Words by Kay Burk - Photos by Don Eckert

Over 400 drag cars and 1,500 street rods and muscle cars made for record-setting numbers in attendance at the 7th Annual Holley national Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Ky.

Although temperatures were high, so was the enthusiasm of the crowd of people looking to relive the early days of drag racing and the car culture of the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

Looking at the cars while getting together with old friends and making new ones is the order of the day, with a little drag racing thrown in.