Justin Shaffer warms up his tires Thursday, June 13, 2019, before racing at the 17th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion at Beech Bend Park. (Bac Totrong/photo@bgdailynews.com)

The 17th annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion wrapped up Saturday as Jeff Arend and Mendy Fry claimed victories at Beech Bend Raceway.

Arend won the Nostalgia Funny Car competition with his run of 5.784 seconds at 243.28 mph. Arend’s California Hustler Trans Am was also the top qualifier for the weekend. He defeated Dan Horan Jr. and Eric Stevens on his way to the winner’s circle.

“We’ve never been to Bowling Green before. Love the track; it’s a great area,” Arend said in a news release. “The car ran good and Ronnie Swearingen is a good crew chief. We have a great team here. We were low E.T. in qualifying. So today we knew if we run the same as we have, we’re probably going to do OK and win. I’m really happy we won and got a Wally (trophy) for Don Nelson (team owner).”

In Nostalgia Top Fuel, Fry, current world champion and top qualifier for the event, powered to victory in her High Speed Motorsports dragster with a pass of 5.561 at 259.21. It was a side-by-side battle all the way down the track in the final round as Fry defeated Jim Young. She landed in the final round after beating Jerry Hangey and Tyler Hilton earlier in the day.

In other categories competing, Rich Krohn won in 6.0 Eliminator, Jeffrey Sanborn won in 7.0 Eliminator and Randall Boles was the winner in 7.5 Eliminator.

Dan Dishon captured the win in Competition Eliminator and Jim Hayes emerged victorious in Gas Eliminator. In Modified Eliminator, Greg Carta came away with the win and Jimmy Ray took the top spot in Nostalgia Super Stock. The win was captured by George Warren in Top Stock Eliminator and in Hot Rod Eliminator, Paul Mitchell snagged the victory.