Organizers of the annual California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, and the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion have announced new dates for the popular nostalgic weekend festivals.
"Start your engines and plan ahead for next year, race fans!" said Reunion Director Tony Thacker, "The new dates for the 2011 Reunions were selected to best accommodate NHRA race fans, and we'll be better than ever in 2011."
In 2011, the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion will now take place on Thursday through Saturday, June 16-18 at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY. The new dates will provide Reunion fans more action on the track with night racing on Friday and allow fans to spend Father's Day with family.
In 2011, the 20th Anniversary California Hot Rod Reunion will take place on Friday through Sunday, Oct. 21-23 at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway in McFarland, CA.
Tickets to the 2011 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion go on sale Dec. 16, 2010 and tickets for the 2011 California Hot Rod Reunion go on sale June 16, 2011. To purchase tickets online and information on HOT ROD REUNION events, visit http://www.museum.nhra.com/apcm/templates/general.asp?articleid=676&zoneid=41&navsource=reunions.
The HOT ROD REUNION(tm) is a series of events produced by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, and located in Pomona, Calif. The HOT ROD REUNION events are part of the museum's "living history" philosophy, which works to bring to life the sights, sounds and people who made history in the early days of drag racing, land speed racing and the golden age of American car culture.
Unique among motorsports events, HOT ROD REUNION honor some of the top names in hot rodding from the past and feature a fabulous array of cool drag cars, street rods and customs of the historic and present-day hot rod eras.
Each HOT ROD REUNION event features a wide variety of activities, including NHRA vintage drag racing, featuring some the sport's most famous and historic cars and drivers racing in such classes at Nostalgia Top Fuel, Funny Car, Fuel Altereds, Supercharged Gassers, Classic Super Stock, Hot Rods and others.