Has been the drag strip manager at Infineon Raceway in northern California for many years. (Photo: museum.nhra.com) » More Photos

Georgia Seipel
Georgia Seipel: Has been the drag strip manager at Infineon Raceway in northern California for many years. Her life revolves around drag racing, and the entire Seipel family has been heavily involved in Super Gas racing since the category began.

Walt Rhoades
Walt Rhoades: A journeyman southern California dragster driver of the60s and 70s who drove such legendary entries as the Gas House Gang, John Peters Freight Train (in which he won Top Gas at the 71 Gatornationals and set low e.t. on gas at 71 Indy), as well as the Buehl, Cirino and Rhoades AA/FD, one of the quickest of the mid-70s.

Butch Maas
Butch Maas: Another journeyman driver whose career spanned 25 different race cars from the Scottys Muffler roadster through the Don Garlits streamliner. He won the 71 Winternationals Funny Car final driving Roland Leongs Hawaiian.

Gas Ronda
Gas Ronda (Reunion Spotlight winner): One of the most famous door car drag racers of all time. But for a brief time early in his career in the Bay Area, he raced Fords exclusively. From 390 Galaxies, through AFX Thunderbolts, and on to blown Fuel Funny Cars, his performance along with his demeanor and dapper appearance made him extremely popular with the fans.

The 17th annual California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, Oct. 10-12 at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif., is a 3-day festival of speed, hot rods and American automotive enthusiasm. Its also the season finale of the inaugural NHRAs Hot Rod Heritage nostalgia drag racing series.

Produced by the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, and located in Pomona, Calif., the Reunion is part of the museums living history philosophy, which works to bring to life the sights, sounds and people who made history in the early days of drag racing, land speed racing and the golden age of American car culture.