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SOCIETY OF LAND SPEED RACING HISTORIANS
NEWSLETTER 81 - October 16, 2008
Editor: Richard Parks [email protected]
President's Corner: By Jim Miller (1-818-846-5139)

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Some Names To Look For In This Newsletter:
Riverside International Automotive Museum, International visitors at the Reunion, Cacklefest, Nostalgia Funny Car Final.

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President's Corner:
   Jim Miller is on vacation.

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Editorial:
Recently some of our viewers have said that they appreciate being given some notice in the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians Newsletter. Others have said that they prefer having some things published, but not other subjects. I've even encouraged some of the readers to tell me what they want the SLSRH Newsletter to pursue as subject matter. In some cases I have nagged and pleaded with our readers to write and send in their biographies and histories. The newsletter is very fluid and flexible, because as the editor, that's the way I like it. The editor has a great deal of power in what goes into the newsletter and what doesn't. I haven't rejected anything and I've included everything, as far as I can remember. I do talk to Jim Miller whenever there is something controversial in nature, and I do listen to the readers. However, I see the SLSRH Newsletter as a bully pulpit for rousing support for land speed racing, early drag racing, hot rodding and the preservation of the history and heritage of the sport. Yet that doesn't mean that my opinions are the only opinions and I encourage healthy debate. Sometimes that debate leads us into subjects for which there are no clear rules and guidelines.
That's okay up to a point, just as long as you, the readers, and Jim and I as well, understand that the SLSRH is not a group that bashes other people and organizations. Every so often I go to the internet to view other websites, so that I can see where we stand in correlation to other sites. Some of those websites are brutal. They aren't looking for truth and history so much as they are looking to bash some other person's opinions. Their language is often crude, not thought out logically and extremely vicious. I won't allow that type of blogging in this newsletter and I haven't received such ungentlemanly opinions so far. If I do, then I will call or email the party and talk it over with them, with the goal to make it compatible with our mandate. Please realize that today's gossip becomes tomorrow's history. Infighting and debate may seem juvenile to us as we argue points, but fifty years from now the anger and rancor will have gone and what we say about each other will be historical in 2058. My brother and I are trying to publish the minutes and reports from the early years of the SCTA. At the time they seemed like gossip to many, but seventy years later they have become historical.
As readers, which make you automatically members, in a group without dues or membership formats, you have the responsibility to weigh in with your opinions as well as your knowledge of history. The SLSRH was formed with the idea that Jim and I are merely caretakers until an evolutionary process occurs to change the group into what it needs to become. We saw this organization as a means to save land speed racing history, memorabilia and artifacts from destruction and loss. We saw it as a means to educate and bring our combined knowledge to the rest of the world. Beyond that we have no crystal ball to see where the SLSRH group should go. In fact the name itself is often a bone of contention. My brother and my father thought the name officious and silly, but they could not come up with a better one. I have tried to think of something better, but so far that's all I could think of. The Society of Land Speed Racing Historians is wordy, but it says exactly what we are. Each word defines us and removing any one of those words lessens what we are. We are a group or society. We are historians or committed fans of land speed racing and hot rodding. And it is land speed racing that we love, not dry lake, salt flat, or paved runway racing that we study.
Finally, while I may be the editor and with that position comes some degree of control, I need your input and opinions. I also need you to write your stories and caption your photographs. Each reader/member needs to contribute what they know. If you rely on Jim Miller or me to entertain you, sooner or later we will exhaust what we know and the newsletter will come to an end. What can you do? First, tell us about yourself and what you have done in land speed racing and hotrodding. Secondly, write on others that you know about first hand or have done research on. Many of those people that you know about have passed on and their story will never be told unless you do it for them. If you are a writer or author, tell us what you have written or are writing about. If you are a professional writer and must make a living at what you do, tell us where your writings are located. We don't have to run your articles here and this newsletter will run your notices free of charge. If you are a photographer, tell us what photos you have taken, where, when and under what circumstances. If you are a model maker, artist, car builder, pin striper, detailer, shop owner, manufacturer, engine builder, race car driver, crewman or any other vocation or skill, then tell us. These aren't ads, these are stories. If you feel funny about promoting yourself, I will send you to Mary Ann Lawford and you can pay her an ad in www.landspeedracing.com or www.hotrodhotline.com. You've got two choices, send your account to me for free to include in the newsletter, or send it to Mary Ann as an advertisement. I want your life story and everything else you are currently doing and I want it NOW!

