YORK NOSTALGIA EVENT RETURNS

The York Nostalgia tradition continues with the presentation of Musclecar Madness at the York Reunion and Nostalgia Nationals for a giant weekend of racing history on July 11-13, 2008.

 The Seventh Annual event to be held at the Toyota Arena, York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds will have a special “Tribute to Oldsmobile” as another trip down memory lane unfolds.  The Oldsmobile Club of America will provide solid representation of many facets of Oldsmobile history with racing legends and legendary race cars in attendance.

The show is the only one of its kind in this country and is visited annually by racing buffs from all over the United States and abroad.  The show is featured in the December issue of Hot Rod magazine, as well as other national magazines.

The Legends of Drag Racing will converge on the show for their traditional visit to the show for their annual reunion celebrating the many historic moments that occurred at the York Dragway one of the nation’s greatest facilities in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s and site of the largest one day drag race in 1965.

The York Nostalgia tradition continues with the presentation of Musclecar Madness at the York Reunion and Nostalgia Nationals for a giant weekend of racing history on July 11-13, 2008.

 The Seventh Annual event to be held at the Toyota Arena, York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds will have a special “Tribute to Oldsmobile” as another trip down memory lane unfolds.  The Oldsmobile Club of America will provide solid representation of many facets of Oldsmobile history with racing legends and legendary race cars in attendance.

The show is the only one of its kind in this country and is visited annually by racing buffs from all over the United States and abroad.  The show is featured in the December issue of Hot Rod magazine, as well as other national magazines.

The Legends of Drag Racing will converge on the show for their traditional visit to the show for their annual reunion celebrating the many historic moments that occurred at the York Dragway one of the nation’s greatest facilities in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s and site of the largest one day drag race in 1965.

The York County SPCA is the charity of choice for the show. Receiving $5,000 in 2007 from the show through memorabilia auction, special drawings, and from the People’s Choice voting canisters.  The goal of the show is to exceed the previous year’s contributions and 2008 should be no exception.

The Legends of Drag Racing expected thus far for the show include Arnie “Farmer” Beswick, the “Voice of Drag Racing” Jon Lundberg, Linda Vaughn “ Miss Hurst Golden Shifter”, Jungle Pam, Jim and Alison Lee, Ken Montgomery, Jere Stahl, Sam Auxier, Jr.., Ed Hedrick, Joe Jacono, Tom Sneden, and the list goes on.

The annual Legion of Honor awards will be presented on Friday evening at the show for twelve worthy recipients who are recognized for their invaluable contributions to our performance heritage.  All 2008 recipients will be announced in a future news release.

The time capsule explodes with the opening of the event on Friday, July 11th at 1 p.m. and running until 9 p.m., Saturday hours will be 10 a.m. until 9 p.m.

The gian two day Cruisin’ Into Summer cruise will be held both Friday and Saturday and will be in conjunction with the Motor Menders of York.

The show will feature over 800 cars at both the inside and outside shows along with a Corvette show on Saturday that is hosted by the York County Corvette Club.

Action turns to Beaver Springs Dragway on Sunday for the Fifth Annual York Nostalgia Nationals turning back the Hands of time to the delight of many race fans and car owners for a great day of nostalgia racing activity.  The Premier event has become one of the country’s finest nostalgia drag racing events.

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