By Richard Parks 1) Bill Montgomery and Hillbank Motorsports invited my wife and I to the 3rd annual Winter Hillbank Performance History Steam Job Fair Presentation in Irvine, California on February 26th. Bill works tirelessly to promote educational opportunities to young people and these … [Read more...]
Dear Friends of Motorsports: Happy Holidays and may you all have a wonderful New Year. Here are a few notices to read or mark on your calendar. If you can help Wendy Jeffries save the Bonneville Racing News, a wonderful addition to land speed racing, all of us will be in your debt. Thank … [Read more...]
Dear Friends of Motorsports: Happy Holidays and may you all have a wonderful New Year. Here are a few notices to read or mark on your calendar. If you can help Wendy Jeffries save the Bonneville Racing News, a wonderful addition to land speed racing, all of us will be in your debt. Thank … [Read more...]
1) Bobby East, a 37-year-old NASCAR driver, was stabbed to death at a gas station in California this week, Fox News reported. Police in Westminster, California, say Bobby East, who competed in the United States Auto Club division, was attacked at a gas station Wednesday evening after he stopped to … [Read more...]
Mike Kaehny is the record keeper for the SCTA dry lakes land speed time trials. This was a function that my father, Wally Parks, was responsible for in the 1940s before becoming Editor of Hot Rod Magazine and then founding the NHRA. I know that he would be very proud of the men and women volunteers … [Read more...]
Coming up on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, at 8 PM Eastern on DragList LIVE, Bill Pratt will host an interview with one of our sport's greatest Historians, Richard Parks! Richard's work with Hot Rod Hotline has covered the entire scope of Drag Racing, and we’re honored to have him visit with us on the May … [Read more...]
Update for those on my old Car Racers Newsletter: April 1, 2017 - Santa Ana Drags Reunion, 10 am to 2 pm, Santiago Creek Park located at Lawson Way and East Memory Lane, Santa Ana, California. No charge to attend, light lunch provided by Gene Mitchell. Group photograph at 1 pm. April 29, 2017 … [Read more...]
Story by Richard Parks. 19 March 2016. Larry Fisher sent out word to the hot rodding community that Alex Xydias was going to speak at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by Automobile Club of Southern California, on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Along with the memories of the … [Read more...]
David Lee Parks passed away very suddenly in the early evening of January 8, 2016 at his home in Corona Del Mar, California. He was 63 at the time of his death. He was the youngest son of National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) founder Wally Parks, by his first wife, Mary Mant Parks. David was a … [Read more...]
The Santa Ana Drags Reunion will be held on Saturday, 3 October 2015, at Santiago Creek Park, from 10AM to 2PM. For more information contact Richard Parks at Rnparks1@juno.com. There is no charge for attending and light refreshments will be provided. Bring copies of your photos and memorabilia of … [Read more...]
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