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I recently came across your Newsletter no. 37, which features the 'Speed' cigarette cards. The card no. 16 with information about George Eyston refers to him running 2 cars, "Speed of the Wind" and "Flying Spray," however it would seem that it was actually only 1 car, using 2 different types of engine. "Flying Spray" ran with a diesel engine & "Speed of the Wind" with a petrol/aviation fuel engine. My website http://landspeedrecordcards.com, features several cards on the records set at Bonneville and Daytona in the 1920's and 1930's, which may be of interest. Best Regards, John Edwards
John: I went to your site and it was quite impressive. Is this a historical website or do you keep this site open for collectors of land speed racing card collectors? One of the topics that we haven't covered in detail in our Society of Land Speed Racing Historians (SLSRH) Newsletter is the importance of avid collectors to the preservation of history. Collectors are sometimes disparaged by historians and archaeologists, because they disturb the sites under investigation. The SLSRH does not take that view. We see collectors as important reservoirs of knowledge and just as much true historians of the subjects they collect as anyone else. I will send your website link to our President, Jim Miller, and ask him to do a story on racing cards and postcards. Please go to our website at www.landspeedracing.com and sign in. Also, we have a large section devoted to us at www.hotrodhotline.com, Richard's Corner, for stories and reviews. If you want to crosslink with our site, please feel free to do so. We are very interested in what you are doing and what size collection you have and how you got started. Many of our readers might want to get involved in collecting these sorts of artifacts and collectibles, but may not know how to get started or where to go to find collectibles to buy. If you have time and would like to do some biographical stories on the British/European land speed racers, we will give you space in the newsletter and on the aforementioned websites. The SLSRH Newsletter welcomes all news and historical research on land speed racing, hot rodding and the first ten years of drag racing. Thanks for letting us know about your website.

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I first heard about your organization from Jon Amo at Bonneville during the FIA "private meet" in October of 2007. A few words about myself: In 1960 my father became the USAC and FIA Chief Steward for many of the LSR attempts that occurred in the US at Bonneville and other venues. My first trip to Bonneville was in August 1960, the attempt was Mickey Thompson who built an empire on his 406.6 MPH run. I was fortunate to have seen many of the Breedlove-Arfons record battles. My father, your father and I walked the course looking at the tracks left by the "Green Monster" the last time Art Arfons crashed in 1966. When my father passed away in 1973, I took his place as the FIA steward for events sanctioned through USAC. I would have to go back through my files to remember all of the successful and unsuccessful record attempts since then but some of the notables include the Summers Brothers in 1965, Richard Noble in 1983 and of course the Thrust SSC/Andy Green supersonic record in 1997. As I read your newsletters, the one thing I regret is that my employment has prevented me from attending other record attempts sanctioned by SCTA/BNI, and USFRA. I was able to attend two "Speed Week" events in the early 1960's. The timing stand was wood and Otto Crocker was the timer. I appreciate what you are doing and fully realize the time you are spending. Dave Petrali
   Dave: We are glad to have you as a member of the SLSRH and glad you enjoy the newsletter. I'm interested about your history as an FIA steward and the experience of your father. Would you write your biography and also a biography of your father and share it with us in the newsletter. I think that you have some very good history to record for the 1960's. Although that era was better documented than the 1930's, we could still use an eyewitness account. Also, since my father did not write his biography, maybe you could tell us what you remember about him during that time. If you give us your account, I will write my account of Black Rock in 1997. Another thing we haven't gotten around to very much is the impact that the Summers Brothers had at Bonneville and the many things that Mickey Thompson did.

