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    2011, pewter Wally trophies were awarded to all of the winners during that season. Other events celebrating milestones may award Wally trophies in varying...
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  • walnut base, the "Wally" (named after NHRA founder Wally Parks) is 18 inches tall and weighs 12 pounds. Contrary to popular belief, the Wally trophy does not...
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    The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, located in Fair plex, Los Angeles County, houses a collection of memorabilia, automobiles, and motorcycles related...
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  • Company was the original publisher. The first editor of Hot Rod was Wally Parks, who went on to found the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Petersen...
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    trophy statue in honor of founder Wally Parks. The trophy is commonly referred to by its nickname, "The Wally". Wally Parks, editor of Hot Rod magazine and...
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    currently documenting the sport's history and is taking part in the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsport Museum's History of Hot Rodding. Beckman is a former...
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    Barretts Equine Ltd., a thoroughbred horse racing auction facility and the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum. The Los Angeles County Fair was canceled shortly...
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    and in 1975 as Guildenstern in Hamlet at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park, where he also understudied Sam Waterston as Hamlet. That fall, the production...
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    By that time, only 18 to 36 KSCs had been produced. In August 1949, Wally Parks, founder of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and co-founder of...
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    Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1961, and has remained there ever since, after a verbal deal was made between NHRA founder and Board Chairman Wally Parks and the then-owners...
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