This was the main entrance to
the immense "Golden Corral" that housed over 80 historic
cars that all, at one time or another, raced in one or more NHRA
Winternationals.
The "Golden Corral"
went all the way from this shot taken at the huge tent that housed
all our creature comforts, all the way over the that other big
tent with the red triangle on the roof.
One of three significant new
car debuts was the ChiZer V repop engineered by Ron Johnson with
The Greeks blessings. ChiZler
V - the 56 day wonder.
Also making its debut
was the Waterman & Hampshire RCS car from 1965.
And the third long anticipated
debut was the Howard Cams Twin Bear originally driven by Jack
Chrisman.
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Bill Pitts Magicar, Bobby Hansen's
"Wynns Spoiler", Shubert & Herbert, Tommy Ivo Barnstormer,
ChiZler V and Joe Passelaquas Smirnoff car. One of the many "stout"
lineups through out the corral.
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Blood Sweat Nitro, Howard
Cams Rattler & Yeakel Ply.
Ash Marshall
- Scorcher, Underdog B/FD,
Ernie's Camera, Frantic 4
Sour Sisters
BankAmericar
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Roland Leong's Duo
Croshier-Baltes-Lavato
AA/FD
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Iron
Horse, Woody Trick Car, John Wiebe & Mike Kuhl
Over the winter Don Prieto turned
his "business coupe" Hustler VI into a swoopy full
body version.
The Poachers, Warren-Coburn-Miller,
Roger Gates
Beebe & Mulligan
& Horsepower Engineering
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Rear Engine Row: WCM,
Larry Minor, Over The Hill Gang, Candies & Hughes.
If you haven't noticed by the
photos, the cars were grouped with their own kinds (yes, segregation)
and here are the gas dragsters.
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FINAL GOLDEN 50
AWARD WINNERS
JUDGMENT BASED ON
ORIGINALITY, LONGEVITY, ACCURACY, HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, AND
VEHICLE PRESENTATION
FREIGHT TRAIN AA/DRAGSTER
JOHN & BEVERLY PETERS
KOHLER BROS. KING KONG AA/GS
CARLOS & MARY CEDENO
CANDIES & HUGHES TOP FUEL
DRAGSTER
PAUL CANDIES
VENTURA MOTORS AA/STREET ROADSTER
HUGH TUCKER, SR. &
HUGH TUCKER, JR.
YEAKEL PLYMOUTH SPECIAL AA/FUEL
DRAGSTER
TEAM OF BANEY, ROSSI
& GOEBEL
SMIRNOFF SPECIAL AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
JOE PASSALAQUA
STONE, WOODS & COOK SWINDLER
B AA/GAS SUPER
JOE TROILO & MIKE
WALE
JUNGLE JIM FUNNY CAR
DAVE BANY
POACHERS AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
PAUL SCHAVRIEN
MONDELLO & MATSUBARA AA/FUEL
ALTERED
PETE EASTWOOD & KARPO
MURKIJANIAN
KUHL & OLSON AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
MIKE KUHL
SNAKE HOT WHEELS FUNNY CAR
AND CAR HAULER
DON PRUDHOMME
HAWAIIAN FUNNY CAR
GREG MOSELY & ROLAND
LEONG
WEISS & LARKIN AA/GAS
DRAGSTER
TOM McINTYRE
M&V AUTOMOTIVE ROADSTER
BOB VACCA & DON TUBBS
SYNDICATE SCUDERIA A/DRAGSTER
JACK WILLIAMS
JIM STEVENS ROADSTER
DAVE McCAIN
UNDERDOG DRAGSTER
KEN GILLISPIE
USA - 1 CHEVELLE FX/FUNNY
CAR
BRUCE LARSON
ROGER GATES AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
DENNY FENSTERMAKER
TEIXEIRA & SON GASSER
DAVE CLARK
WARREN, COBURN & MILLER
AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
FRONT ENGINE CAR
MIKE AABY
WARREN, COBURN & MILLER
TOP FUEL
REAR ENGINE CAR
FRANK HINMON
PURE HELL AA/FUEL ALTERED
RICH GUASCO
IRON HORSE AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
SAM CHASTAIN
BECK & MINOR TOP FUEL
HENRY WALTHER
DODGE CHARGER FX/FUNNY CAR
FRANK SPITTLE
SEEVERS, WEISNER &OWENS
AA/GAS SUPER
DEL WEISNER
BEEBE & MULLIGAN AA/FUEL
DRAGSTER
DAVE WEST
CHI-TOWN HUSTLER FUNNY CAR
THOMAS TUSO (DONOR TO
MUSEUM)
HILL ALCALA MOONEYES ROADSTER
TONY ALCALA
FRANTIC FOUR AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
WEEKLY, RIVERO, FOX &
HOLDING
DRAGMASTER TEAM - TWO THING
& DART
JIM NELSON & DODE
MARTIN
BANKAMERICAR AA/FUEL
DRAGSTER
EWALD BROS.
WINGED EXPRESS AA/FUEL ALTERED
AL "MOUSIE"
MARCELLUS
RON JOHNSON TEAM:
TOMMY IVO BARNSTORMER,
CHRIS KARAMESINES CHIZLER
AND SHUBERT & HERBERT SPL.
BURKHOLDER BROS. AA/FUEL ALTERED
HARRY BURKHOLDER &
ROBERT REEL
L.A. CHALLENGER FUNNY CAR
& CAR HAULER
JOHN ROBERTSON
CROSHIER, BALTES & LAVATO
AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
JERRY & PAT BALTES
MOONEYES DRAGSTER
CHICO KODAMA
ARNIE "FARMER" BESWICK
FX/FUNNY CAR
ARNIE BESWICK
SAFFORD, RATICAN & GAIDE
AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
KENNY SAFFORD
MUSIC BOX D/STOK AUTOMATIC
JOHN LEDOUCEUR
KANSAS JOHN WIEBE AA/FUEL
DRAGSTER
WAYNE PATRICK
PURE HEAVEN AA/FUEL ALTERED
BOB NYLANDER
RATICAN, JACKSON & STEARNS
AA/ALTERED
RON STEARNS
SILVER DOLLAR AA/GAS SUPER
CHRIS UNGER
BRISSETTE & ALEXANDER
AA/FUEL DRAGSTER
ROGER LEE
THOMPSON & MAZMANIAN AA/GAS
SUPER
JUNIOR & TOMMY THOMPSON
SWAMP RAT 5A
DON GARLITS
On Sunday the aforementioned
Final Golden 50 Award Winners were recognized by Dave McClelland.
Each were given a certificate
and memorial wrench by Tom Compton.
The Golden Corral - Page 1
Pit Fire-ups & Saturday Cacklefest
- Page 2
Sunday Cacklefest Parade - Page 3
Sunday Cacklefest - Push Starts - Page
4
Autograph Sessions, M/T Night at the
Museum, & People
Odds N The End
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At
the request of the NHRA (who allotted a huge hunk of prime Fairplex
real estate), the "Golden 50" was produced by the NHRA
Wally Parks Motorsports Museum and what a show it was. As early
as Tuesday cars were being transported (towed) from the museum
to the Fairplex pit area (about 1/2 mile) and some local entries
were there as well. By Thursday it was nothing short of a carnival
atmosphere featuring the who's who of drag racing and an acre
of some of the best race cars to ever go down the quarter mile.
Over the weekend the "corral" was arguably the most
popular area on the property with a constant stream of fans who
could hardly believe what they were looking at. The ultimate
hard core drag racing car show.