Cackle Event to be part of the Southern Nostalgia Shootout.

In the tradition of the Cacklefest events held at the California Hot Rod
Reunion and the National Hot Rod Reunion formerly in Kentucky, South
Georgia Motorsports Park will present a Saturday night Cackle Event as part
of the Southern Nostalgia Shootout, October 28, 2006.  Cackle events are a
way to honor Drag Racing's past.  Restored cars are started and lined up to
idle until they run out of fuel.  Early dragsters are push-started as they
were in the 1950s and 1960s.  Flames explode out of the headers in a very
special type of fireworks that stirs the imagination and recounts racing as
it was in the past.  Grown men have been known to shed tears at these
events, and it is not because of the nitromethane fumes. The "cackle" in
Cacklefest comes from the staccato sound the engine makes.


Cackle Event to be part of the Southern Nostalgia Shootout.

In the tradition of the Cacklefest events held at the California Hot Rod
Reunion and the National Hot Rod Reunion formerly in Kentucky, South
Georgia Motorsports Park will present a Saturday night Cackle Event as part
of the Southern Nostalgia Shootout, October 28, 2006.  Cackle events are a
way to honor Drag Racing's past.  Restored cars are started and lined up to
idle until they run out of fuel.  Early dragsters are push-started as they
were in the 1950s and 1960s.  Flames explode out of the headers in a very
special type of fireworks that stirs the imagination and recounts racing as
it was in the past.  Grown men have been known to shed tears at these
events, and it is not because of the nitromethane fumes. The "cackle" in
Cacklefest comes from the staccato sound the engine makes.

Headlining the SGMP tribute to our past is Big Daddy Don Garlits, voted as
the number one drag racer of all time by the National Hot Rod
Association.  Don is bringing his Swamp Rat VIII.  Valdosta's own Denny
Fenstermaker will participate in his original California top fuel dragster,
and he is flying in Roger Gates, the original driver from California, for
this event.  Other fuel dragsters participating in the big show include Bob
Gladstone in the Michigander and David Workman's Chevy-powered car.  Funny
cars will also participate, including the Chi Town Hustler, Donnie Reeves'
Southern Shaker mustang, and Al Hoffman debuting the restored China
Syndrome car.  Gassers include Bunky Bobo in his award-winning Hemi
Hurricane Willys, the Prock and Howell 33 Willys, Mack Pressly in the
Hartsoe Brothers Anglia, Larry McLendon in his supercharged Willys gasser,
and Don Brugman in his 48 Austin gasser.

Be sure to attend the Southern Nostalgia Shootout October 27-29, and don't
miss the Saturday evening Cackle Event.