Page 51 - Nitro Madness Magazine Fall 2017

Story and photos by Geoff Stunkard
The raceplant at Bowling Green, midwestern fans did just that on TOP FUEL
Kentucky has always been unique. Father’s Day weekend this year for Since the show is on a Thursday-
Built on a peninsular turn in the the 15th Annual Holley Hot Rod Friday-Saturday schedule, things
Barren River that gave it the name Reunion. With a large field of show got underway for front engine
‘Beech Bend,’ it is almost quaint cars and lot of displays, even car thunder Thursday afternoon
with low covered grandstands, an people not into actually ‘racing’ despite rain in the forecast. James
adjacent circle track and rustic would be happy. However, for Young and his Wisconsin-based
camping facilities. But its lack of those of us who think alcohol’s for ‘Young Guns’ team was ready to
pomp makes it a terrific place to drinkin’ and gasoline’s for washin’
watch historical and nostalgia drag parts, it was when Top Fuel cackled
racing action, and thousands of that things got interesting.

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