As usual, I want to hear about all the nostalgia races I can. Please email me with planned races whether they are local or national in scope. I'd like to list them all.
(Please note that I am abbreviating Flatheaders of Denver, Inc. & The Vintage Timing Association as "Denver Flatheaders" in the interest of saving me work.)
March 12-14 - 45th March Meet, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Famosa Raceway, Bakersfield, CA
March 20 - Classic Thunder, Gassers, Macon Dragway, Macon, GA
April 2 - Classic Thunder, Gassers, Wilkesboro Raceway Park, Wilkesboro, NC.
April 16-18 - 34th Annual Ignitor Nitro Opener, Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID. Will include AA/FD and AA/FA
April 17-18 - Kool April Drags, Redding Drag Strip, Redding, CA. Will include front engined dragsters and fuel altereds.
April 24 - Classic Thunder, Full Event, Ware Shoals Dragway, Ware Shoals, SC.
April 24 - Southern Slingshots, Midway Drag Strip, Greeleyfville, SC.. 2 car exhibition race to support Southern Slingshots
April 24 & 25 - 2nd Annual Tulip Festival Drag Race, Woodburn Drag Stirp, Woodburn, OR. Pro Nostalgia is part of the program.
April 25 - East Coast Gassers, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
April 25 - PRP's Inaugural PID Reunion, Pittsburg Raceway Park, New Alexandria, PA. This will feature the Mid Atlantic Nostagia Drag Racing Association.
April 25-27 - NHRA Western States Division Seven Race, Sacramento Raceway Park, Sacramento, CA. Last year this included Nostalgia Top Fuel, but I saw no hints about it this year. Please check with track.
April 30 & May 1 - 16th Nitro Nationals Nostalgia Drags, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, The Strip, Las Vegas, NV
May 1 - Classic Thunder, All Classes, Atlantic Dragway (NSCA Race)
May 2 - Philadelphia Modifiers Old Time Drags, Show, and Swap Meet, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
May 8 - Denver Flatheaders, Pueblo Motorsports Park, Pueblo, CO
May 8 - Hot Rod Show & Drags, Southern Slingshots, Mountain Park Dragway, Clay City, KY
May 15 - Classic Thunder, Gassers, Elks Creek Dragway
May 15-16 - WCTA/Fremont Reunion Nostalgia Drags, Sacramento Raceway Park, Sacramento, CA
May 17-18 - 15th Nitro Nationals Nostalgia Drags, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Infinion Raceway, Sonoma, CA
May 21 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
May 22 - Flathead Portion Cancelled. Denver Flatheaders, Western Colorado Dragway, Grand Junction, CO
May 29-30 - 28th Annual Fox Hunt, Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID. Will include Nostalgia Eliminator.
May 29-30 - Mid Atlantic Nostagia Drag Racing Association, Beaver Springs Raceway, Lewistown, PA
May 30 - Nostalgia Classic, New England Dragway, Epping, NH
May 30 - East Coast Gassers and Nostalgia Super Stock, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
June 4-6 - High Altitude Flathead and Inline Nationals, Bandimere Speedway, Morrison (Denver), CO. (This is advertised by the track as the Fineline Rocky Mountain Hot Rod Happenin') Make plans to be at this race. This is the premier flathead race every year.
June 4-6 - 14th Annual Mid-America Spring Nostalgia Drag Race & Rod Run Series, Mid-America Raceway, Wentzville, MO. 1979 & earlier.
June 4-6 - Blue Suede Cruise, Norwalk Raceway Park, Norwalk, OH. Pre '72 cars
June 5 - Classic Thunder, Full Event, Alabama International Dragway, Not confirmed.
June 5 - Front Engine Nostalgic Dragsters & The Dragsters of today, Midway Dragstrip, Greeleyville, SC. Includes Southern Slingshots,
June 5 - Nitro Nationals Nostalgic Drags, Tulsa International Raceway, Tulsa, OK. It rained, so the rain date is on. However, the rain date will be July 24, not the originally published June date.
June 6 - 34th Annual Antique Nationals Drag Race and Car Show, Los Angeles County Raceway, Palmdale, CA. This is normally a flathead intensive race, but conflicts with the Flathead/Inline Nationals in Denver. 1954 and earlier cars only to race.
June 11 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
June 11-13 - 16th Hot Rod Nationals, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN. This usually has a few flatheads.
June 12-13 - 17th Annual BC Old Time Drags & Rod Run, Nl'akapxm Eagle Motorplex, Ascroft, BC, Canada. Pre 1970 cars.
June 13 - East Coast Gassers and Nostalgia Super Stock, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
June 13 - Nostalgia Super Stock, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
June 18-20 - National Hot Rod Reunion, Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green, KY. This is the NHRA's "east of the Rockies" nostalgia event produced by the NHRA Museum.
