2024 RPM NATIONALS

To enter the ranch from the town of Santa Margarita head north on Yerba buena ave and go to the end of the street, physical address is 9000 Yerba buena ave, Santa Margarita, ca 93453

WILL BE HELD On Saturday SEPTEMBER 21st

2024 event is fully open, spectators, car show and swapmeet. Spectator/car show tickets will be available the day of the race at the gate or you can purchase ahead of time to save a couple bucks (before 9/21) by clicking on the menu above. Swapmeet spaces will also be available the day of the race at the gate but spaces are limited so if you want a guaranteed swap space purchase ahead of time using the menu

(NEW EVENT THE RPM “you asked for it” drags, is on may 4th at barona drag strip, click here https://www.rpmnationals.com/you-asked-for-it-drags )

ABOUT RPM NATIONALS

RPM Nationals is a race that pays homage to the early days of drag racing. When race cars and street cars competed head to head to see whose garage built hop up was the fastest. The races then started with the drop of a flag and end 1/8 of a mile down the strip.

We have 6 classes for race vehicles, 4 cylinder street, v8 street, 4 cylinder modified street, v8 modified street, 4 cylinder full race, and v8 full race. Standard street class requires cars to be licensed and be capable of being driven on public streets, modified street requires the same but allows for power adders such as blowers or overhead conversions, full race is the anything goes class, blowers, overhead conversions, and nitro.

All cars in every class are required to appear as a 1955 or older build style (but with some modern safety features) no modern electronics are allowed in any class bringing back the days of real hands on tuning, not being able to read that plug correctly could cause you the race.

All this takes place at the beautiful Santa Margarita Ranch, located between San Luis Obispo and Atascadero in central Ca. We searched for months to find a location to hold the race where the surroundings would fit right in with the early style of the cars competing. After looking at a dozen or so places that just didn’t feel right we stumbled onto the ranch, when we entered the property and crossed that wood bridge, that leads up to the old Asistancia building that was an original stop on the “mission Trail” dating back to the 1770’s, and the road then drops down to the airstrip surrounded by rolling hill we knew we found home.

Along with the racing there’s a car show down by the track, food and drinks, vendor area, and a swap meet area that some amazing vintage parts show up at every year.