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Having read most if not all of your 80 newsletters, I knew the "biography" request would arise. I wish I could just include it as an attachment but at the moment it only exists as a "good intention for the future." I know the LSR events are important and enough years have passed that many of the recollections and stories from that era are either gone with the passing of the participating individuals or through brain cell attrition. The best I can try to do, one of these days, is go through my files and hope that as I look at the participants and the records that were set, my memory will return. In the early 1960's, I was still in school, so I wasn't present at many of the records that were set after the middle of September. My wife and I kid about my superior ability at being a "pack rat." But joke as we may, my "collection" allows me to go back 48 years and look at every piece of paper regarding many of the USAC and FIA record attempts. I have had plans for some time to sit and scan all of this into my computer so I have a copy. Time and procrastination haven't allowed me to do that. Maybe one of these days I'll surprise you (and me too, actually) with some sort of an attempt at a biography. Please, keep up the good work with the newsletter, your efforts are truly appreciated. Dave Petrali
   Dave: Now that everyone knows that you were with the USAC/FIA sanctioning teams, we will probably have some inquiries from our readers wanting to know what happened and what it is like to be in that official position and what your duties were.

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Thanks to Richard, you get quite a bit of mention. Not sure if you're aware of the society, but I'd suspect that you would find the periodic newsletters worth your while. Cheers, Bob Storck
Readers: Bob Storck sent this to me and the reasons that I am publishing his email are: 1) It allows us to see who our writers and readers to the newsletter are, 2) That you must put "personal and confidential" on your emails or I may run them, and 3) The newsletter wants to promote writers and historians. There are a few members of the SLSRH who send me emails that have a broader context than simply giving us facts. Bob Storck and Bob Falcon are two of the men that send in points of interest and questions that allow me to "fill in the blanks," so to speak. Bob Storck is referring to Gordon White, one of our best writers and historians in the field. As Bob has suggested, Gordon "get(s) quite a bit of mention" in the newsletter and he will continue to get attention, until such time as he turns in his keyboard, refuses to write any more of his great books and sells the last of his books. Even then we will mention him. And anyone else, who is a writer, photographer, historian, etc, will also get noticed. Our goal is to spread the word to everyone who is interested in land speed racing, hot rodding and early drag racing. If you build models like Ugo Fadini, send us a story and photographs. If you build race cars, send us a report. If you know of someone in our fields of interest, write up a history or biography and send it to us. Send us your own biography to publish. We can learn from everyone and anyone. I've been asked by many, "Where will you stop, how much is too much?" The answer is that we don't intend to stop and no one has ever provided too much. We need to hear about other writers, historians and photographers. I'm falling behind on my reviews, with some 80 books stacked in piles next to the computer. That doesn't mean that I have to do all the reviews. You, the members can write reviews too and send them in to be published. You can never have enough reviews on a book. Similarly, you can never have enough histories on a subject. Thanks Bob for prodding us with your nifty questions and suggestions, they are truly appreciated.

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I was shocked when Gordon White reported that only 1,100 of his Ab Jenkins book had been sold. That book was created using first-level, primary archive material collected by the Jenkins's family over the years. It is the same material Marv Jenkins, Ab's son, allowed me to pour over in his basement in St. George, Utah more than a decade ago when I was researching my book, "Bonneville: The Fastest Place on Earth" which you so graciously mention from time to time. The point here is that Gordon did what I had only thought about doing, took all the historical treasure out of the basement and parked it on pages for all to share. The book is a touchstone of historical detail that would take interested parties years to cull from dozens of sources. In short, Gordon did a damn fine job, especially putting my photo on the cover! As far as I am concerned that book ought to be on every LSR enthusiast's shelf in the same place it is on mine - right next my Bonneville book. Speedy Regards, "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
LandSpeed: Very true. The sad fact is that the quality of a book is not always the determining factor in how well a book sells. I treasure my library of books and I will be the first to admit that it is inadequate and that I need to keep adding to it. One reason that I review books is so that I can put some effort into seeing what kinds of books are available and let people know. Your book and Gordon's are of the first tier, highest quality, but even those books of lesser quality have merit to historians. There are a few books that I call "The Bible" for land speed racing. As many people know, there are roughly 66 books in the Bible. In the Land Speed "Bible" are books that one must have if they are to learn and love the sport of land speed racing and hot rodding. Some of those books are; When the Hot Rods Ran, by Carroll; Roy Richter Striving for Excellence, by Bagnall; The American Hot Rod, by Batchelor; “The Birth of Hot Rodding”, by Genat; The Salt of the Earth, by Jenkins; Legion Ascot Speedway, by Lucero; “Bonneville: The Fastest Place on Earth”, by Noeth; “Santa Ana Drags”, by Tuttle/Long; Ab & Marvin Jenkins, by White; and any book by Montgomery, Evans and Medley. These are just some of the great books we should have in our libraries and I apologize if I have overlooked anyone, because I have more books to review. It is very hard to market and sell books, a problem that good writers find out after they produce a quality book. The Society of Land Speed Racing Historians will always mention an author's work and do reviews on them. To see reviews that have been done so far, go to www.hotrodhotline.com, book and movie reviews section.

