 California Hot RodReunion Goodies California Hot Rod Reunion fans get great benefits from purchasing their tickets in advance. Buy a fullevent credential before Oct. 5 to get three full days of admission and a goody bag filled with a commemorative dash plaque, official event program, and collectible laminated credential. Don’t miss the exciting 21st annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California (Oct. 19-21), featuring three full days of nostalgia drag racing down the Auto Club Famoso Raceway quarter-mile, followed by the grand finale under the stars, the sensational Cacklefest.
Get your tickets online at NHRATix.com or by calling 800-884-NHRA (6472). Three-day credentials are only $65 per person. Children aged 15 and under are admitted free with paid adult admission. Full-event credentials are available only in advance. One-day adult tickets will be available at the gate. Prices per day are $25 per person, and walk-up gate admission does not include the goody bag. AAA discount is available at the gate; show your card and save on daily admission. |
Become a Reunion Vendor Businesses can now reserve  booth space at the 21st annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion to take advantage of the opportunity to be in front of thousands of nostalgia drag racing and hot rod fans over the course of the three-day event. The Hot Rod Reunion offers prime real estate for vendors. Vendor booth spaces are available as well as swap meet spaces. Vendor booth space for the event star ts at only $325 for a 10-by-10-foot space. Swap meet space is only $40 for a 20-by-20-foot space; early registration only. Ask about our goody bag opportunities reserved for literature promotion. For more details, call 909-622-2575 or email to [email protected]. Vendor and swap meet forms are available online at Museum.NHRA.com. |
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Famed Swamp Rat 32 Arrives at Museum “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ unconventional Swamp Rat 32 mono-wing dragster was an attention-grabber in the 1990s, and the car continues to turn heads today. When building the car, Garlits and chassis builder Murf McKinney came up with a solution for wing-strut collapse and the cars moving around when the clutch locked up as Top Fuel dragsters went faster and faster. The mono-wing dragster was their solution to killing two birds with one stone. In testing, the car went very straight, but in deploying two experimental drag chutes, Garlits suffered a detached retina, so he turned to 1989 NHRA Funny Car world champion Bruce Larson to drive. The dragster won the NHRA Best Engineered award at the Southern Nationals and was Top Eliminator at the IHRA Fall Nationals in Bristol in October 1992. Now, for a limited time, museum visitors can see this amazing dragster. |
Save the Date The Lions Drag Strip Reunion, to be held Saturday, Dec. 1, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the NHRA Museum, offers a panel discussion with racing legends, autographs sessions, exhibits, giveaways, a small-scale Lions Drag Strip recreation, and fond memories of “the Beach.” Admission is $25. You can reserve your seat by phone, 909-622-2133, or via email, [email protected].
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