’19 Glory Days Nostalgia Drags
’19 Glory Days Nostalgia Drags
Heat is bad enough. Add to that excessive humidity and ridiculously high dew points and you have the recipe for discomfort. The body struggles to cool itself, but when the surrounding air is so heavily saturated that quickly becomes an exercise in futility. The best you can do is to grin and bear it, hydrate and perspire. Lots and lots of perspiring.
With those conditions and the constant threat of thunderstorms that accompanies them, it’s no wonder that there were probably a few competitors who opted to skip the inaugural Glory Days event. That being said, the good folks at Byron Dragway went above and beyond to ensure that the show would go on and that both racers and spectators would have a great time and be as comfortable as they could. This event is picking up where its predecessor, the already legendary Meltdown Drags, left off after last years event. The racing was hot and heavy (pun very much intended) all weekend, with the peak action coming on Saturday. Vintage drag machines of every type stormed the track, from Super Stocks to gassesrs, front engine dragsters and everything in between. There was also a substantial swap meet for those looking to part with some greenbacks in exchange for that sought after vintage hot rod equipment as well as a contingent of show cars scattered around the grounds.
This was certainly a promising beginning, in the face of adverse conditions, for the Glory Days Nostalgia Drags. We can only hope that, with the support of the hot rod and vintage drag racing communities, Glory Days will flourish and grow just as the event that preceded it did. Check out my somewhat artistic take on the event and make your plans to attend next year, maybe even strap into a vintage machine of your own and take part in revisiting the golden age.
2019 Glory Days Nostalgia Drags
words and photos Dan Podobinski
