Post by moldy on Jul 20, 2007 11:01:46 GMT -5
I'm really hoping to see some of you folks out at the track tomorrow.
For general information on the show go to
www.ratfinkparty.com
Below is an artical that was in the AV Press yesterday:
Thanx guys.. the Moldy one
LACR ready to close, let the tribute begin
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Thursday, July 19, 2007.
By BRIAN GOLDEN
Valley Press Staff Writer
PALMDALE - The hopes for a miracle are over.
There will be no miracle (quarter) mile from Palmdale City Hall, no eleventh-hour reprieve from the earth movers for Los Angeles County Raceway.
So all that's left to do is put on the kick-ingest farewell party Palmdale has ever seen.
With LACR set to close after 43 years on July 29, Jeffrey Hillinger will now retool his efforts from "SAVE LACR" to "SALUTE LACR."
Hillinger is set to stage his "Moldy Marvin's Eighth Annual Ratfink Party and Kustom Kulture Extravaganza" this Saturday from 3-10 p.m.
"It's a salute to Los Angeles County Raceway," said Hillinger, a graphics artist and movie studios special effects consultant who moved to Littlerock from Glendale to be closer to the drag racing landmark. "This will be the last big spectator event for Los Angeles County Raceway prior to its official closing date of July 29, 2007.
"Our beloved track is scheduled to be torn down by the mining companies that own the mineral rights to the property. This will be out salute and sendoff to LACR. We hope the public will come."
The show features more than 300 pre-1973 vehicles, including hot rods, muscle cars, Klassics, Kustoms, VWs, Bikes, Trikes, motorcycles mini-bikes and even junior dragsters.
More than 50 vendors will be on hand selling everything from speed equipment vintage clothing to the finest Kustom Kulture Art in the industry.
The program will include a charity auction, live entertainment with a total of eight bands, tattoo and model-building contest and exhibition run by the Inferno Jet Truck.
The salute to LACR officially begins at 8 p.m. Classic Industries will present its 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS specially built for the TV Show "Chop, Cut and Rebuild" seen on SPEED Channel.
Next, participants will parade their vehicles on the track and park them facing the crowd.
Luck of the Draw, one of the eight band, will then perform. That will be followed by a flamethrowing contest.
For the grand finale, there will be a reunion performance of Blazing Haley and a fire-eating demonstration by "Ton," a Guinness Book of World Records record-holder for human flame-throwing.
Officially, there will be one more weekend of drag racing, even as the curtain comes down on 43 years at LACR, one of only two dedicated dragstrips in California.
But next week's event is more for the racers themselves than spectators.
This weekend belongs to the fans who've supported LACR for five decades.
"This event has come to have a personality and a life of its own over the last eight years," Hillinger said. "But this year, it's all about LACR."
For general information on the show go to
www.ratfinkparty.com
Below is an artical that was in the AV Press yesterday:
Thanx guys.. the Moldy one
LACR ready to close, let the tribute begin
This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press on Thursday, July 19, 2007.
By BRIAN GOLDEN
Valley Press Staff Writer
PALMDALE - The hopes for a miracle are over.
There will be no miracle (quarter) mile from Palmdale City Hall, no eleventh-hour reprieve from the earth movers for Los Angeles County Raceway.
So all that's left to do is put on the kick-ingest farewell party Palmdale has ever seen.
With LACR set to close after 43 years on July 29, Jeffrey Hillinger will now retool his efforts from "SAVE LACR" to "SALUTE LACR."
Hillinger is set to stage his "Moldy Marvin's Eighth Annual Ratfink Party and Kustom Kulture Extravaganza" this Saturday from 3-10 p.m.
"It's a salute to Los Angeles County Raceway," said Hillinger, a graphics artist and movie studios special effects consultant who moved to Littlerock from Glendale to be closer to the drag racing landmark. "This will be the last big spectator event for Los Angeles County Raceway prior to its official closing date of July 29, 2007.
"Our beloved track is scheduled to be torn down by the mining companies that own the mineral rights to the property. This will be out salute and sendoff to LACR. We hope the public will come."
The show features more than 300 pre-1973 vehicles, including hot rods, muscle cars, Klassics, Kustoms, VWs, Bikes, Trikes, motorcycles mini-bikes and even junior dragsters.
More than 50 vendors will be on hand selling everything from speed equipment vintage clothing to the finest Kustom Kulture Art in the industry.
The program will include a charity auction, live entertainment with a total of eight bands, tattoo and model-building contest and exhibition run by the Inferno Jet Truck.
The salute to LACR officially begins at 8 p.m. Classic Industries will present its 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS specially built for the TV Show "Chop, Cut and Rebuild" seen on SPEED Channel.
Next, participants will parade their vehicles on the track and park them facing the crowd.
Luck of the Draw, one of the eight band, will then perform. That will be followed by a flamethrowing contest.
For the grand finale, there will be a reunion performance of Blazing Haley and a fire-eating demonstration by "Ton," a Guinness Book of World Records record-holder for human flame-throwing.
Officially, there will be one more weekend of drag racing, even as the curtain comes down on 43 years at LACR, one of only two dedicated dragstrips in California.
But next week's event is more for the racers themselves than spectators.
This weekend belongs to the fans who've supported LACR for five decades.
"This event has come to have a personality and a life of its own over the last eight years," Hillinger said. "But this year, it's all about LACR."
