Oldsmobile, in 1955 style!

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On ‘Holiday’ with Oldsmobile, in 1955 style!

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Oldsmobile offered a Holiday package on its sedans from 1949 to 1970.  The 1950s Oldsmobiles featured a globe ornament on the nose of the hood, just below the ‘rocket’.

This 1955 Olds Holiday must’ve turned the world upside down, going by its hood ornament.

This 1955 four door Holiday was seen at the Tadd Jenkins auto-show-burnout display in Blackfoot, Idaho, 07JUN2025.

My walkaround video (of course the seats are not original):

See my 4K short YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lny4gDKIU7I

My 4K car-show video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaMsXs-lIQ

My 4K Blackfoot Burnout video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mep7XBYlt0

Pocatello, 03JUN2025: A mini-show & go!

Idaho, Technology

A mini-show & go!

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In conjunction with the Touch-A-Truck show in Pocatello, Idaho, (on 03JUN2025) an indoor mini-car show was organized by the Pocatello Car Club.

Better late than never:

Time to go, part-1:

Part-2:

Part-3:

Part-4:

Watch a much longer video on my YouTube channel (and check-out my other car videos in my Cars Showing Off playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0qybB-Tpg&pp=0gcJCbIJAYcqIYzv

Calakas’ Cinco de Mayo, Idaho Falls: ¡Carros! ¡Familia! ¡Azteca! 

May 2025: City of Pocatello officially rejects motor sports?

Idaho

Bullets & Rockets, OCTC-Idaho!

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Back ‘in the day’ when I spent many Summers, and occasional weekends (as both a 13F and a 19K), on what is now known as Orchard Combat Training Area (OCTC) it was called Orchard Training Area (OTA), and it is not in Boise, it is at least 18 miles south of Boise.  Since the name was changed (sometime between 2011 and 2012) to OCTC the area has been greatly expanded and is now part of the larger Orchard Training Complex (OTC).

In March 2025, the U.S. Army’s 17th Field Artillery Brigade (from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington) took part in wargame Rocky Mountain Thunder on Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC, 18 miles south of Boise), which included live fire of their HiMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System). Video interview via Sergeant Rebecca Watkins:

I edited together from videos via Sergeant Shadica T. Price (recorded between 22 & 24 March) of day & night live-fire:

Rocky Mountain Thunder also included base defense training. I edited together from video via Sergeant Shadica T. Price:

Also in March, the Idaho Army National Guard’s 1-183rd Assault Helicopter Battalion conducted joint sling-load training with the 17th Field Artillery Brigade (Joint Base Lewis-McChord).

In April 2025, Montana Army National Guard’s 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion conducted M240 machinegun qualifications/Helicopter Aerial Gunnery (HAG) on Idaho’s OCTC (Orchard Combat Training Center, 18 miles south of Boise).

From 04-09 of May, Idaho’s OCTC hosted the Region-6 Best Warrior Competition.

February 2024: Oregon gets new weapons, shoots-up Idaho?

February 2023: Idaho’s Combat Training Area expanded! Millions spent on fire fighting!

October 2022: IDAHO’s upgraded OCTC INVADED BY APACHES FROM ARIZONA & SINGAPORE?

Idaho now premiere site for War-Fighter training! National Guard the new Quick Reaction Force!

June 2022: California, Iowa, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington invade Rebel Idaho!?

March 2022: Idaho…  First time use of Javelin missiles!

August 2021: SINGAPORE APACHES TEST IDAHO’S NEW OCTC D-A-G-I-R SYSTEM

April 2021: IDAHO’s OCTC HOME TO FIRST EVER NATIONAL GUARD D-A-G-I-R!

March 2021: Idaho shows you how to engine swap a M113 on the OCTC-MATES.

September 2018: United States invades Idaho!

2017: Idaho’s OCTC is part of prepping for “Near Peer Threats”, code for Russia & China and the coming 3rd World War!

September 2014: “This is where armor fights!” Idaho National Guard returns to Cold War era ‘Total Force’ warfare training! 

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¡Carros! ¡Familia! ¡Azteca!: Calakas’ Cinco de Mayo, Idaho Falls!

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Cinco de Mayo honors the 1862 victory of Mexico over the invading French, at the Battle of Puebla.

Calakas’ Cinco de Mayo festival at the Waterfront on the Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls, 04MAY2025.

Initially it doesn’t look like many people showed up, but three hours later it was wall-to-wall, packed with people and vehiculars!

Familia:

Carros:

Azteca:

By the end of the routine several dancers were trying to keep from losing their headdresses.

This is from the closing dance/ceremony:

I got to the event at noon, three hours later it was too crowded for my liking, even the parking situation was getting bad with newcomers blocking in parked cars (plus I forgot to wear a hat) so time for me to vamos.

Extra security guards were called in, and an Idaho Falls police guy paid a visit. Proof the fiesta was a success!

Watch much more in an hour long ‘long-form’ video and a couple of ‘shorts’ on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpdGBQcv3CSTUTQ63VTFiSw

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City of Pocatello officially rejects motor sports?

While the City of Pocatello, Idaho, spends tax dollars rebuilding a small park into an elaborate skate park, it rejects private efforts at creating a dedicated motorsports complex.  Add to that the fact that the city is sitting on a federal land grant that has as one of its provisions that it could be used for sports, including motorsports (part of the Surplus Property Act involving Pocatello Airport, this is being administered by Bannock Development’s tax payer funded Project CREST)!

