Goodguys Heads To Des Moines For The 25th Heartland Nationals

Photos from www.goodguys.com

Coming off of the very successful “Day at the Hay” special event in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Goodguys crew heads for Des Moines, Iowa for the 25th Heartland Nationals this weekend.

The Goodguys’ Day at the Hay second annual event brought in over 1,000 hot rods, customs, classics and trucks along with tens of thousands of car-starved fans filled Lincoln, Nebraska’s North Haymarket Festival & Sports District last Saturday in the heart Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket District.

Presented by Speedway Motors, the event was so successful that a third annual event is already on the schedule for Jun 24, 2017. In addition to all of the usual events at a Goodguys weekend, the Speedway Motors’ Bucket Beauties debuted their T-bucket build at the show.

The Heartland Nationals, held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on July 1 through July 3, promises to carry the momentum begun at the one-day Lincoln, Nebraska event.

Starting bright and early at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, July 1, the Goodguys autocross will begin with the “Duel in Des Moines” qualifying runs. The Nitro Thunderfest dragster exhibition is slated for 1:00 pm. The Fairgrounds Twilight Cruise begins at 5:00 pm, where members will cruise the historic Grand Avenue in Des Moines. For the two-wheeled fans, a freestyle motorcross show will start at 5:00 pm, with high flying riders performing breath-taking tricks. Friday’s events close out with the twilight autocross from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, where hot rods, trucks and musclecars compete on a timed road course.

Saturday is more fun at the autocross track for runs all day long, culminating in another Twilight autocross event in the evening. Kids will be entertained at the Revell sponsored model car make and take where kids can get started model building and take home a free model car that they built. The Goodguys’ Nitro Thunderfest dragster exhibition will run for a solid two hours in the middle of the day with live entertainment from Richie Lee taking place in the early afternoon. The late evening freestyle motorcross show from 7:00 to 8:00 pm sets the stage for the Fireworks extravaganza and live entertainment at 8:00 pm. The fireworks are expected to start at 9:30 pm.

The event winds up on Sunday with the Goodguys’ winner’s circle where award recipients are announced. The Autocross competition winds up with winners for different divisions in the timed road course. The Kids zone continues with an unbelievable amount of arts and crafts, games and prizes, along with the Revell sponsored model car make and take program. The show will conclude with the awards program at 2:22 pm at the entertainment stage, where the special award winners will be announced, along with the qualifying winners for the 2016 grand prize giveaway.

For more information, visit the Goodguys online at www.goodguys.com

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