September 30
- October 02, 2005: Once again Greg Sharp, Sam Jackson, Steve
Gibbs and the entire NHRA Motorsports Museum staff gave us yet
another unforgettable weekend. CHRR 14 was three days of hot
weather filled with non stop action and events punctuated with
a 49 car Cacklefest on Saturday night. Emotions ran high as old
friends were reunited, fallen comrades remembered, legends honored
and some incredibly close racing contested. Everyone is way done
saying, "It can't get any better than this." Because
every year it does. The Frantic 4 Racing Traveling Road Show
was on hand with "Stormin Normin", Dennis Prater, Jim
Fox and Dennis Holding putting on a great show and having a fun
weekend.
Frantic
4 in "The Grove"
Honorary
Frantic 4 member Dennis Prater is proud of his "Nitro Crazy"
shirt - he earned it.
Parked
next to the Frantic 4 fueler was Dennis Prater's Stellings &
Hampshire "Red Stamp Special" and both cars drew a
lot of attention.
On
Friday night the team loaded up for a command appearance at the
Comfort Inn Hotel in Bakersfield.
Along
with loud music and good food there was NITRO. The FF guys fired
up the car for an excited crowd several times including this
one with Steve Gibbs in the car.
It
was also Norm's birthday - sure looks excited, doesn't he?
The
F-4 pit area was a place for racers and fans to congregate and
visit out of the sun - and they did.
The
F4 display includes some really cool merchandise including T-shirts,
photos and the world famous Stormin' Normin' Nitro Pickles and
other Nitro veggies.
Jim
Fox, Dennis Holding, Dennis Prater and Norm Weekly.
Rod
McCarrell visits with Dennis.
Dennis
Holding spends a lot of time on the phone... its his job.
At
the end of the day Norm does his favorite thing, count money.
Saturday
night was all about "Cacklefest". The word alone sparks
excitement in the heart of any drag racing fan. Since it was
first coined five years ago by Steve Gibbs, this strange word
has spread all over the world and spawned dozens of "spin
off" events at race tracks big and small. Although you won't
find it in any dictionary, Cacklefest has become one of the most
alluring words in drag racing vocabulary. Since its inception
at the 2000 CHRR, Cacklefest has grown from 9 cars to 50 entries
in 2005. Any and all superlatives have long been used to describe
this phenomenon so I won't try to make anymore up for this one.
Without further ado, here is the Frantic 4 fueler in the fifth
and by far largest edition of the "Original Cacklefest".
Before
the parade all the cacklecars assembled in the staging lanes.
In
order the cars and drivers were introduced and pushed down to
the top end in front of a SRO quarter mile audience.
Just
like the 60's the cars were push started and the thousands of
fans went wild.
After
firing up and turning onto the drag strip the cars lined up and
ran as long as they could.
When
the last car stopped running the crowd was invited to come onto
the track and come they did.
Norm and Dennis were there to field questions from
the fans.
Over
the weekend several fans, including Canadian Ralph Reiter got
the thrill of their lives with a now famous "Frantic 4 Fan
Fire-up".
Fan Fire Up
All in
all it was a great weekend for "the boys" and Stormin'
Normin' invites you to stop by their "show" the next
time they're at an event near you.
CHRR
Fire-up Video Clip
Frantic Four Fire Up Video #1
Frantic Four Fire Up Video #2
Check
out a: Frantic 4 Fan Fire Up
For more information
or a press kit, contact:
Norm Weekly
890
S. McCulloch Blvd.
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406
928.505.2517
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