REUNION NEWS FLASH

"Pure Hell" Coming to the 8th Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
June 18-20, 2010
Beech Bend Raceway Park

BOWLING GREEN, KY. - Drag Racing Pioneer Rich Guasco built many hot rods and racecars but none came alive like his Pure Hell Fuel Altered. The Bantam-bodied roadster broke many quarter-mile records across the country. In 1968, after switching from a small block Chevy to a Chrysler Hemi engine, Pure Hell bumped the NHRA AA/FA record to 7.68 and 208.80. According to Pure Hell Racing, the car's best M.P.H. was 214 and the best E.T. was 7.27 during match-race competition.

Now Reunion fans can experience the flamed glory of Pure Hell FA once again in a match race to be held at the Beech Bend Raceway Track, June 18-20. Guasco and driver Jason Richey will be there in person, talking with fans and reminiscing with old racing friends. We're predicting hot temperatures, heart-thumping drag strip action and Pure Hell adding more fuel to the already hot nostalgic 3-day Reunion

Original Pure Hell driver Dale "the Snail" Emery, current NHRA Museum Boardmember and Reunion Competition Director Steve Gibbs and an unknown track operator with the famed Pure Hell Fuel Altered in the late 1960s. Photo courtesy of Greg Sharp Collection

Reunion Information

· Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: Father’s Day weekend, June 18-20, Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky

· Reunion General Information Phone Number: 909.622.8562

· Reunion General Info Email: themuseum@nhra.com; contact Rose Pohorely at 909.622.8562

· For Reunion event forms and news, click here.

· To purchase tickets online, click here.

· To purchase by phone, call 1-800/884-NHRA (6472); outside the U.S. call 626.250.2497.

· For Bowling Green, KY lodging, dining and attractions, please visit the Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at http://visitbgky.com/

Visit the Museum’s web site at http://museum.nhra.com. for more info or call
1-800/884-NHRA (6472).

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Named for the founder of the National Hot Rod Association, the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California houses the very roots of hot rodding. Scores of famous vehicles spanning American motorsports history are on display, including winning cars representing 50 years of drag racing, dry lakes and salt-flat racers, oval track challengers and exhibits describing their colorful backgrounds.

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST. Current NHRA members are admitted free. Admission for non-members is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors 60 and older, $6 for juniors 6 through 15, and free for children under the age of 5. The Museum is also available for special group tours. The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located at Fairplex Gate 1, 1101 W. McKinley Ave. in Pomona. For further information on special exhibits, museum events or directions, call 909/622-2133 or visit http://museum.nhra.com.

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