Scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 15-17 at famed Auto Club Famoso Raceway just north of Bakersfield, Calif., NHRA’s California Hot Rod Reunion presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California is a three-day festival of nostalgic drag racing, hot rods, “Ameri-car-na,†and heroes. From dragster builders to dragstrip kings, this year’s group of Reunion honorees played a major role in the early days of drag racing. Heading the bill is grand marshal Tom Hanna. Renowned for his metal-shaping skills, Hanna is perhaps best known for hand-forming the station-wagon body on Tommy Ivo’s four-engine Show Boat and countless full-bodied dragsters.
Joining Hanna as this year’s honorees are Super Stock and Pro Stock pioneer Bill Bagshaw, renowned chassis builder Don Long, and Al “Mousie†Marcellus of Winged Express fame. Also in the lineup is … Details
The mainland’s premier club competition, the MSA Classic presented by the Malibu Surï¬ng Association, will be held at Surfrider Beach, Malibu from September 11-12, 2010. More than 275 invited athletes representing elite surï¬ng clubs from California, Hawai’i, the East Coast, Australia, and Spain will come together to compete at First Point, Malibu, one of the sport’s iconic waves.