NHRA has announced the schedule for the 2019 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will feature thrilling races across the country including the NHRA Motorsports Museum’s Hot Rod Reunions. The entertaining series features intense racing action and is highlighted by the nitro burning Nostalgia Top Fuel dragsters and Nostalgia Funny Cars. The season roars to life at the 61st annual Good Vibrations March Meet, March 7-10 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. The series will also make their annual visits to Sacramento Raceway, Firebird Raceway, Wild Horse Pass, Osage Tulsa Raceway, and both Top Fuel and Funny Car will be at the new event at Spokane County Raceway. The series will be highlighted at two Hot Rod Reunions that are produced by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by Automobile Club of Southern California. The 17th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky., is the first on … [Read more...] about NHRA announces 2019 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series and Reunion dates
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10 Events For NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series
GLENDORA, Calif. – The schedule for the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series has been announced will feature races across the country. The series is highlighted by the nitro burning Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragsters and Nostalgia Funny Cars. The season roars to life at the 61st annual Good Vibrations March Meet, March 7-10 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. The series will also make their annual visits to Sacramento Raceway, Firebird Raceway, Wild Horse Pass, Osage Tulsa Raceway, and both Top Fuel and Funny Car will be at the new event at Spokane County Raceway. The series will be highlighted at two Hot Rod Reunions that are produced by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by Automobile Club of Southern California. The 17th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky., is the first on the schedule slated for June 13-15 with Top Fuel and Funny Car competing for points … [Read more...] about 10 Events For NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series
Hot-Rodding A ’51 Ford Woody Wagon
As Americans, the ‘woody wagon,’ holds a special place in our hearts. Perhaps it revives memories of neighbors bull-dozing into their driveway with their gas-guzzling, wood-clad station wagon. If you’re a baby boomer, memories of your Ford Country Squire may take you back to the simpler times; going on cross-country family road-trips with your dad’s prized possession, an authentically wooden station wagon. Or maybe you’re a millennial like me, and you watch the National Lampoon movie Christmas Vacation every holiday season with your family, and cringe every time you see Clark W. Griswold’s 1989 Ford Taurus wagon. My experiences from behind the TV screen left me with the limited impression of the woody wagon as an outdated style from an unfamiliar time. However, this gorgeous hot-rodded 1951 Ford Country Squire gave me a taste of something different, something I was unfamiliar with: The American Dream. Wood-bodied station wagons have been a part of … [Read more...] about Hot-Rodding A ’51 Ford Woody Wagon
AMG Driving Academy Bathurst: The chance to conquer Mount Panorama in AMG’s street-legal hot rods
Pushing the pedal to the metal in a spanking new Mercedes-AMG E63 S down Mount Panorama’s Conrod Straight with the speedo counter nudging 250km/h might seem like a silly thing to do on a Monday morning, but to any car enthusiast worth their salt, it’s quite literally the Holy Grail. After all, for all but a handful of occasions each year, this hallowed stretch of tarmac is a public road heavily signposted with a 60km/h speed limit. Even at that speed, and on your very first lap, you can’t quite grasp just how steep a climb it is up the Mountain, or how perilously narrow The Dipper is until you’ve actually pedalled around it. Truth is, most of the premium performance carmakers offer their cashed-up customers a few well-organised track day events throughout the year at any number of circuits around the country, be it the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Sydney Motorsport Park, and even Bathurst if you happen to be an AMG owner. Generally, it’s a full-day … [Read more...] about AMG Driving Academy Bathurst: The chance to conquer Mount Panorama in AMG’s street-legal hot rods
This weekend’s drag racing events postponed due to weather • Gateway Motorsports Park
JEGS Super Quick Series event and bracket racing season-opener rescheduled to April 20-22 April 4, 2018, St. Louis Region – The JEGS Super Quick Series event and bracket racing season-opener scheduled for this weekend at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois, has been postponed to April 20-22 due to weather. The new opening event weekend for the Gateway Motorsports Park Dragplex will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 13-14. Friday, April 13 will feature street-legal racing and drifting: Midnight Madness fueled by NOS Energy Drink. Saturday, April 14, will feature GMP’s first Shakedown Saturday event with open Test ‘n’ Tune, a bracket gambler race and grudge drags from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2018 GATEWAY MOTORSPORTS PARK DRAGPLEX SCHEDULE Updated: April 4, 2018 Please note: This schedule is subject to change due to weather and added dates. Please consult our website or social media for the latest updates. Please discard all previous schedules. … [Read more...] about This weekend’s drag racing events postponed due to weather • Gateway Motorsports Park