The Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals, formerly known as the National Hot Rod Reunion, is a gathering of nostalgia drag racers, street rodders and automotive enthusiasts. It is run by the

Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, located in Fair plex, Los Angeles County, houses a collection of memorabilia, automobiles, and motorcycles related to the sport of hot-rodding. History The museum was created by a group of long-time NHRA ...

and based on the California Hot Rod Reunion. It includes nostalgia

drag race Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line. The race follows a short, straight course from a standing start over a measured distance, mos ...

events, a parade of street rods, vendors and a swap meet.

History

The first four years of the National Hot Rod Reunion were held at

Beech Bend Park Beech Bend is an amusement park, campground and automobile race track located in Warren County, Kentucky, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky, just outside the limits of the city of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Bowling Green. History The pa ...

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 72,294 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Kentucky, third-most populous city in the stat ...

. The event has been held on the grounds of

National Trail Raceway National Trail Raceway is a quarter-mile dragstrip located between Hebron, Ohio, Hebron and Kirkersville, Ohio, Kirkersville, Ohio, Ohio, USA, off of U.S. Route 40 in Ohio, U.S. Route 40. The race track is located about 30 minutes east of Columb ...

in Ohio, but has returned to Bowling Green as the main site since 2008.

Organization

The event is organized by and benefits the

, a non-profit organization affiliated with the

National Hot Rod Association The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) is a governing body which sets rules in drag racing and hosts events all over the United States and Canada. With over 40,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA claims to be the largest motorsport sanction ...

References

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