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Were there any pictures in this Newsletter? If so, I didn't get them. Patty Geiger
Patty: The emailed version of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians Newsletter is sent out by www.landspeedracing.com. They do not include photographs or graphics in the emailed version. To see the photos, diagrams and other visual materials, you have to go to the website, then read the issue that interests you. The reason that the website does not send the photographs out in the emailed newsletter is that there are limits as to the size which servers will allow them to send and which you and others can receive. For example, I can receive 5 megabytes of mail at any given time and send 5 total megs per day. Of the some 300 stories that I have written over the years, coming close to one million words, this totals about 5 megs. My partner, Roger Rohrdanz is the photographer and he can easily send out 5 megs worth of photographs for each story that I write. Therefore, we would overload your box and every other member of the Society and they wouldn't be able to download such huge files of photographs. Our system is the only one that makes sense without spending more money and time, of which we don't have any. So once you receive your weekly emailed version of the newsletter, go to the website at www.landspeedracing.com to see the photos that are mentioned in the newest emailed issue of the SLSRH.

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There are several new posts on the blog at http://goldenhawkproject.blogspot.com/, or www.goldenhawk.ca. Randy Pierce

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Doug Stokes sent in this link: http://www.riversideinternationalraceway.com/. If you cannot access it, Google Riverside International Raceway Museum.

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When you tell people to go to www.Landspeedracing.com, you don't have to tell them to Log On ..... they don't have to log on to look at the newsletters.... they can just click on the links. The "sign up" you see there is just so they can sign up for the newsletter if they don't already receive it. Thanks, Mary Ann Lawford
Mary Ann: Got it.
Readers: the website can be seen simply by going to it, there are no fees or requirements. If you want the emailed version then you log in once, that's how simple it is.

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Saw your note in the newsletter so here is that story. I don't know if your Dad ran Santa Ana drag strip but I still wonder if he had a hot T Bird and we ran together with my XK 120 with full C type engine. I know that the driver had enough clout that we drove back the wrong way so that he could have another go since I beat him! Fun stuff that you write!! Herb Jones
Herb: I tried to open your attachment and download the story on Bob Estes, but my system couldn't read the attachment and wouldn't open it. What you can do is copy and paste the article onto a normal email and send it to me, just as I am sending this email to you. In fact, everything that I get is put on an email and sent to Mary Ann Lawford at www.landspeedracing.com. So the process is as simple and easy as we can make it. I would like you to write your biography too, so that we can post it. As for the founder of the Santa Ana Drag Strip, that was C.J. Hart and he was a very special man. I've included him in many of my stories and I covered his funeral. I was utterly surprised by the turnout at his services and to see the A-list of early racing celebrities who made time to come and pay their last respects to this special man. For years there was a Santa Ana Drags Reunion held at the Elks Lodge across from the Santa Ana Zoo, in Santa Ana, California. Creighton Hunter was the organizer, although there were a number of hardworking helpers who assisted Creighton with the reunion. You can see some of the reports that I filed on the reunion at www.hotrodhotline.com, Richard's Corner, although there isn't an index to help you find the sources. You can also try googling C.J. Hart, Creighton Hunter, Peggy Hart and Mr Stillwell. The story told is that there were three creators and promoters for the Santa Ana Drag Strip; C.J. Hart, Creighton Hunter and a Mr Stillwell. I wish I had more information on Stillwell. After more research, it appears that Hunter and Stillwell were more associates that original creators of the drag strip. C.J. Hart and his wife Peggy were the true originators of the concept. C.J. had a garage and he and Peggy did some driving on the side. He felt that there was a need to create a safe and sanctioned drag strip where young kids could come and race. He must have known about the drag race up in Goleta, California on the Airport side streets, and he definitely knew about the SCTA drag race held at the Tustin Blimp Base. C.J. and my father never said that they created drag racing. What they did say is that there were a lot of people doing individual things and coming up with new ideas. For a time it looked like the SCTA would involve itself in a shortened form of land speed racing closer to the cities, but that didn't work out. The SCTA came very close to creating local dragstrips in Southern California as early as the late 1930's and early '40's, but the projects all fell through. C.J. Hart's Santa Ana Drag Strip was the 3rd official drag race that we know of, after Goleta and the Blimp Base. There could have been more drag races that had an organization to it that we are not aware of. What was important is that C.J. took the concepts that he knew from the dry lakes, Goleta, the Blimp Base race and melded them into a format that was original to him. He organized the first, regularly scheduled, promoted, professional drag race, with a paid gate, inspections, rules, distances and structure that we can see and understand today. All the previous drag races had some elements of the above, but C.J. Hart is the first full-time drag strip owner and promoter of a sport that changed very little from his original conception. I don't believe that C.J. was trying to create a sport or that he saw the long term results. My dad immediately understood what C.J. had done and approved of it, trying his best to hire C.J. away from his "day job" as a garage owner and putting him to work organizing an activity to keep young people from street racing. For in the beginning, the NHRA's total function was youth safety, not drag racing. As for my father and the T-Bird, it is possible. I never saw him in a T-Bird, but then there are a lot of things I will never know about my father as he didn't write his biography or caption his photographs, which I'm sure you will do now that I've told you how important your story is to our understanding of early day car racing.

