Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum

The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is the National Hot Rod Association's own museum, a nonprofit on the Fairplex grounds in Pomona, California. It is named after Wally Parks, who founded the NHRA, and it tells the story of American hot rodding and drag racing over nearly 75 years. Proceeds go straight back into the museum.

The floor has about 30,000 square feet of permanent and changing exhibits: dragsters and Funny Cars from across NHRA history, land speed vehicles, race cars, customs and hot rods, plus a rotating set of one off vehicles. Displays change through the year. The collection has included A. J. Foyt's Coyote Indy car and Kenny Bernstein's first dragster to go over 300 mph.

The museum is in a historic Art Deco exhibition building on the Fairplex grounds. Fairplex is also home to the Pomona dragstrip, where the NHRA ran its first event, the Southern California Championships, in 1953. The strip still hosts the Winternationals in March and the NHRA Finals in November.

• Dragsters and Funny Cars from across NHRA history.
• Land speed vehicles alongside the drag cars.
• Race cars beyond drag racing. The collection has included A. J. Foyt's Coyote Indy car.
• Kenny Bernstein's first dragster to go over 300 mph has been part of the collection.
• Customs and hot rods.
• A rotating set of one off vehicles and changing exhibits, so the floor is not the same on every visit.
• The building itself: a historic Art Deco exhibition building on the Fairplex grounds, the same grounds as the Pomona dragstrip.
• Cars and Coffee meets at the museum.

• Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am to 5:00pm, all year. Closed Monday to Thursday.
• Also closed on New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
• Admission is US$12. Seniors 60 years and over pay US$10, and so do students 13 to 18 years of age with a student ID.
• Children 12 years of age and under enter free with a parent or guardian. Active military with ID and museum members also enter free.
• Group rates are available by phone.
• The museum is at 1101 W McKinley Ave, Pomona, inside the Fairplex grounds.
• Cars and Coffee dates are on the flyer on the museum's Cars and Coffee page (https://nhramuseum.org/carsncoffee/).
• Phone 909-622-2133. Email info@nhramuseum.org.

• Last verified: 8 November 2026
• Official link: https://nhramuseum.org/admission/