NASCAR, trophy queens, vintage motorcycles and the 75th anniversary of
the Model 40 Ford are all part of the excitement coming to the Wally
Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by Automobile Club of Southern
California, the second half of 2008. Here's a brief checklist of what's
ahead:
- New exhibit: NASCAR: A Salute to 60 Years of Racing opens Aug. 6
and runs through Mar. 1, 2009. Authorized by NASCAR, exhibit will
feature racing memorabilia and photos, along with a selection of race
cars, including one of the most famous, Dale Earnhardt's 1998 #3 Chevy
Monte Carlo courtesy of Schroeder Racing Products.
- New exhibit: Trophy Queens, a photo exhibit honoring the glamour
girls of racing, runs Aug. 27 through August 2009. Included in the
dozens of rare shots of models presenting racing trophies from the '50s
through the '70s are images of a 19-year-old Raquel Tejada, later to
become Raquel Welch and Barbara Huffman, i.e., Barbara Eden star of the
long-running "I Dream of Jeanie." Also highlighted is the most famous
trophy queen of all, Linda Vaughn, known as the "First Lady of
Motorsports."