2025 MOONEYES Christmas Party Show & Drag At Pomona!

December 24, 2025

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) • The 2025 MOONEYES Christmas Party Show & Drag rolled into Pomona’s historic In-N-Out Burger Drag Strip, and it kicked off exactly how you’d expect in December—under a thick fog bank that made everything feel a little eerie. Thankfully, the marine layer didn’t last long, and before midday it burned off into one of those perfect Southern California days that make you forget it’s almost Christmas.

Once again, Chico Kodama and the MOONEYES crew answered the call and delivered the ultimate year-end car show and holiday get-together.

The Pomona Fairplex was packed with thousands of hot rods, customs, gassers, low-riders, bombers, beaters—if it had wheels and personality, it was probably there too, with Big Jim Dunn’s MOONEYES funny car and Land Speed racers and bikes on display. The variety alone made this a show you couldn’t cover in a single lap.

With past venue Irwindale Raceway shuttered earlier this year, Pomona now stands as the last spot in the Los Angeles area still cable of hosting 1/8-mile drag racing at a major event like this, and that fact wasn’t lost on anyone in attendance.

Throw in the Pinup Girl Contest, pinstriping demos, vendors, live music, and nonstop action, and the MOONEYES Christmas Party once again proved why it remains one of the best ways to close out the SoCal car culture season for thousands of fans.