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Nostalgia drag racing is a form of drag racing that uses cars from earlier eras of drag racing, as well as cars built to fit the guidelines of earlier eras using parts that would have been available in that era. The cars raced are a mixture between restored originals, while others are re-creations of older cars. [1]
The popularity of the class evolved into a category of drag racing with hundreds of cars and drivers competing in Championship series, and large nostalgia drag racing events. The spirit of NSS drag racing has the same models of cars that raced Super Stock between 1959 and 1969—but with certain safety equipment updates. [1]
None of these four-wheel designs bore fruit; the development of tires designed specifically for drag racing made four wheels unnecessary. In keeping with the austere nature of a dragster, the heavy cranking motor and battery needed to start the engine were two of the items removed to save weight, requiring that the dragster be push-started.
The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event. In the 2000s, "Saturday Nitro" events featured Fuel altereds then switched to nostalgia funny cars around 2010. After a driver died in an on-track hit on the guardrail, they stopped hosting these non-sanctioned events.
More American Graffiti, a 1979 coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Bill L. Norton, had filmed Paul Le Mat's character, John Milner, drag racing here. [3] Hot Rod, the 1979 made-for-television directed by George Armitage and starring Gregg Henry and Pernell Roberts, filmed races here. [4]
The Wally Parks NHRA Nostalgia Nationals, formerly known as the National Hot Rod Reunion, is a gathering of nostalgia drag racers, street rodders and automotive enthusiasts. It is run by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum and based on the California Hot Rod Reunion .
The now-defunct Nostalgia Drag Racing Association began promoting the March Meet from 1989, but failed to attract enough competitors or spectators to remain viable though ran it anyway. The March Meet continued as a "nostalgia drag race" in 1994 under sanction by the Goodguys Vintage Racing Association.
Parks played a part in promoting drag racing outside of the United States, organizing tours to England in 1964 and 1965, in collaboration with Sydney Allard, and to Australia in 1966. [1] Winners of National Hot Rod Association national events are awarded a trophy statue nicknamed the Wally. The trophy is a bronze statue of a Top Gas racer next ...