The dates have been set for the 2008 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, presented by SoffSeal.  As in previous years, the Reunion will take place on Father's Day weekend, June 13-15, 2008.   The Reunion will once again be held at historic National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. 

Honorees for the 2008 event will include drivers Arnie Beswick, Gabby Bleeker, Jim Walther and Boogie Scott; and component builder and sponsor Bob Stange.  The Grand Marshal will be driver and chassis tuner Dick LaHaie.  The Justice Brothers Reunion Spotlight will fall on The Ramchargers, a group of engineers from the Chrysler Corporation who built the cars that were credited with some of the first seven and six-second Funny Car times.

Honorees for the 2008 event will include drivers Arnie Beswick, Gabby Bleeker, Jim Walther and Boogie Scott; and component builder and sponsor Bob Stange.  The Grand Marshal will be driver and chassis tuner Dick LaHaie.  The Justice Brothers Reunion Spotlight will fall on The Ramchargers, a group of engineers from the Chrysler Corporation who built the cars that were credited with some of the first seven and six-second Funny Car times.

The three-day speed festival is produced by and benefits the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Automobile Club of Southern California.  It's part of the Museum's Hot Rod Heritage Series, which which works to bring to life the sights, sounds and people who made history in the early days of drag racing, land speed racing and the golden age of American car culture. 

Dick LaHaie, Grand Marshal of the 2008 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, presented by SoffSeal.  NHRA photos.

Museum, presented by the

Unique among motorsports events, the Reunion honors some of the top names in hot rodding from the past and features a fabulous array of cool drag cars, street rods, classics, customs and muscle cars of the historic and present-day hot rod eras.

The Reunion features a wide variety of activities and events, including:

·  Hot Heads Eliminator NHRA vintage drag racing, featuring some the sport’s most famous and historic cars and drivers, racing in such classes at Top Fuel, Supercharged Gassers, classic Funny Cars and Super Stocks.

SoffSeal Street rod “show and shine” with thousands of gleaming pre-1972 hot rods, street rods, custom cars, classics and muscle cars.  “Memory Lane” will have a display of nostalgic race cars.

Boogie Scott has built and driven championship quality cars for the street, the strip and the salt for more than 50 years.

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·  National Hot Rod Reunion Reception, held at the Columbus Airport Marriott, Fri., June 15 from 7 p.m.- 10 p.m. Open to everyone at no charge, it’s a tribute to the Reunion’s Grand Marshal and Honorees and a chance for fans to meet some of drag racing’s heroes. Grand Marshal for the event will be Jeg Coughlin. This year’s honorees are John Abbott, Don Cain, Ted Harbit, Fred Hurst, and the team of Gary Rupp and Pat Dakin. The Justice Bros. Reunion Spotlight highlights Frank Hawley.

· Heacock Classic Insurance Pit Pass Barbeque on Saturday afternoon, June 16.

· Cacklefest on Saturday evening, where nitro-burning historic, front-engine top-fuel dragsters and other classic race cars are push started just like in the “old days.”

·  The Swap meet and Reunion Midway are filled with manufacturer exhibits and

Gabby Bleeker built and drove one of the most fearsome fuel altereds of the '60s.

demonstrations.