Lancaster National Dragway is under new management this season and we are trying to revitalize one of our signature events, which used to be called Sunday Niagara. We can no longer use The name Sunday Niagara. The previous promoter, who I'm sure you all know and love, copyrighted the name Sunday Niagara and has strongly advised the new management not to use it. So, in an effort to continue the great tradition of drag racing in Western New York we will now refer to that Weekend as Lancaster Dragway Reunion Weekend-Featuring Sunday Nostalgia Drags. We will return to the three day format with our regular classes on Friday with an added nostalgia class and will go full Nostalgia Saturday morning with qualifying for all classes and an eliminations for little and comp eliminator a as well as featured Nostalgia Funny Cars from the Great Lakes Funny Cars Circuit and the Gassers of the Nostalgia AA/Gasser group. When the Racing ends on Saturday afternoon there will be a Chicken BBQ and the first ever Hall/Wall of fame Ceremonies inducting 6 of the legends of drag racing from Lancaster Dragway. (Two in each Category, Racers, Founders, Contributors.) There will be one final round of qualifying on Sunday before Final eliminations in all classes including Nostalgia AA/G and Top Eliminator. The first 16 entries for the Top Eliminator class will receive free race entry and their chance at a $1,500.00 winners purse. Also the Clutch Artists of Buffalo Will Return and run the Car Show on Sunday! Register here: http://www.sundaynostalgiadrags.com/
Friday admission is $15 Saturday is $15 plus $ for chicken BBQ and hall of fame ceremony. Sunday is $20. Prices are all access.
Image by Rob Kozak posted Jul 3, 2015 at 3:12 PM Image by Rob Kozak posted Jul 3, 2015 at 3:13 PM The match race covered in this clipping took place on Thursday, July 12, 1973. This year, on Saturday August 1, 2015, Lancaster National Dragway will host a four car nostalgia funny car match race featuring the Great Lakes Funny Car Circuit as part of our Lancaster Reunion Weekend featuring Sunday Nostalgia Drags. Three days of racing at the historic Lancaster National Dragway.
Jim Oddy will have his Junk Yard Dog Willys as part of the Nosyalgia AA Gassers. http://nostalgiaaagassers.com/
Sunday Niag.... Sorry, almost forgot we can't use that term anymore. Anyway, our Nostalgia Week at Lancaster will now be called the Lancaster National Dragway Reunion featuring Sunday Nostalgia Drags. The week will begin Tuesday with our Tuesday Senior Nostalgia Series featuring all 1966 and older Period Correct Cars followed by Wednesday’s Cruise night featuring Customs, Led Sleds, Street Rod’s and Gasser Style Rods. Thursday will be a cacklefest featuring several of the Nostalgia AA/Gassers at Quaker Steak and Lube on Transit Road. Friday night will have our regular classes plus a bracket class for any nostalgia cars in attendance. Saturday will see time trials for all classes as well as eliminations for Comp and Little Eliminators. All other classes including the Nostalgia AA/Gasser Club will have two rounds of qualifying. The Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit will have a four car match race on Saturday. We will cap off Saturday with our first ever inductions to our Lancaster National Dragway Hall/Wall of Fame which features three separate categories, Founders, Drivers, and Contributors. The inaugural class will be Founders, Ed Serwacki and Mike Mecurio, Drivers Frank Brown, Jim Zakia, and Jim Oddy as well as Contributors, Jim Janis Sr., and Rich Deney. We will have a BBQ dinner along with adult beverages to commemorate the ceremony. Tickets for the dinner will be available pre-sale at the office and the day of the event. Sunday all classes will be allowed one more qualifier before eliminations and Competition and Little Eliminators will run a second race. Classes will be: Street Little Eliminator (7.0 and slower) Competition Eliminator (6.99 and quicker) Pro Comp (5.50 Index .400 pro tree) Top Eliminator (Heads Up .400 Pro Tree) 8 car field, NO ENTRY FEE for car and driver for the first 16 to pre register. Pre Register by contacting Rob Kozak at [email protected] $1,500.00 to win all pre 1980 cars allowed. Dragsters, Altereds, and Door Cars. Nostalgia AA/Gasser Club Also Sunday will be the Clutch Artists Car Show on the infield $20 Car and Driver 1/2 price all access admission for one passenger.
So whats going to be different this year as opposed to the last 5 or 6 years which have completely sucked? Besides the name change.
This year was great! Awesome turnout for the car show Sunday, and plenty of drag racing action! Don't have any complaints! Looking forward to next year! Highly recommend going next year! I'll post a link to pics..
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