NHRA Nostalgia
Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals to unify Beech Bend Raceway and Famoso Dragstrip NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series events in 2023
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme named Grand Marshals for the two events
Pomona, CA — For decades the best in nostalgia drag racing has drawn racers, hot rodders, and fans to Bowling Green, Ky., and Bakersfield, 
Calif., to experience how the sport of drag racing began.
It was always Wally Parks’ vision to unify hot rodders from coast to coast who were looking to measure themselves against the best of the best. The quarter-mile became their chosen measuring stick, and the cars were the stars.
Now, with 30 years of nostalgia racing under its belt, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum has announced its two 2023 Hot Rod Reunion events will relaunch as the Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals.
“Big Daddy” Don Garlits will serve as Grand Marshal of the Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals presented by Holley event at Beech Bend Raceway, and Don “The Snake” Prudhomme will be the Grand Marshal of the Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals event at Famoso Dragstrip.
LODRS KICK OFF NORTHWEST RACING IN IDAHO
Boise, ID – The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Northwest Division arrives at Firebird Raceway for the first of 
six events in the division. This Friday through Sunday, May 5 – 7, 2017. Drivers will be racing to earn points leading to divisional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000.
The NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series and the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Cars are running in conjunction with the event along with these Lucas Oil Series sportsman classes: Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s JBS Top Sportsman Series and Rig Rentals Top Dragster Series will make their appearances at the event as well. Tickets are $15 on Friday, and $20 on Saturday and Sunday, with children 15 and under admitted free daily with a paid adult. The schedule is as follows:
BOISE-BAKERSFIELD BLITZ: SECOND RACE IN SERIES, HORAN JR. REMAINS TOP POINTS EARNER
POMONA, CA – Prolong(r) Super Lubricants continues to support the NHRA Heritage Series nitro funny cars in the Boise-Bakersfield 
Blitz as the second round of the series was on June 15 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. 16 nitro funny cars participated in the second round of the Blitz and Dan Horan Jr. remains the top points earner in the series in his “Patriot” 1966 Mustang, winning the $3,000 cash prize.
The Boise-Bakersfield Blitz is a four-race points-earning series for AA/Funny Cars during the 2013 season. The first race took place on April 26 – 28 during the NAPA Auto Parts Ignitor at Firebird Raceway in Eagle, ID. The third race will be held during the Famoso Raceway’s Saturday Night Nitro Shows on July 13 in McFarland, Calif. The fourth and final race will be at the 42nd Pepsi Nightfire Nationals at Firebird Raceway on Aug. 8 -11.
JOE MORRISON RAISING AWARENESS FOR COPD FOUNDATION
Courtesy of Morrison Racing
Englishtown, NJ – When NHRA Nostalgia Drag Racer Joe Morrison notices a problem, he is bound and determined to turn it into a positive. This year, with the assistance of his beautiful 1948 Fiat-Topolino Injected-Alcohol 190 mile 
per hour Altered, the business man from Flemington, NJ will proudly display the branding of the COPD Foundation in attempt to raise awareness for the estimated 24 million adults who are living with this disease.
“Joe is a great example of how a family member can make an impact by dedicating his life to raising awareness of the disease that affects his father,” says John W. Walsh, president and co-founder of the COPD Foundation. “He’s incorporated the COPD awareness message in what he loves to do. Every family member of an individual living with COPD can do the same, and if they did, imagine how many more lives would be improved.”
COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is an umbrella term used to describe progressive lung diseases, encompassing emphysema, chronic bronchitis, refractory asthma, and severe bronchiectasis.
