Month: September 2026

Blake and Craig didn’t set out to do Route 66. They set out to buy cheap old cars somewhere on the East Coast or Midwest — Chicago was on the table — and drive them home to California. Somewhere in the planning, Craig suggested they just follow Route 66 instead, […]

  On a stretch of historic Route 66 in Galena, Kansas—right across the street from Frequency 66 Studios and in front of Gearhead Curious—three gleaming muscle cars pulled in and immediately turned heads. A Pontiac GTO, an Oldsmobile 442, and a sharp business coupe sat side by side under the […]

While U.S. land drilling remains a story of hundreds of active rotary rigs spread across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and other states, deepwater drilling operates on an entirely different scale. A handful of specialized floating vessels working in thousands of feet of water continue to deliver a large share of […]

The Mother Road has gotten a multimedia studio dedicated to Route 66 news, events, colorful personalities, travelers, businesses and Americana archives. Frequency 66 is a media engagement studio and experience center at 601 Main Street in Galena, Kansas — right on Route 66, kitty-corner from Gearhead Curious and the Kansas Visitor Center. […]

Kansas Strong (Kansas Oil and Natural Gas Producers) will hold a free Oilfield Worker Appreciation Celebration on Friday, October 9, 2026, in Pratt, continuing a series of thank-you events the organization has run across the state through 2026. The celebration is open to all oilfield workers — both field and […]

The latest snapshot of U.S. oil and gas drilling activity shows a modest but meaningful uptick, with 595 active rigs nationwide for the week ended September 18. That’s a gain of four rigs from the prior week and 53 more than the same period a year earlier, according to the […]

Energy advisor, author and filmmaker Mark A. Stansberry has been added to the lineup for the Route 66 Roundtable and Social Networking Event, set for Thursday, October 8, 2026, at Reagan Smith on Route 66 in Oklahoma City. Stansberry will appear as a standalone presenter rather than as part of one of […]

At Cars at the Route, Italian photographer Roberto Rossi paused long enough to share the story behind a striking collection of images—photographs that aim to capture more than just the scenery of America’s legendary highway. Rossi, who hails from Italy and serves as president of the Route 66 Association in […]

On a stretch of historic Route 66 in Galena, Kansas, outside Gearhead’s Curios and across from the newly opened Frequency 66 studios, a low-riding classic stopped traffic—and sparked a friendly roadside conversation that captured the spirit of the Mother Road. The car in question was a 1954 Plymouth, owned by […]

In Galena, Kansas—smack in the middle of a famously short 13.2-mile stretch of the Mother Road—a group of motorcycle riders paused long enough for a spontaneous conversation that captured the spirit of Route 66 itself: international, resilient, and still capable of bringing people together. One of the riders, a paying […]

  On a sunny stretch of the legendary road in the Hometown of Route 66, a gleaming classic car drew crowds of admirers and camera phones. The standout was a striking 1976 Cadillac Eldorado convertible—one of the last true American convertibles from Cadillac’s golden era—and it happened to be for […]

Jay Leno got his driveway back on September 16. That’s the short version of what happened when Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 1392 — “Leno’s Law” — at Leno’s Burbank garage, exempting classic collector vehicles from model years 1976 to 1985 from California’s smog checks. The exemption phases in […]

The couple hadn’t planned on stopping long. But the car did the talking before they did — a 1957 Pontiac Star Chief, polished enough to pull eyes off the highway and onto the chrome. “Is this your vehicle?” I asked. “Yes,” the driver said. “What kind is it?” “A ‘57 […]

On a quiet Saturday morning in the Hometown of Route 66, a group of three paused with their classic rides and cups of coffee while waiting for the rest of the Jefferson Highway / Route 66 caravan to catch up. Among them sat a striking 1953 Ford Custom Line, its […]

Sidewalks don’t usually fill up on a weekday for a caravan of unfinished, rusted-out cars. But that’s what happened in Galena, Kansas, when the 2026 Official Rat Rod Tour came through town behind a guided police escort — residents had folding chairs set up along the sidewalk, the kind of […]

Robbie McDonough, Vice President of Land and Government Relations at Crestwood Equity Partners, joined The Crude Life to discuss a community celebration and major announcement in Mandaree, North Dakota, on the Fort Berthold Reservation. Crestwood hosted a traditional community feed under a big tent to kick off a capital campaign for a […]