Hundreds of hot rods, classic cars & nostalgic race cars are revved up & ready to roll into the historic New England Dragway for the inaugural New England Hot Rod Reunion® presented by AAA Insurance. The New England Hot Rod Reunion promises to be one of the East Coast’s premier 3 festivals of family fun, vintage drag racing & classic American car culture.

The New England Hot Rod Reunion starts Thur. featuring side-by-side racing with Hot Heads Eliminator time trials & exhibition runs,vendor midway, swap meet & outdoor car show with hundreds of collector cars, hot rods & muscle cars. Take advantage of the advance ticket offer:Purchase a 3 day credential for $65 in advance & receive a goody bag filled with an dash plaque & Reunion program.Friday, Nitro qualifying & a side-by-side Jet Dragster exhibition, Wheelstanders making bumper-dragging runs down the quarter-mile.Visit Dynamat Legends Lounge to meet Grand Marshal Jimmy King & other 2013 honorees during daily autograph sessions. King, with his late partner Don Marshall, helped form the King Pins of the Southern New England Timing Association.King is a member of the New England Hot Rod Hall of Fame & the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. The day concludes Friday with a special reception in celebration of the Reunion Grand Marshal & honorees. Admission is free & everyone is welcome!Also honored during the event will be Pennsylvanian Darwin Doll, a former NHRA Division Director & founder of the Sportsters Roadster Association in 1957; New Jersey’s Tony Feil, NHRA’s Division 1 Sportsman of the Year, Sportsman Mechanic of the Year & member of the East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame; & other popular New England racers of the past such as Don Roberts of Reading, Mass., Pete Shadinger, A.B. and Bernie Shuman who were racers before chronicling New England hot rod history in their book Cool Cars Square Roll Bars. The Reunion Spotlight shines on the pioneer Orientals Hot Rod Club of Reading, Mass. Saturday Hot Heads eliminations in all categories. Reunion Champions will be crowned along with more Nitro, Jets & Wheelstanders. The grand finale Cacklefest® brings the weekend to a close.The Hot Rod Reunions are a series of premier festivals produced by The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California.Today, the Hot Rod Reunions continue to celebrate the early days of hot rodding & drag racing in Bakersfield, Calif., Bowling Green, Ky. & now in Epping, N.H.  

The event begins 8 a.m. each day,racing 10 a.m. on Thurs. Racing kicks off at 8:30 a.m. on Fri.; pre-finals start 10:45 a.m. on Sat. Cost is$65 for a three-day credential in advance ($75 at the gate), single day tickets at the gate $25, & 15 & under free accompanied by paid adult. For tickets, call NHRA at 800-884-6472. Tickets also are available at www.NHRATIX.com. AAA Members show your card & save! For more information please visit www.NHRAmuseum.org.