If you haven’t heard of the Steve Gibbs created Nitro Revival yet, we’re wondering where you’ve been! This is an event that Steve and a group of truly driven enthusiasts that love the history of drag racing created to celebrate said history. It is not a race, it is about the cars, the people, and the noise that built the sport of drag racing through its golden years.
After an insanely successful debut last year at Barona Drag Strip in California, word now comes that the Nitro Revival will be happening in May at the Laguna Seca Spring Classic! Even cooler is that the Nitro Revival will be the highlight of the second day of the event with drag racers taking center stage at one of the most awesome road courses in the world.
The full story is below but the event that was already awesome for its celebration of 1960s-1980s racing and race cars just got kicked up 10 notches by including the Nitro Revival. This is easily one of the neatest car weekends on the planet. BE THERE!
NITRO REVIVAL TO BE HELD DURING SPRING CLASSIC MAY 18-20 –
Gathering of vintage drag cars to highlight second day of Spring Classic event
The distinct cackle of Nitro Revival will be coming to the Monterey Peninsula during the second annual Spring Classic on May 18-20. The gathering of vintage and restored nitromethane-powered drag cars and legendary drag racing personalities will take place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the iconic facility’s vintage racing event with feature activity occurring on Saturday, May 19. The Spring Classic celebrates motorsports eras from the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.
Nitro Revival brings the sights and sounds of the early days of front-engine Top Fuel dragsters and other organized hot rod racing back to life with a large lineup of fully restored machines. It serves as a reunion for racers from that era and gives fans the experience of a drag racing museum come to life. Fuelers will do push starts with period-correct push start vehicles and burnouts. There will also be a large turnout of classic street rods and hot rods. The Saturday event will close with a “Line of Fire” mass fire-up that will have the cackling sounds of vintage drag cars echoing through the rolling hills of the scenic Monterey Peninsula.
“Nitro Revival is a unique car show with unique vehicles that celebrate drag racing,” said Steve Gibbs, Nitro Revival producer. “Laguna Seca is an iconic place with a facility that can accommodate the growth of Nitro Revival, and we are able to add a historical drag race element to their event. There is a lot of drag racing history on the Central Coast and Bay Area. Monterey also has a lot to offer as a destination.”
Nitro Revival will enhance the paddock experience of the three-day vintage race held May 18-20. The 11 run groups of approximately 200 historically-correct sports and race cars that will race on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course during the Spring Classic range from 1966-74 Can-Am to 1974-94 Stock Cars to Historic Motorcycle exhibitions.
“Everyone who has an interest in motorsports, cars and moving entertainment will enjoy their experience at the Spring Classic that features Nitro Revival,” added Gill Campbell, senior vice president of events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. “There will be something to enjoy for all ages, from sports and Formula One race cars to historic motorcycles to the high-powered drag racers; it will be a sensory overload.”
How about someone live streaming this event??
First question : How on earth did they get local approval to allow a nitro car to start at LS,the locals have been bitching about the noise of the RACE FAN traffic for 30 years let alone the on track vehicles? Next burn out up the front strait over the hill to turn one for the WIN!!!!