On top of this, the administrator for the Pocatello Car Club (advocating for a motorsports complex) says he is now being accused of fraud! Here is most (but not all) of the letter published by the Pocatello Car Club:

After months of trying to work with the mayor to discuss hosting a second street drag for raising funds for the new motorsports complex (PMC), his response was, “There will be no racing on city streets this year.” Even after we addressed the issues, he refused to meet with me or any of the board members to discuss the street drags or allow it to go before the city council. The Pocatello Car Club Board and I have decided to wait until the November election to revisit the matter.

And after several attempts to also meet with the mayor to share our plans for PMC, his response was, “The city has their project and you have yours”. The city does not want to work with the Pocatello Car Club. He continued to refuse to meet with me or any of the board members to discuss the PMC or allow it go before the city council. The Board and I have agreed to wait until the November election to address this issue again.

I spent months trying to organize a demo derby or figure 8 race at the county fairgrounds to help raise funds for the PMC. Their final response was “No motorsports”. They were unwilling to discuss it further. The Board and I have decided to wait until November to reconsider our options.

With the city and county refusing to discuss fundraising events for PMC, I reached out to Power County and Fort Hall. I asked about using their facilities for a demo derby, but I haven’t received a response yet. I’ve attended two Power County Fairgrounds meetings to discuss the derby, and they have yet to make a decision. I’m still waiting for their reply.

This has been a difficult year for the Pocatello Car Club. I’ve been poorly treated and lied to by several government officials who acted as if they were accountable to no one. It seems as though local government officials even set up roadblocks to hinder our efforts to bring motorsports back to Pocatello.

I fully admit to my mistakes in dealing with the mayor and the county, including telling the mayor exactly what I thought of him after he refused to meet and I threatening legal action against the county after they strung me along for months. I mishandled these situations, and as a result, there have been negative consequences for the Pocatello Car Club. My reputation has been tarnished. I apologize to everyone who relied on me to handle this better.

After hearing about the CREST project near the airport, I reached out to the project organizers to explore collaboration. However, they canceled our meeting and refused to reschedule despite my repeated attempts.

I realize that I’ve handled the situation poorly and I’m not the right person to continue leading the PMC project, given the current political climate. I still believe in the importance of the motorsports complex and know that many people in Pocatello want it. However, I am not the right person to navigate this unique political environment.

Along with alienating government officials, I’ve also upset members of the car community. At the last car show in the mall that I organized, volunteers were so upset that they vowed never to help at one of my shows again. And just this week, a member of the car community publicly accused me of fraud.

I recognize the need for a motorsports complex, events like street drags, and car shows, but I am currently not the right person to make these things happen. I’ve made poor decisions and rubbed people the wrong way.

With the battles against politicians, low attendance at the PMC public meeting, the fallout from upsetting volunteers, and the accusation of fraud, I believe it’s best if I lay low for a while.

I will continue to follow through on the projects I’m currently working on and support my son and his PYMP projects.

As for the PMC, I’ve exhausted all the options I think were available and have come up empty. I don’t blame anyone else—it’s me being the wrong person for the job and bad timing of only being able to work with the political leadership we have.

I hope things will change in November. There are good candidates running against the incumbents. Not only is Pocatello the only city in Idaho without motorsports, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it has the most politicians currently under investigation. 

As for pokycarclub.com, I’m shutting it down today. Because I failed to make progress with the PMC, understandably, membership renewals have been minimal, and it costs around $50 a month to maintain the site.

All funds raised from club membership fees and donations will be transferred to the Pocatello Youth Motorsports Program (PYMP) account, which has been a bright spot in all this work. I really enjoy helping my son with his project of teaching youths how to build and race entry-level race cars. This also shows the community how motorsports can help improve safety and I believe having a youth motorsports team will do more than anything else to help the PMC project.

Pocatello Car Club will maintain its non-profit status, but for now, the focus will shift from promoting the PMC to supporting the PYMP. The kids have four cars and are getting closer to being ready to race. PYMP will not be affected by my decision to hold off working on promoting the PMC until after the November election. My son and the kids he is working with are going full steam ahead building and getting ready to race. 

As far as organizing other car show events besides what I have planned, I am going to take a break from this and we’ll see how it all looks next year. Thankfully we have members in the car community like Carl Hocker, who I don’t think has ever offended anyone. He will be organizing the cars in the Chubbuck Days Parade. We also have Boyd Walton, who brings years of experience in organizing car shows and is working on what will undoubtedly be an amazing event.

I will continue to run the Pocatello Car Club Facebook group where everyone is welcome to share their car related content and information about car show events in our area. 

If anyone wants to contact Historic Downtown Pocatello to arrange entering cars in the 4th of July parade, that would be wonderful. It’s pretty simple, just tell Stephani Palagi how many cars you want to enter and let us know on the FB group where and when to meet. 

That wraps up the updates and changes. If anyone wants to take over the effort of bringing motorsports back to Pocatello and run with it, I’d love to hand it off to someone more capable. If not, the board members and I will look at the political situation after the election.

….Feel free to contact your local politicians and organizations like Bannock Development Corporation, and remind them that we want motorsports in Pocatello. 

Thank you for allowing me to put on a few fun car show events and bring the attention to our community that we need motorsports here. 

Here’s a few more Pocatello shenanigans,

2019: IDAHO’S BRIDGE TO NOWHERE?

2015: Poky Pavegate fallout: Taxpayers asked to clean up their own streets, while paying more taxes!

Pocatello’s ‘Amy’s-Gate’!

2011: Building Contractors Association of Southeast Idaho (BCASE) threaten Pocatello with lawsuit over exorbitant fees caused by crashing tax revenues!