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The event was created by Steve Gibbs, vice-president of the National Hot Rod Association, in October 1992, as a one-time event to gather some of the old drag racers together. [2] It has since become an annual event in early October at Auto Club Famoso Raceway outside Bakersfield. [3]
The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway hosted the first ever March Meet in 1959 and it helped establish the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) legitimacy. The east part of Poso Auxiliary Field became the Poso Airport. [1] [2] [3] The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event.
In the fall of each year, Auto Club Famoso Raceway also hosts the California Hot Rod Reunion, a gathering of street rodders, drag racers and auto enthusiasts. Buttonwillow Raceway Park is 38 miles northwest of Bakersfield and hosts road racing events year round.
The presenting sponsor of the museum is the Automobile Club of Southern California. Steve Gibbs, now a retired vice-president of NHRA, led the team that reconditioned a WPA -constructed 28,500-square-foot (2,650 m 2 ) building on the grounds of the Fairplex to house the museum, which opened to the public in 1998.
The March Meet is an independent drag race held at Famoso Raceway, a dragstrip located approximately ten miles north of Bakersfield, California.It began in 1959 under the sanction of the "Smokers Car Club" and was initially known as the "US Fuel & Gas Championships."
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The 1987 NHRA Winternationals (commonly known as the Winternats) were a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing event, held at Auto Club Raceway, Pomona, California on 1 February.
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