Hot damn that thing looks ourty. See ya there Dave................... we will be in cackle alley with the Gizzle Hopper, Ya can't miss it, The only blown Lincoln car in all of BG I bet. Beep
I'll be there with some friends from MA. They've been a bunch of times, but this is the first time for me. I can't wait!!
I won't be there this year. I'm still working on the new frame for the 46. Hope everyone has as good a time as I have at all of them.
wish you could be there! always a great time hanging with you! HOT ROD DAVE,,that looks INSANE!!!! looking forward to seeing her run!
Been looking foward to it for months. now I don't know if I will get to go. Agood friend had a bike wreck and is laid up in Knoxville in intensive care. Depending on where he is I was planning on leaving thursday but I may have to leave Friday and come back early Sunday.
naw, I heard a golf cart ran over a greasy hubcap and blew a tire Lookin forward to seeing you there, Rich
we got our spot in the camp ground tuesday it was getting pretty full, going back thursday in the midnite auto supply wrecker see ya there !!
Great stuff guys, can't wait. Now, You know I gotta do it to ya'll Richcraft Mike just called me, He and my ol' man went down today.. He bought a 130" FED no wheels or engine.. but everything else. $1000 I'm pulling out of Cincy around eleven tonight. Its about a four hour trip. See ya'll there! Joshua Shaw
ok ya'll stop by and say hey,i'll be in a white and rusty el camino(mostly rust) with a little crying mexican standing by the front wheel.no crying baby,crying mexican
Does anyone know how much it is to put a car in the show and shine on saturday?I know someone thats only coming on saturday but he cant find how much it is to put the car in.
i dont know if this is TRUE or not,so please dont quote me,,,,,,BUT some fellows i know who are NHRA drag racers told me today that the registration is already cutoff and they are not letting anymore cars in....1600 'show' cars and 400 race cars,is supposedly the cutoff,,,,personally,,i dont see them turning away cars at the gate if they drove 1000 miles(plus)....but like i said,,that is what i heard today ,,,,i have no idea if that is true or just a rummor...
back in 05, they closed the registration at the hotel and did it at the track on friday afternoon....nothing like being hot , sitting in traffic and ready to have a heart attack , when your told they weren't letting any more stuff in.... but they did...and i stayed calm brandon
Season opens Friday on golf carts. No limit, baiting is legal, and they taste just like chicken. No hunting allowed in the pits.
$50.00 bux????? i think that is what it was for preregistration,, in the p***,,it has been with preregistration you get two p***es,,,at the hotel,,you only get one p***...
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (June 11, 2008) - Nostalgia drag racing is one of the fastest growing sports around and the record racing field at the 6th Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion (NHRR) proves it. According to Steve Gibbs, former NHRA VP and current board member of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum (producers of the Reunion), 460 nostalgia race cars are ready to rumble at Beech Bend Raceway, June 13-15. Showcased on the track will be Hot Heads Eliminator NHRA vintage drag racing, featuring some the sport's most famous and historic cars and drivers, competing in such cl***es at Nostalgia Top Fuel, Altereds, Supercharged G***ers, Cl***ic Super Stock, Hot Rods and others, plus and a variety of exhibition entries. All the top names in nostalgia racing will be competing, including Brad Thompson, Adam Sorokin, Brendan Murray Roger Lechtenberg, Howard Haight and Troy Green. The race is affiliated with the NHRA's new Hot Rod Heritage Series and next year will be an official stop on the tour. "Despite the slowness in the economy, guys are coming out to Bowling Green to race," said Gibbs. "This event means a lot to young and old racers. They want to compete at Beech Bend. It's a special place and special event." Gibbs said Carl "Cannonball" Johnson, who won the 1958 NHRA event in Oklahoma City, is driving down from Rockford, Ill. to compete in his Sterling nostalgia Fuel Altered. It's Johnson's 50th year of racing and he still has his Wally Parks-signed pit p*** from the '58 race. Speaking of the unpredictable Fuel Altereds, "fans will be itching to see Nostalgia match races, such as the Ron Hope's Rat Trap vs. the Dave Hough's