2005 National Hot Rod Reunion Photos
Beech Bend Raceway Park, Bowling Green KY
By Paul Hutchins
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| Sean Bellemeur in The Plaza entry was matched up with Mark Worden for this qualifying run in Top Fuel. |
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| David Pace was in the Schramm Racing Top Fuel car from Oklahoma. |
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| James Day in Bob Steffen's car from Chicago lost to Mendy Fry in The Mastercam entry in the first round of Top Fuel. |
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| Bellemeur took out Fry in the second round with a 6.32 at 240. |
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| Brendan Murry in his Arias Chevy "Running Wild" got to the final with a win over #1 qualifier (5.913) Jack Harris in "Nitro Thunder." |
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| Roger Lechtenberg in "The Orange Crate" from Iowa in a qualifying run with Dan Rusk in the Patrick & Ferry entry from Tucson. |
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| Bellemeur drove The Plaza digger to a win in the Top Fuel final over Brendan Murry with a 6.42 at 225. |
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| Charlie Smith in the yellow car from Oklahoma and Dom Paris in the hemi twin on qualifying runs in Open Fuel. |
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| 2003 Jr Fuel winner Pat Malloy from Virginia in the right lane lost to 2004 winner Scott Parks from Kansas in the first round of Jr Fuel "A." |
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| Scott Parks won the final in Jr Fuel A over Stu Sandhaus from Pittsburgh witha 7.10 at 185 to Stu's 7.18 at 182. |
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| Jerry Baltes on his way to the Cacklefest parade. |
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| Tom Hanna being pushed to the staging lanes for the Cacklefest parade. |
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| Steve Carbone in the "Creitz & Donovan" cackler. |
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| Steve Gibbs congratulates Steve Carbone as Bob Creitz and a young fan look on. |
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| Lou Sgro had his "Black Magic" running strong with 200mph passes. |
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| The Minnesota Maniac and Joe Jocono had the fans on their feet with wild burnouts and smokey passes. |
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| The Pandemonium Barracuda takes on the Jess Tyree Pontiac. |
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| Ken Kull and the Prock & Howell Willys made some exhibition runs. |
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| Bill Bush in his 60 Rambler lost to Rob Davis in the finals of Nostalgia Eliminator. |
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| Allen Burns in the blown flathead from Maryland won thsi round over Tom "Tuna" Steed who also shoes the King & Marshall cackler. |
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| Ron Doran from Ohio won the final in Geezer Gassers over Ron Malmsten in his "Barn Stormer"" from Michigan. |
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| Peter "The MadBrit" Broadrib towed in from Arziona with the "Moody Garage" Chevy. |
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| Big Al got a lot of attention in the pits. |
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| The "Hellzapoppin" 32 Ford from Georgia was a fan favorite. |
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| The Mallicoat Brothers brought their contemporary AA/Gas 'Cuda in from California and made some 200 mph exhibition runs. |
Paul Hutchins