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Bakersfield is an international tourist destination thanks to the 17th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, October 10th through 12th at Auto Club Famoso Raceway. Racers, fans and media from Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada will descend upon Auto Club Famoso Raceway, bringing millions of tourism dollars - approximately $4 million -- and good cheer. "Bringing out world visitors to the California Hot Rod Reunion is a win-win situation," said Tony Thacker, executive director of the nonprofit Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, which produces and benefits from the event. "The Reunion will generate a significant economic benefit to Bakersfield and surrounding areas and the Reunion gets to do what is does best, which is motorsports entertainment and give attendees a taste of Californian hospitality." Besides drawing international tourists, the Reunion also brings out fans from across the U.S., including Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, N. Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Indian, New Jersey, Wisconsin, S. Dakota, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Michigan and Arkansas. This spectacular event will bring to life the story of high-performance motorsports for all visitors. A good example of the international lure of the Reunion is Australian drag racer Roly Leahy returning for his second year racing at the Reunion from his home in Surfers Paradise, Australia. Roly, who has been racing front-engined dragsters for 25 years and is the patriarch of a racing family. Two of his sons are racers and his grandson runs in Junior Dragster. They are the only family in Australia that has four drag racing members spanning three generations. Other international visitors rolling into the Reunion are hot-rodding couple Mark and Melissa Gee of Doncaster, England and Jon Golding, owner of the Home Grown Hot Rods in Southend, England. "The California Hot Rod Reunion is a great atmosphere and the camaraderie among fans, racers and spectators is like no other hot rod event I've attended. I can't wait to be a part of it once again," said Golding.  From Bill Groak

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Caption: Mark and Melissa Gee of Doncaster, England. They are seen here visiting the Bonneville Salt Flats in western Utah.

