Hot Rod Reunion Returns to Bowling Green

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Hot Rod Reunion Returns to Bowling Green
Traffic Problems Solved, Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Comes Home to Beech Bend Raceway, June 13-15, 2008

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Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, presented by SoffSeal: June 13-15, Beech Bend Raceway, Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – (Nov. 16, 2007) – The hot rodders are coming back to Bowling Green. The 6th annual Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, presented by SoffSeal, returns to Beech Bend Raceway on Father’s Day weekend, June 13-15, 2008. Four of the five previous Reunions had been held at Beech Bend. Upgrades in traffic patterns and infrastructure led the non-profit Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum to bring the Reunion back to its original home.

“We’re glad to be back,” said Tony Thacker, executive director of the Parks Museum. “We listened to our core customers and this is where they wanted to be. Bowling Green is a historic place for many hot rodders, and Beech Bend Raceway’s covered grandstands and verdant background make a great venue for our event.”

The Museum and Beech Bend have signed a five-year contract to bring long-term stability to the event.

“We are so excited about it,” said Dallas Jones, owner of Beech Bend Raceway Park. “I’m just tickled to death that we have the Hot Rod Reunion back, and it’ll be a happy reunion for us and the community. It’ll be wide open arms and great for everybody.”

“We’re just really glad that you’re coming back to Bowling Green. It’s going to make a whole lot of people in Bowling Green very happy,” said Vicki Fitch, executive director of the Bowling Green Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Bowling Green welcomes the Hot Rod Reunion back with open arms.”
Dick Lahaie, one of the NHRA’s all-time Top 50 Drivers, has been selected as the event’s Grand Marshal. He’s a member of the Drag Racing Hall of Fame and has participated in the sport for more than four decades. He won the NHRA Top Fuel Championship in 1987 as a driver and as Scott Kalitta’s crew chief in 1994 and 1995.

Honorees for the event include Arnie “The Farmer” Beswick, Gabby Bleeker, Boogie Scott, Bob Stange and Jim Walther. The Justice Brothers Reunion Spotlight falls on The Ramchargers, a group of Chrysler Corporation engineers who joined together in 1959 and created Dodge and Plymouth drag racing cars.

Tickets for the event will be available soon by calling 1-800/884-NHRA (6472) or visiting the Museum’s web site at http://museum.nhra.com.