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Holley Hot Rod Reunion Draws Thousands to Bowling Green
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Todd Veney
06/21/2017
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Holley Hot Rod Reunion Draws Thousands to Bowling Green
Holley Hot Rod Reunion Draws Thousands to Bowling Green
Todd Veney
06/21/2017
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The 15th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion over Father's Day weekend at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Holley's hometown of Bowling Green, Ky., was another smash hit. Fans and participants braved foul weather Thursday, then took in a full day of action-packed qualifying on Friday and eliminations on Saturday. Veteran Jim Murphy, a star of Top Fuel and Funny Car from the 1970s to the 1990s and a leader in the nostalgia drag racing movement of this century, claimed the Top Fuel title and took over the NHRA points lead from March Meet winner Mendy Fry. Fans gazed at hundreds of classic cars and hot rods between rounds of racing, perused a jam-packed midway of automotive vendors, scored deals at the memorabilia swap meet, enjoyed a great car show full of vintage iron, and concluded the festivities Saturday night with the always exciting "cacklefest" of nitro-burning machinery, including Bruce Larson's USA-1 Corvette and the Castronovo Bros. Custom Body Dodge Funny Car. Scroll down for a complete list of race and show winners and more great shots from the weekend. And for a
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DRAG RACE WINNERS
NOSTALGIA TOP FUEL:
Jim Murphy
7.0 PRO:
Don Nave
7.5 PRO:
Darrell Wathen
NOSTALGIA SUPER STOCK:
Doug Duell
COMP:
Skeeter Wayne
TOP STOCK:
John Meinelt
MODIFIED:
Larry Key
348/409:
Bryan Fugate
GAS:
Pat Freels
GEEZER GASSERS:
John Swiek
HOT ROD:
Chad Brewer
AXALTA SHOW 'N SHINE WINNERS
BEST SHINE & DETAIL:
Dan Duffy, 1956 Chevy 210
MEMORY LANE:
Kevin Doolittle, Willy’s Pickup
ONE OF A KIND:
Lowell Groom, ’63 VW Beetle Funny Car
GRAND MARSHALL:
Linda and Ralph Miller, 1930 Ford Tudor
KILLER KUSTOMS:
Truman & Wanda Morgan, ’55 Chevy Bel Air convertible
DAZZLIN’ DEUCE:
Erik & Oksana Hansen, ’32 Ford Sedan
DIRECTOR’S CHOICE:
Mike Whitney, ’32 Black Highboy Roadster
DYNAMAT PICK:
George Poteet, 1950 Ford Coupe
TRICK TRUCK:
Trent Blue, ’49 Chevy Pickup
TIMELESS TRADITION:
Mark Watson, ’32 Ford Roadster
THRILLING ‘30s:
Linda & Ralph Miller, 1930 Ford Tudor
FABULOUS ‘40s:
Ted Novicki
FINEST ‘50s:
Kevin Burt, ’55 Chevrolet “Resurrected”
SENSATIONAL ‘60s:
Zach Straits, ’61 Galaxie
SUPER ‘70s:
Gary Buckies, ’71 Camaro Custom
PUSH CAR:
Dan Shaw, ’32 Ford Pickup
STREET ROD:
Oscar Gamble, 1932 Ford 3 Window
MIGHTY MUSCLE:
Jeff Mumford, 1970 Chevy Camaro
MOST UNINSURABLE:
’49 Plymouth Ratrod
PERIOD CORRECT:
Jeremy Dorlac, ’30 Model A
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