June 19 - Nostalgia Pro Stock, Mid-America Raceway, Wentzville, MO.
June 19 - Outlaw Nitro Alliance, Wisconsin International Raceway, Kaukauna, WI.
June 19-20 - 24th Annual Oldies but Goodies Drags, Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID.
June 25 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
June 25-26 - Goodguys 7th Pomona Nitro Nationals, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Pomona Raceway, Pomona, CA.
June 26 - Classic Thunder, Full Event?, Farmington Dragway
June 26 - Slingshot Nationals, Cordova Dragway Park, Cordova, IL
June 26-27 - 28th Annual Oldies but Goodies, Woodburn Drag Strip, Woodburn, OR. Top Fuel, AA/Supercharged Coupes, Nostalgia Funny Cars, '65 and older cars.
July 2 - Classic Thunder, Gasser Event, Fayetteville Motorsports Park, Fayetteville, NC
July 3 - Classic Thunder, Full Event, Midway Dragstrip, Greeleyville, SC
July 8-9 - Famous Fox Hunt/Night of Fire, Sacramento Raceway Park, Sacramento, CA. Nostalgia Top Fuel
July 9 - Friday Night Drags, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, National Trail Raceway, Columbus, OH
July 9 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
July 9-11 - Denver Flatheaders, Douglas Motorsports Park, Douglas, WY. Track web page notes this as July 10-11. This will be part of a bigger race.
July 9-10 - York U.S. 30 Musclecar Madness, York Expo Center, York, PA. This is not a drag race, but is a car show featuring many of the famous and not so famous drag racing cars of yesteryear. I was amazed at what I saw on their web page. There is an associated drag race the next day at nearby Maple Grove Raceway (see below)
July 11 - York U.S. 30 Nostalgia Super Stock Nationals, the race part of York U.S. 30 Musclecar Madness, Beaver Springs Raceway, Lewistown, PA. Should be nostalgia superstock and nostaltia gassers at the very least.
July 16-17 - Famous Fox Hunt and Nitro Nite of Fire, Sacramento Raceway Park, Sacramento, CA. AA/FD
July 16-18 - - 3rd Annual Gasser Magazine Nostalgia Reunion, Thompson Drag Raceway, Thompson, OH (about 40 miles northeast of Cleveland). Usually called the Gasser Reunion or the Gasser & Fueler Reunion.
July 16 - Friday Night Drags, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Pacific Raceways (aka Seattle International Raceway), Kent, WA
July 18 - New England Hot Rod Reunion, New England Dragway, Epping, NH
July 23 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
July 24 - Denver Flatheaders, Bandimere Speedway, Morrison (Denver), CO
July 24 - Nitro Nationals Nostalgic Drags, Tulsa International Raceway, Tulsa, OK. (This is the rain date, since the original race did, indeed, get rained out.
July 24-25 - The 3rd Annual Funny Car Reunion, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ.
July 25 - Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags, Lancaster Dragway, Lancaster, NY. Nostalgia preview July 23.
July 31 - Classic Thunder, Gasser Event, Macon Dragway
August 1 - Nostalgia Super Stock, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
August 6 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
August 6-7 - Oldies but Goodies, Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, GA. I have not confirmed this.
August 6-8 - 2nd Nostalgia Weekender and Three Day Drag Race, South Butler Drag Strip, South Butler (Syracuse), NY. Here is all I know about this year's efforts: http://www.theroadagents.com/Southbutlerdragstrip.htm
August 6-8 - 20th Annual Mid-America Summer Nostalgia Drag Race & Rod Run Series, Mid-America Raceway, Wentzville, MO. 1979 & earlier.
August 7 - Classic Thunder, Gasser Event, Wilkesboro Raceway Park, Wilkesboro, NC.
August 8 Denver Flatheaders, Julesburg Dragstrip, Julesburg, CO
August 8 - East Coast Gassers, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
August 12-15 - 33 Annual Nightfire Nationals, Firebird Raceway, Boise, ID. AA/FA and AA/FD
August 13 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
August 13-14 - Oldies but Goodies, Atlanta Dragway, Commerce, GA
August 14-15 - 16th Annual Hot Rod Nationals, Woodburn Drag Strip, Woodburn, OR. Top Fuel, AA/Supercharged Coupes, Nostalgia Funny Cars, '65 and older cars.
August 21 - HAMB Drags, Mo-Kan Dragway, Asbury, MO. You won't find this listed in the Mo-Kan schedule because it is an event of the Hokey Ass Message Board of the Jalopy Journal web site. They rent the track for a day. This is a very nostalgic event - hot rodders getting together to race their hot rods like they did back in the beginning.
August 22 - Geezers at the Grove, Maple Grove Raceway, Mohnton, PA.
