Whatever your favorite sport or hobby, nothing stirs the emotions like a walk down memory lane.

And nothing, not before or perhaps ever again, will compare to the walk down memory lane that NHRA fans will get to take at the 50th running of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals, to be held Feb. 11-14, 2010, at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, when NHRA officials unveil the Golden 50 Corral, a car show to end all car shows.

From “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat V to the Kohler brothers’ King Kong AA/GS to the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys coupe (voted No. 1 in National DRAGSTER’s “Favorite Race Car Ever” poll) and so many more classics, this would be a drop-everything, must-attend event for every car enthusiast from Los Angeles to London — even if it was a standalone, paid-entry car show.

Whatever your favorite sport or hobby, nothing stirs the emotions like a walk down memory lane.

And nothing, not before or perhaps ever again, will compare to the walk down memory lane that NHRA fans will get to take at the 50th running of the Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals, to be held Feb. 11-14, 2010, at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, when NHRA officials unveil the Golden 50 Corral, a car show to end all car shows.

From “Big Daddy” Don Garlits’ Swamp Rat V to the Kohler brothers’ King Kong AA/GS to the Stone, Woods & Cook Willys coupe (voted No. 1 in National DRAGSTER’s “Favorite Race Car Ever” poll) and so many more classics, this would be a drop-everything, must-attend event for every car enthusiast from Los Angeles to London — even if it was a standalone, paid-entry car show.

But admission to the once-in-a-lifetime event, amazingly, will be free and open to all NHRA fans with their entry to the historic 50th annual Kragen O’Reilly NHRA Winternationals.

“We know how emotionally connected our legion of fans are to this era of NHRA Drag Racing, so we couldn’t be more excited about providing them with this rare opportunity to see and touch and feel this very important part of their past,” said Gary Darcy, NHRA senior vice president of sales and marketing.

The Golden 50 Corral will feature approximately 75 cars, and from that collection of vehicles, 50 will be identified as the Golden 50 based on historical event significance, originality, and quality of presentation. Some of the legendary cars on display will include:

• Don “the Snake” Prudhomme’s Hot Wheels car hauler and AA/FC and Shelby Super Snake AA/FD
• The “big-four” fuel altereds: Pure Hell, Pure Heaven, Winged Express, and the Mondello & Matsubara entry
• Chi-Town Hustler
• Candies & Hughes AA/FD and AA/FC
• Dragmaster Dart and Dragmaster Two Thing AA/D
• "Jungle Jim's" AA/FC
• Bud King AA/FC
• Hawaiian AA/FD and AA/FC
• Bruce Larsen’s USA-1 Chevelle AA/FC
• Howard Cams Twin Bear AA/GD

Golden 50 (plus) confirmed display cars
Don Garlits' Swamp Rat III AA/FD
Don Garlits' Swamp Rat V AA/FD
Freight Train AA/GD
Kohler Bros. King Kong AA/GS
Stone, Woods & Cook BB/GS
Brissette & Alexander AA/FD
Seevers, Wiesner & Owens AA/GS
"TV Tommy" Ivo's Barnstormer AA/FD   
Shubert & Herbert AA/FD
Chizler AA/FD
Wale & Candies AA/D
Candies & Hughes AA/FD
Candies & Hughes AA/FC
Dragmaster Dart AA/D
Dragmaster Two Thing AA/D
Chi-Town Hustler AA/FC
Pure Heaven AA/FA
Howard Cams Rattler AA/FD
Ventura Motors AA/SR
Smirnoff AA/FD
Magicar AA/FD
Beebe & Mulligan AA/FD
Poachers AA/FD
Yeakel Plymouth AA/FD
Croshier, Baltes & Lavato AA/FD
Jim Green's B-Boys C/D 
Jim Green's Assassin AA/FD
"Jungle Jim's" AA/FC
Budweiser King AA/FC
Junior Thompson's Austin AA/GS
Junior Thompson's '41 Studebaker Gasser
Mondello & Matsubara AA/FA
Weiss & Larkin AA/GD
Warren, Coburn & Miller AA/FD
Iron Horse AA/FD
Jerry Ruth's AA/FD
Dailey & Johnson AA/FD
Winged Express AA/FA
Over The Hill Gang T/F
Don Prudhomme's Hot Wheels car hauler and AA/FC
Shelby Super Snake AA/FD
Kuhl & Olson AA/FD
Waterman & Hampshire AA/FD
Tommy Allen's Trick Car AA/FD
BankAmericar AA/FD
City of Industry Spl. AA/MS
Safford, Gaide & Ratican AA/FD
Hawaiian AA/FD
Hawaiian AA/FC
Color Me Gone Super Stocker
Mallicoat Bros. AA/GS
Jim Stevens' Street Roadster
Bowers & Paris AA/A
Starlite AA/FD
Ratican, Jackson & Stearns AA/A
M&V Automotive B/A
Larry Minor and Gary Beck's AA/FD
"Kansas John" Wiebe's AA/FD
Hill Alcala's Mooneyes Roadster
Wynn’s Spoiler AA/FD
Underdog D/FD
Gingrass & Dearmore AA/FD
Melrose Missile Super Stock
Frantic Four AA/FD
Horsepower Engineering AA/FD
Addict AA/FD
Charlie’s Auto Service C/A
Pure Hell AA/FA
USA-1 Chevelle AA/FC
L.A. Challenger AA/FC
Howard Cams Twin Bear AA/GD
Music Box D/SA ’62 Dodge Wagon
Greer, Black & Prudhomme AA/FD
Doug’s Chevy 2 Much AA/FC
Rat Trap AA/FA
Hustler VI AA/FD
Burkholder Bros. AA/FA
Veney’s Vega A/FC
Dragmaster Dodge Charger

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