wally parks nhra motorsports museum

Classic museum for all racing enthusiasts. This is a learning historic tour, great stuff you won't always read about.

Car guys must go here at least once in your life I go by here when ever Im in town, full of racing history, cost very little and they have a rotating show room that keeps changing

If you are into hot rod and drag racing nostalgia this is a 2 hour blast from the past not to be missed. All the famed cars from the 50 60 and 70's are present. Reasonable entry and no parking problems.

Nice exhibits of early drag racing and salt flats racing. Lots of history. Gift shop also for many closed drag strip items and books.

The museum concentrates on the early years of drag racing with some very interesting early exhibits, ie I learned why rails are called rails.For about a third of the exhibit I couldn't see the link to drag racing, NASCAR helmets for instance.I expected to see some of the more modern cars as well as some icons, ie Sox and Martin, Prudhomme, etc.Well worth a visit if you are in the area but to me not worth going too far out of your way.

A worthwhile afternoon activity with lots of history in automobile racing evolution. We love the excitement of Pomona and the museum adds much information about the sport

Thank God, Wally Parks, the founder of the NHRA and others had the inside to build this beautiful museum! Climate controlled. Easy in and out parking. A modest fee to visit. Old time hot rods in the lobby, land speed record cars on exhibit, dragsters hanging from the ceiling, motorcycles on display. If you are a gear head, this is a must see museum, for sure. Drag bikes, helmets, gloves, leathers, original uniforms all on display. Close to the Pomoma drag race track and the LA County Fair Grounds. A must see for all drag racers!

If you are into drag racing this is a stop for you. Located near the track it is inexpensive and has a tremendous amount of racing history photos, exhibits, and cars.

This is an excellent automobile museum. It is close to the fairgrounds at the LA County Fair.We enjoyed seeing the cars and learning more about the impact of motorsports on American culture. The museum is named after the founder of the museum.There is a lot to see here. We spent about 90 minutes or so to see it and could have spent more. Very good exhibits and well worth the time to see it if one likes cars.We have also visited it when the LA County Fair is going on; its open during fair time which is around September each year. So if you are in the area in September, its a good time to do the fair and also see this museum.

This fantastic museum is devoted to speed. Not any sort of speed, but the racing associated with hot rods, dragsters, and dry lake record breakers. For those of us who never got to go to a race, but, instead, read the magazines and built the plastic model kits there were exhibits for us, too. On the day I visited the famous Tom Medley Ford coupe was on display along with two of the Chuck Porter cars that were featured in the most recent issue of The Rodder's Journal. I was a real treat to see these cars in person.The racing cars included machines of all kinds including rails, funny cars, and more. The Force funny cars were very special. Then there was the twin engine dragster, then there was the . . . well, you get the idea.The museum is located in Pomona, just off I-10. It is very easy to get to. Just find Gate 1 of the Fairplex. You can't miss it. The layout is very logical. There is stuff to see everywhere. You get very close to each car so you can see all the detail.I highly recommend the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum to anybody interested in racing. I hope to return.

If I carry on too much, you have to know I have been coming to the races at Pomona since 1967 so many of the cars in the Museum I have seen on the drag strip when they were in their prime and at the top of their game. What memories. The displays are fabulous. To have all these machines preserved and in such wonderful shape is a feast for the imagination and the eye. I would be a docent if I lived near by, really. Be aware of some special setups that they have at the museum, special cars that travel around the country to various Museums and car shows. I had the opportunity to take a friend who loved batman so much she had a logo tattoo installed. When the docents at the museum saw it she was allowed to get in the bat-mobile for a photo shoot. How nice. It is a must see for drag racing fans and a good show for everybody else!

A really unique museum with some great cars and automobilia.Not huge but nioce and intimate and a nice setting.Well worth visiting whilst attending events at the Fairplex (wasn't LA County Fairgrounds a much more evocative name?).Go on Sunday morning and get the place to your self.

This place was awesome! Amazing to se all of the history in one building! It's "smallish" as for the numbers of "vehicle" in the building, but huge when you consider how much history i packed in here. Give yourself a few hours to take time and READ th info hroughout the displays! AWESOME place!

The NHRA museum has so much history tucked into this building.The cars, the history and the drivers listed in the museum is truly amazing. Being part of the museum community made me truly appreciate the history within the building and the significance in racing history it portrays. For new folks coming into the museum plan ahead to spend time reading up on all of the information. The museum staff was enthusiastic and the space was clean and orderly even during the Grand National Roadster show when I was there. Thanks to the staff, it was a very memorable experience and hope you will all take time to visit the museum and the wonderful staff.

We have visited this place many times & we have always enjoyed the displays & memorabilia. We took our 5 1/2 year old granddaughter for the first tim & she loved it! She is a budding race car driver who started out at age 3 with a pedal car, graduated to an electric car & got a go kart for Christmas....in a few months she'll be driving a working miniature car complete with a matching teardrop trailer. Her favorite part was driving the dragster simulator & mastering the "Christmas tree".....drag race fans will be amazed by the car collection & my favorite part is all the memorabilia....enjoy!