York, PA - February 11, 2010
Former World Champion Funny Car driver Carol "Bunny" Burkett will be attending the 9th Annual Musclecar Madness at the York Reunion with her car, to be presented July 9th-10th at the York Expo Center, York Fairgrounds, 334 Carlisle Ave., York, PA.
Known as the First Lady of Funny Cars based on 34 years in the drivers seat of funny cars, Bunny makes note that she is second to Shirley Muldowney based on longevity of women drivers in the sport.
The annual show for 2010 will feature a Salute to Chevrolet and a Tribute to Junior Stock, as well as, the annual Legion of Honor awards, the anuual reunion for the Legends of Drag Racing and the annual reunion for the staff and managment of the former York US 30 Dragway that closed some 31 years ago.
The show will be attended by some of the biggest names in the history of drag racing such as Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins, "Miss Hurst Golden Shifter" Linda Vaughn, Wally Booth, Arlen Vanke, Bob Harrop, Ed Hedrick, Jere Stahl, Joe Jacono, Tom Raley, Jim & Alison Lee, and the list goes on.
The show opens on Friday, July 9th at 1 p.m to 8 p.m. and Saturday, July 10th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. A giant outside Cruisin' Into Summer cruise in hosted by Cruisin' Columbia staff will be presented on Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The shows charity of choice is the York County SPCA with proceeds from special drawings, best of show voting canisters and a memorabilia auction at 5:30 pm on Saturday all supporting the organization. Contributions to the SPCA thus far derived at the show are in excess of $35,000.
The nostalgia weekend concludes on Sunday with the presentation of the York Nostalgia Nationals at Beaver Springs Dragway beginning at 8 a.m.
SHOW INFORMATION
717-757-2720 www.yorknostalgia.com or
darwin@yorknostalgia.com
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