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NHRA has formed the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will crown year-end points champions in 14 categories.
Courtesy NHRA - To help preserve NHRA's rich history and tradition while capitalizing on the success of nostalgia drag racing competition, NHRA has formed the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will crown year-end points champions in 14 categories.
"This new series is an exciting step that will appeal to drag racing fans young and old," said Peter Clifford, NHRA executive vice president and general manager. "It's a great way to introduce the younger generation to the history of our sport and give fans young and old a glimpse of racing the way it used to be."
The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series will kick off with the famed March Meet in Bakersfield, Calif., March 7-9 and conclude Oct. 10-12 at the California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California back at Bakersfield's Auto Club Famoso Raceway.
Among the highlighted stops in between are Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho, for the 36th annual Pepsi NightFire Nationals and Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif., and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
In all, there will be seven independently produced events with each class of competition competing at and earning points toward series championships at five of those seven events. The four groups comprising the 14 categories are Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster; Nostalgia Funny Car; Group 1, consisting of A/Fuel, Junior Fuel A, Junior Fuel B, and AA/Gas Supercharged; and Group 2, containing the following eight categories: Nostalgia Eliminator 1, Nostalgia Eliminator 2, and Nostalgia Eliminator 3; A Gas, B Gas, C Gas, and D Gas; and Hot Rod.
Each of the seven events will feature at least two of the four groups, and only the first two events, the March 7-9 March Meet and the April 18-20 So Cal Shootout in Fontana, will feature all four.
"This series will benefit everyone, from the racers to The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum," said Steve Gibbs, director of The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. "It provides a great opportunity to preserve NHRA's rich heritage through nostalgia drag racing competition."
Hundreds of "race-ready" drivers are anxious to compete in competition that will be conducted under existing, well-established NHRA nostalgia rules. The year-end champions in each of the 14 categories will earn the most coveted trophy in all of drag racing, the NHRA Wally.
NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Schedule*
Date/Event/Location/Groups
March 7-9/March Meet/Bakersfield, CA/TF, FC & Groups 1 & 2
April 18-20/So Cal Shootout/Fontana, CA/TF, FC & Groups 1 & 2
May 2-4/FC Feature/Las Vegas/FC & Group 2
May 30-June 1/TF Feature/Bakersfield, CA/TF & Groups 1 & 2
Aug. 8-9/NightFire Nationals/Boise, ID/TF & FC only
Sept. 13-14/Sports Special/Fontana, CA/Groups 1 & 2 only
Oct. 10-12/California/Hot Rod Reunion/Bakersfield, CA/TF, FC, and Group 1
* Schedule and categories subject to change
Courtesy NHRA - To help preserve NHRA's rich history and tradition while capitalizing on the success of nostalgia drag racing competition, NHRA has formed the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series that will crown year-end points champions in 14 categories.
"This new series is an exciting step that will appeal to drag racing fans young and old," said Peter Clifford, NHRA executive vice president and general manager. "It's a great way to introduce the younger generation to the history of our sport and give fans young and old a glimpse of racing the way it used to be."
The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series will kick off with the famed March Meet in Bakersfield, Calif., March 7-9 and conclude Oct. 10-12 at the California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Automobile Club of Southern California back at Bakersfield's Auto Club Famoso Raceway.
Among the highlighted stops in between are Firebird Raceway in Boise, Idaho, for the 36th annual Pepsi NightFire Nationals and Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, Calif., and The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
In all, there will be seven independently produced events with each class of competition competing at and earning points toward series championships at five of those seven events. The four groups comprising the 14 categories are Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster; Nostalgia Funny Car; Group 1, consisting of A/Fuel, Junior Fuel A, Junior Fuel B, and AA/Gas Supercharged; and Group 2, containing the following eight categories: Nostalgia Eliminator 1, Nostalgia Eliminator 2, and Nostalgia Eliminator 3; A Gas, B Gas, C Gas, and D Gas; and Hot Rod.
Each of the seven events will feature at least two of the four groups, and only the first two events, the March 7-9 March Meet and the April 18-20 So Cal Shootout in Fontana, will feature all four.
"This series will benefit everyone, from the racers to The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum," said Steve Gibbs, director of The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. "It provides a great opportunity to preserve NHRA's rich heritage through nostalgia drag racing competition."
Hundreds of "race-ready" drivers are anxious to compete in competition that will be conducted under existing, well-established NHRA nostalgia rules. The year-end champions in each of the 14 categories will earn the most coveted trophy in all of drag racing, the NHRA Wally.
NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series Schedule*
Date/Event/Location/Groups
March 7-9/March Meet/Bakersfield, CA/TF, FC & Groups 1 & 2
April 18-20/So Cal Shootout/Fontana, CA/TF, FC & Groups 1 & 2
May 2-4/FC Feature/Las Vegas/FC & Group 2
May 30-June 1/TF Feature/Bakersfield, CA/TF & Groups 1 & 2
Aug. 8-9/NightFire Nationals/Boise, ID/TF & FC only
Sept. 13-14/Sports Special/Fontana, CA/Groups 1 & 2 only
Oct. 10-12/California/Hot Rod Reunion/Bakersfield, CA/TF, FC, and Group 1
* Schedule and categories subject to change