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50th Winternationals

CACKLEFEST SUNDAY

 

Orangeline

 

With the entire top end of the Pomona track covered in cacklecars the show was staged. Steve Gibbs and Alan Miller would do the honors of sending them off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first car down was Norm Weekly in the Frantic 4 fueler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Weekly was fired and nearing the 330' mark the Smirnoff car was on its way and from then on the pattern was set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Baltes was one of several cars that failed to fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bob Muravez was in the Howard Cams Rattler.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Gates in his old car now fielded by Denny Fenstermaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tommy Allen in his unique Woody Trick Car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron Hampshire in the new Waterman & Hampshire repop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ron Sterns was in his Ratican-Jackson-Stearns A/FA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wendy-Ann Williams in the Syndicate Scuderia from Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Lee in his Brissette & Alexander AA/FD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee finally ran out of fuel and pulled over to the far right (above). Keep this incident in mind, because it comes into play in a big way, a little later in the program.

 

 

 

Jeep Hampshire in the Winkle & Trapp Magicar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to a problem with the driveline coupler Don Ewald also failed to fire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leon Fitzgerald was back in the seat of his Pure Heaven II AA/FA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortly after this picture was taken Pure Heaven stopped on the return road due to congestion, to the left of Roger Lee's car which had run out of fuel. This contributed to the developing situation and is the second incident to keep in mind.

 

Paul Rossi was in the Yeakel Plymouth Spec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bobby Hansen in his restored "Wynn's Spoiler" AA/FD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave West was right at home in the seat of his Beebe & Mulligan entry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenny Safford in his Safford-Gaide-Rattican "Sour Sisters".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This shot was taken an instant before the blower literally came apart... and the engine was idling.

 

 

 

 

 

Incredibly no parts went flying and no one was hurt but it did leave a bunch of drag racers scratching their heads as this was a lot of top end damage for an idling engine.

 

 

 

Shortly after Safford murdered his supercharger a more significant event took place that could have been a deal breaker for Cacklefest and it concerned Rod Hynes in the Addict.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At this point Hynes knew he had a clutch problem and stopped the car. He tried to pull the fuel shut off which didn't fully close and in essence just leaned the engine out which raised the rpm level to a point the damaged clutch would not disengage.

 

Weiss and Larkin, driven by Tom McIntyre was following the Addict.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Rod Hynes pulled over to the side of the return road, McIntyre elected to go past Hynes. You will note the push car for the Addict is in the background of this picture, as it sat behind the Addict while Hynes attempted to correct his situation. Due to the incident that occurred with the Safford car, traffic has stopped further on down the return road, shortly before the finish line. McIntyre and his push truck had to stop and that left his push truck in the Addicts subsequent path.

 

The car lurched forward and built speed coming to a violent stop in the back of Weiss & Larkin push truck up track. The one option left to stop the car was the mag switch which was not activate.

 

After Hynes drove the Addict under the McIntyre's push truck, both vehicles spun around and were pretty much facing back toward the starting line.

 

 

 

Damaged in the incident was Pure Heaven II, McIntyre's push truck that took the first blow and the Addict which will need to be front halved. This could have been so much worse and after review new, strict guidelines have been implemented for future Cacklefest events. 2010 Cacklefest Rules and Guidelines

 

 

Kuhl and Olson pushed off two cars behind the Addict, with the accident still minutes away from happening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carl Olson followed the Weiss-Larkin car until it passed the Addict, at which point the Addict took off again and the accident occurred. Kuhl and Olson were the first car that stopped short of the accident scene on the return road when a heads-up Olson saw the problem and pulled the fuel shutoff, hit the mag switch and coasted to a stop right behind the mess. All subsequent cars were stopped as the crews attempted to get the area clear.

 

Walt Stevens was in his normal seat in the Poachers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crowd favorite the Freight Train had Sam Davis at the controls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Johnson fleet was toward the end led by Zane Shubert in the Shubert & Herbert SBC car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because of the accident, Ivo and those behind him were shut off after making the turn onto the return road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the return road tunnel through the grandstand in the background, Ivo was being signaled to stop the car. He kept the engine running for a couple of minutes and whacked the throttle a few times to the delight of the spectators. As it happened, it was the last engine running.

 

The Greek in the maiden appearance of the ChiZler V.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right after this picture was taken as the Chizler approached the starting line, officials signaled the Greek to stop the car and shut off the engine.

James Warren in the WCM car who was also shut off right after this picture was taken.

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Warren in the WCM car who was also shut off right after this picture was taken.

 

The final car down was Garlits who could care less what's going on eleswhere. He's a drag racer and no matter what the situation, focus on the task at hand.

 

 

Garlits fired but stopped before the 330' mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was pushed off the track.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everybody left at the bottom end were pushed back to the pits via the return road and the fans showed their approval.

 

Ivo in the Barnstormer had moved closer to the fence to go around the Tan Ford F-100 push car, when the officials stopped him. In these shots Ivo and the Barnstormer were hidden behind the F-100 Shubert/Herbert push car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Sale - 1 used Oldsmobile blower manifold and assorted other parts.

 

 

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