Funny Car Nationals at Salem, Ohio

Words by Dennis Salzwimmer
Photos by Tom Schiltz

This year The Great Lakes Nostalgia Funny Car Circuit brought their Funny Car Nationals to Quaker City Motorsports Park in Salem, Ohio. The event was held on May 25, combined with Quaker City’s annual nostalgia get together as the Quaker City Nostalgia Classic & Pace Performance Great Lakes Funny Car Nationals.

Twenty-one funny cars raced the Chicago style event with an East versus Midwest format with the quickest funny car from each region meeting in the final.

The first round saw 19 blown funny cars face off. This was the first weekend of racing at Quaker City this year so the track was still a little green, which made for some exciting runs. One of the highlights of this round was the “High Psi” Arrow kicking one of timing blocks right at the freshly repainted “Warpath” Buick Somerset.

Rocky Pirrone got the spectators on their feet by getting as close to the wall as you can without scrapping the Zoomies.