*August 23 - 9th Annual Nostalgia Drags, Bremerton Raceway, Bremerton, WA
August 27 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
August 28 - Denver Flatheaders, Bandimere Speedway, Morrison (Denver), CO
August 28 - Classic Thunder, Full Event, Ware Shoals Dragway, Ware Shoals, SC. This is on the Southern Slingshots schedule as an unconfirmed event for them as well.
August 29 - Drag'n in the 50's, New England Dragway, Epping, NH
September 3-5 - Southwest Flathead/Inliner Nationals, Albuquerque National Dragway, Albuquerque, NM. This will be in conjunction with their National Dragster Series event and the Denver Flatheaders plan to be there.
September 4 - Front Engine Nostalgic Dragsters, Southern Slingshots, Midway Dragstrip, Greeleyville, SC
September 4-5 - Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Drags, Beaver Springs Raceway, Lewistown, PA
September 4-5 - Time Machine Nationals, Great Lakes Dragaway, Union Grove, WI. Looks like a mix of new and old.
September 5 - Classic Thunder, Gasser Event, US-19 Drag
September 10 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
September 10-11 - US Funny Car Nationals, Gateway International Raceway, Madison, IL (St. Louis, MO). Held in conjunction with Gateway's Monster Mopar Weekend, this is the inaugural US Funny Car Nationals of the Nostalgia Funny Car Association with five classes of nostalgia Funny Cars.
September 17-18 - Governer's Cup, Sacramento Raceway Park, Sacramento, CA. Nostalgia Top Fuel
September 24-25 - Heartland Hot Rod Reunion with Denver Flatheaders, SRCA Dragstrip, Great Bend, KS. Finally, the long awaited resurrection of the Midwest's (I mean the real Midwest - the one that is half way between the east and west coasts) premier nostalgia race featuring nostalgia top fuel and a host of other classes. This is the drag strip that hosted the first NHRA Nationals. It doesn't get any more nostalgic than that.
September 25 - 5th Annual Nostalgia Super Stock, Mopar Car Show, East Coast Gassers Gas Coupe and Sedan Nationals, NESGA, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
September 25 - Nostalgia Series, Oxford Plains Dragway, Oxford, ME
September 25 - Classic Thunder, Gasser Event, Wilkesboro Raceway Park, Wilkesboro, NC.
September 25-26 - Third Annual Nostalgia Drags, Midstate Dragway, Havanna, IL. This is being presented by The Nostalgia Boys from Illinois. Rain Date October 2-3.
October 1-3 - California Hot Rod Reunion, Famosa Raceway, Bakersfield, CA. This is NHRA's big West Coast nostalgia race presented by the NHRA Museum.
October 2 - American Hot Rod Reunion, Mo-Kan Dragway, Asbury, MO. Hardly anyone commemorates the old American Hot Rod Association, but here is your chance at some memorabilia and an interesting format for a nostalgia drag race.
October 3 - Philadelphia Modifiers Old Time Drags, Show, and Swap Meet, Atco Raceway, Atco, NJ
October 9 - Denver Flatheaders, Bandimere Speedway, Morrison (Denver), CO
October 31 - Front Engine Nostalgic Dragsters (Southern Slingshots), Midway Dragstrip, Greeleyville, SC
Nov 6&7 - 6th Fuel & Gas Nationals, Goodguys Rod and Custom/VRA, Famosa Raceway, Bakersfield, CA
Nov 6-7 - Southern Nostalgia and Muscle Car Shootout, Bradenton Motorsports Park, Bradenton, FL
November? - The Day of the Drag Race, Temple Academy Dragway, Temple, TX. Presented by the Kontinentals car club. "All cars pre 1964 & older. Run what ya brung."
There are a number of groups of nostalgia and nostalgia-like racers that run their own circuits or have booked-in shows. After giving it some thought, I have decided to list these groups separately. I will give a link to their web site if there is one, or if there is no web site, put their schedule as I know it on this page. With the links, changes and additions can be followed by a click of your mouse rather than me having to figure out when updates are needed and post them. You may notice some of the dates will overlap with the races listed above as these folks often participate in nostalgia races beyond their individual bookings. I would note that I am sure I have missed a bunch. If you aren't listed and want to be, send me an email.
Flatheaders of Denver, Inc. - Vintage Timing Association This is the only flathead drag racing organization I know about. They also accept pre-1954 inline cars as well, regardless of which direction the valves point. They have a circuit that hits the tracks of Colorado and a few in adjoining states.
Outlaw Nitro Alliance This group will book an eight car top fuel field with ten cars guaranteed for qualifying.
Outlaw Fuel Altereds Blown alcohol and nitro altereds (center steer cars). No one would mistake these fuel altereds for late sixties fuel altereds, but if the class had carried on, this is probably what it would have evolved to. Often participate in nostalgia races. Amazingly fun to watch.
The Nostalgia Boys From Illinois Kind of self descriptive group name, these folks take nostalgia front engined dragsters on the road for heads-up racing.