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It's the sweetest sound in the world to car folks: 50 or more vintage dragsters fire up and "cackle" 10 gallons of nitromethane fuel each in less than five minutes. The sound of that exploding nitro will be music to the ears of thousands of fans at fabled Auto Club Famoso Raceway, near Bakersfield, California on Saturday night, October 11, as Cacklefest once again roars at the 17th annual at the California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. The Reunion runs from October 10-12, 2008. "A Cacklefest is like a barely controlled atomic bomb," said Greg Sharp, curator of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, producers of the Reunion and the man who coined the term back in 2000. "That exploding nitro cracks like a gun shot and shoots header flames into the night sky. It's a sight to behold and people love it," said Sharp. Among drag racing fans, Cacklefest is now a common word. Perhaps Webster's will add it in the dictionary soon. There's even a www.cacklefest.com. This year, according to Sharp, more than 50 cars will push-start their early-style front-engine dragsters like they did in the 1950's and '60's, then line them up down the center of the drag strip at Famoso with the headers glowing and the motors running or 'cackling.' "Cacklefest is a proven inspiration for enthusiasts who have experienced this unique event," said Steve Gibbs, former NHRA vice president and current board member of the Parks Museum. "With each passing year we are amazed to see newly resurrected pieces of automobile history appear at the event."
Some of the famous cars debuting at the 2008 Cacklefest spectacular include: Bucky Austin's "Dailey & Johnson" AA/FD. Austin is bringing six Cacklefest cars to the Reunion from Fife, Washington. Bob Hirsch's "Anaconda" AA/FD, raced by Marvin Schwartz. Scorcher's AA/FD, the first Australian 200-mph car. "TV Tommy Ivo's 1974 rear-engine car, owned by Bruce Larson. Del Weisner and Harold Owens' AA/GS '33 Willys.
Cars are coming from all over, including three cars from Michigan: Al Bergler's "More Aggravation" AA/CA, Larry Payne's "Gang Green" AA/FD, and Ed Golden's "Probe" AA/FD Seven of nine Cacklefest originals will return, including: Howard Cams Rattler, Magicar, Beebe and Mulligan, Art Chrisman's "Hustler," Vagabonds, Safford, Ratican & Gaide, and Kuhl & Olson.
The first Cacklefest in 2000 featured only nine dragsters, but as the event's popularity rose with subsequent Reunions, so did the number of classic cars. At last year's California Reunion, more than 70 vehicles participated (a Cacklefest record), and 35 dragsters cackled in Bowling Green, Kentucky at the 2008 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion. Said Gibbs, "From the very first Cacklefest, I knew we touched upon something that took many of us back to a hallowed era. It was pure magic." The 17th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, Oct. 10-12 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, is a 3-day festival of speed, hot rods and American automotive enthusiasm. It's also the season finale of the inaugural NHRA's Hot Rod Heritage nostalgia drag racing series.

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Caption: Winkel & Trapp AA/FD at the 2007 Cacklefest, Bakersfield, California. Photo and article courtesy of Bill Groak.

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BAKERSFIELD, California (October 12, 2008) - It was a championship day of nostalgia drag racing at Auto Club Famoso Raceway - literally. A gorgeous, blustery autumn afternoon brought the fans in out in droves to see the final day of nostalgia drag racing at the 17th California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California. It also was the finale of the inaugural NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series. In short, it was a day of champions and the fans loved it. In the Heritage Series, Troy Green, Purcell, Okla, nabbed the Nostalgia Top Fuel title over Jim Murphy, Santa Rosa, Calif. Green, who clung to a slim 5-point lead over Murphy, appeared headed for a championship-deciding final, but both were beaten in their semi-finals contests. Green lost to Rick White and Brett Harris took Murphy out, thus giving Green the title. White, San Diego, Calif. then beat Harris, Kaysville, Utah, whose car broke down at the starting line, to win the Hot Rod Reunion race title. White's winning time was 255.89 mph with a 5.819 ET. "I'm proud to win the first Hot Rod Heritage Series Top Fuel title," said Green. We lost the battle (the Hot Rod Reunion race) but won the war. I'm tickled to death." For White, it was the first time he'd won the Reunion in Top Fuel. "We had the perfect car for the weekend. It ran consistently strong." In Nostalgia Funny Car, Bucky Austin, Fife, Wash., hit the daily double, clinching the Hot Rod Heritage Series title and winning the Hot Rod Reunion race. In the finals, Austin (244.03 mph, 5.749 ET) defeated Kris Krabbill (Orange, Calif.), who ran 245.83 mph with a 5.942 ET. "I really feel fortunate to have such a great crew," said Austin. "They did their homework and had a great game plan - all I did was drive." Austin gave props to Krabill as well. "I've know him since he was a little kid. He's a scary-good driver. I was fortunate to beat him." 

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Caption: Nostalgia Funny Car Final, photograph by Bill Groak.

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