Southern Nostalgia Shootout - Saturday Update
by Marvin T. Smith
Day two featured qualifying and a cackle event in the evening. Top qualifiers include Lincoln Hassell in Top Fuel with a 6.814 196.42 mph, Ernie Walker in Funny Car, Matt Gilmore in Baddest of the Bad (eighth mile) 4.085, and C. Overfelt in Flat Head Inliner. Super Stock, Gassers, and the Quick 100 will be run as a dial your own et.
Don Garlits demonstrated how cars were push started in the old days, and then made a smokey blast for 330 feet or so in his Swamp Rat VIII fueler. This was one of many high points for the day. Shirl Greer brought out his 1974 Mustang II funny car for a two burnouts. It is great to see these old World Champions on the track!
The Cackle Event starred Big Daddy Don Garlits and Roger Gates, with Tammy Fargo, David Workman, Bunky Bobo, Bill Brown, Ernie Walker, The Boss Hog v-8 cycle, and the world's wildest woodie wheelstander. Announcer Marvin Noel made a moving tribute to the racers we lost in 2005.
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Day two featured qualifying and a cackle event in the evening. Top qualifiers include Lincoln Hassell in Top Fuel with a 6.814 196.42 mph, Ernie Walker in Funny Car, Matt Gilmore in Baddest of the Bad (eighth mile) 4.085, and C. Overfelt in Flat Head Inliner. Super Stock, Gassers, and the Quick 100 will be run as a dial your own et.
Don Garlits demonstrated how cars were push started in the old days, and then made a smokey blast for 330 feet or so in his Swamp Rat VIII fueler. This was one of many high points for the day. Shirl Greer brought out his 1974 Mustang II funny car for a two burnouts. It is great to see these old World Champions on the track!
The Cackle Event starred Big Daddy Don Garlits and Roger Gates, with Tammy Fargo, David Workman, Bunky Bobo, Bill Brown, Ernie Walker, The Boss Hog v-8 cycle, and the world's wildest woodie wheelstander. Announcer Marvin Noel made a moving tribute to the racers we lost in 2005.
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