Nanook," said Gibbs. "These are two legendary cars that really put on a show for fans. It's these types of races that make the Reunion so special." On the Top Fuel side, Thompson, who won the 2007 California Hot Rod Reunion, is coming all the way from Visalia, Calif. for the event. It's the first time he's raced at NHRR, according to Gibbs. Also coming east again will be High Speed Motorsports of Anaheim, Calif., which has four consecutive victories in the Nostalgia Top Fuel category at NHRR. Troy Green, who took over from three-time champion Sean Bellemeur last year and won, will again be the driver for HSM. Adam Sorokin, who finished as runner-up to Bellemeur in 2006, will challenge Green for the ***le in Brian Van ****'s RB Entertainment Special from Tulare, Calif. Sorokin, who lost in the first round at the 2007 Reunion, is the son of the late Mike Sorokin, who drove the legendary "Surfers" top fuel dragster in the late 1960s. Murray, who survived a spectacular fire at last year's Reunion, is making his 6th consecutive trip to the event and is still looking for his first ***le. But those won't be the only Nostalgia Top Fuel cars competing in the Hot Heads Eliminator drag racing at NHRR. The "Orange Crate" fueler owned by Dale Suhr and Roger Lechtenberg of Waterloo, Iowa was the winner at 2003's inaugural National Reunion. A new "Orange Crate" was built for the 2007 event and it'll be primed to return to victory lane. Other Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragsters include David Pace and Brad Green's "Speed Merchant" from Siloam Springs, Ark.; Ernest McClain's Tri State Racing "Mill Road Boys" car from Elkton, Md.; Jeremy Hasket's "Backyard Guys" car from Charlotte, N.C.; Randy Bridges of Virden, Ill and Julius Hughes II in the "Zot 5" from Atlanta, Ga. In addition to the event purse, the Top Fuel dragster drivers will be shooting for the low elapsed time qualifying position and a special trophy and cash prize being awarded by racing veterans Fred Frey and Jim Fox, in honor of the late Paul "Dodger" Glenn. Glenn drove funny cars including the "Iceman" Vega and the Frantic Ford Mustang II. He held NHRA Top Fuel license #128 and Funny Car license #126. Glenn died in a crash of the Frantic Ford in 1978. Qualifying on the ¼-mile dragstrip in all cl***es, plus exhibition runs, will be held on Fri., Jun. 13 and Sat., Jun. 14, with final eliminations set for "Sunday, Sunday, Sunday, Jun. 15, Father's Day. Unique a**** motorsports events, the Reunion honors some of the top names in hot rodding from the past and features a fabulous array of cool drag cars, street rods and customs of the historic and present-day hot rod eras. Individual tickets are available at the gate. Cost per person: Friday, $20; Saturday, $20; Sunday, $15. Children 15 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. The Reunion features a wide variety of activities and events, including: - Hot Heads Eliminator NHRA vintage drag racing, featuring some the sport's most famous and historic cars and drivers, racing in such cl***es at Nostalgia Top Fuel, Fuel Altereds, Supercharged G***ers, Cl***ic Super Stock, Hot Rods and others. - Street rod "show 'n shine," presented by SoffSeal, with thousands of gleaming pre-1972 hot rods, custom cars, cl***ics and muscle cars. "Memory Lane" will have a display of nostalgic race cars. - Open house at Holley, Thurs., June 12, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., followed by the Hea**** Cl***ic Insurance Show 'n Shine cruise (featuring the 2008 Vettetastic Treasure Hunt) to the Holiday Inn University Plaza, the host hotel. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. - National Hot Rod Reunion Reception, held at the Holiday Inn University Plaza's Sloan Convention Center ballroom on Friday evening, June 13. Open to everyone at no charge, it's a tribute to the Reunion's Grand Marshal and Honorees and a chance for fans to meet some of drag racing's heroes. - Cacklefest on Saturday evening, where nitro-burning historic, front-engine top-fuel dragsters and other cl***ic race cars are push-started just like in the "old days." - The Swap Meet and Reunion Midway filled with manufacturer exhibits and demonstrations - A separate amu*****t park with rides and games for all ages adjacent to the park. Information, including a full activities schedule, is available through the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum at http://museum.nhra.com.
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