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V8 rc drag cars8/8/2023 ![]() ![]() My memory seems to differ a bit from the official website, but the Antique Nats has definitely outlived four tracks here in SoCal. Roadster Show, Old Timers’ Night in Boston, Vintage Night at Ascot, or the first Hot Rod Reunions at Bakersfield and Bowling Green. But this used to be one of those once-a-year car events nobody missed, especially if you were into hot rod history – like the L.A. I have to admit I didn’t miss it, and haven’t been the last couple of years. ![]() This year would have been the 50th Annual Antique Nationals, of course cancelled by COVID. So more rules, more cost, more hassle, far fewer participants. But once I calmed down, I realized that the two tracks that most rudely ejected and banned me – Famoso and Fontana – are both sponsored by AAA, an insurance company. If it were obviously unsafe like the dragsters I showed last time, I’d understand. They, and similar current nostalgia drag events, won’t let my historic vintage dragster run down the track because it’s too vintage, too antique! How ironic. If it weren’t so personally painful, it’d actually be funny. ![]() My beef, as reflected in the title, is that the Antique Nationals–i.e., nostalgia–aint’ what it used to be. But you know what? We’ve had enough negativity this past year, and I don’t really want to add to that. Nostalgia drag racing – like the once – revered Antique Nationals – has fallen victim to rules and regs that turn away true vintage hot rods and drag cars. Hot rodding historian and ROD and CUSTOM editor Pat Ganahl rants about the sport’s latest ENDANGERED SPECIES: VINTAGE DRAG RACING. ![]()
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