BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - It was a hot night at Famoso Raceway...literally.

With the combination of nighttime qualifying under the stars and Cacklefest, thousands of fans enjoyed a spectacular flame-fest during the second day of action at the 12th annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Nighttime Top Fuel qualifying - a first for the California Reunion - and Cacklefest, now in its 4th year, proved to be the perfect ending for another stunning day at the track. "The crowd was really into the night racing and Cacklefest," said Steve Gibbs, one of the originators of the Reunion. "It brought back lots of memories, and that's what this is all about."

Gibbs, who worked for the NHRA for more than three decades as director of competition, and was one of the driving forces behind the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum (producers of the Reunion), knows what these memories mean to the folks attending. "I've seen grown men cry when the cars were push-started during Cacklefest," he said. "The Reunion is a special event because it touches people and connects with them on a personal level. That's what makes the Reunion more than just a racing and hot rod show."

Sentimentality certainly surrounded the Cacklefest when Tony Nancy started the program by firing up the Sizzler. Fans then stood and cheered while 32 legendary dragsters - the most ever - lined up. History unfolded as the Rattler, Frantic Four, Magic Car, Rat Trap, ChiZler, Kuhl & Olsen, Beebe & Mulligan and others were push-started, driven along the transport road, then lined-up on the strip as they cackled. The Kuhl & Olsen and Beebe & Mulligan dragsters also provided a kick during the day races as they lined up for a special burnout. The Winged Express delighted the crowd with a wacky-wild lane-changing nighttime run.

The nighttime qualifying was proceeded by the Honoree award ceremony. Terry Abejuela, Auto Club coordinator of motorsports and special events presented the awards to this year's Honorees: John Bradley, Gary Cochran, Bruce Geisler, Glen Stokey, the late Pete Millar and Grand Marshal Bob Muravez (along with his famous alter ego, Floyd J. Lippencotte Jr.)

Mooneyes was honored as the Justice Brothers Spotlight Award winner and Pat Bernardini and his late brother Tony were the winners of the inaugural Golden Age award.

The nighttime races looked cool but the competition proved as intense as the flames that shot out of the Top Fuelers. Muravez celebrated by taking his Western Hoist Special down the track in just 5.926 seconds at a speed of 249.51 miles per hour, the quickest and fastest run he's ever posted. Lippencotte was speechless, but the crowd cheered on.

Earlier in Nostalgia Top Fuel qualifying, Denver Schutz became the 16th and final member of the Nitronic Research Five-Second Club as he ran the quarter-mile in 5.858 seconds at 236.34 miles per hour. It's fitting that Schutz should get this honor, since he was the 17th driver to run in the five-second ranks when the cars were new, just missing out on the original Cragar Five-Second Club.

That time held as Schutz was the top qualifier in Top Fuel. Bill Dunlap was second at 5.895 seconds and 238.41 mph and Muravez was third with his blistering time.

Speaking of hot, the daytime weather was kinda, sorta mild -- for Bakersfield, that is -- which helped bring out a record crowd to Famoso. During the day, while crews tuned and worked on their racers, street rodders showed off their handiwork and the sold-out Pit Pass Barbeque served tri-tip to almost 5,000 fans. In the vendor area, hot rod shirts, sunglasses and racing movies competed for fan attention with hard parts for the cars and complete cars for sale. Hot rod heaven, Bakersfield style.

"I'm blown away by this," NHRA Founder Wally Parks told the crowd. "Each year the Reunion gets bigger and yet everyone still has a good time. It's an amazing event and I want to thank everyone for making it possible."

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Qualifying results on Saturday in qualifying at the 12th Annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California:

Final order after qualifying in Top Fuel:
Psn	Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type	Qual-ET	Qual-Spd	Top Spd
1	724 Denver Schutz, Fresno, CA, '95 Stirling	5.858	236.34	236.34
2	716 Bill Dunlap, Capitola, CA, '99 Uyehara	5.895	238.41	238.41
3	707 Bob Muravez, Burbank, CA, Uyehara	5.926	249.51	249.51
4	722 Jack Harris, Kayville, UT, '99 Neil&Parks 5.960	244.89	246.77
5	774 Jim Murphy, Santa Rosa, CA, '01 Stirling	6.006	229.94	229.94
6	14 Glenn Hutchison, Citrus Hts, CA, Stirling 6.031	246.10	246.10
7	776 Howard Haight, Upland, CA, 98 Stirling	6.064	227.56	227.56
8	701 Rick McGee, Exeter, CA, '97 Tedford	6.080	209.20	209.20
9	777 L. Jennings, Sr., Chino, CA, '03 Stirling 6.141	214.64	214.64
10	729 Rich Howell, Yorba Linda, CA,'02 Stirling 6.142	234.19	234.19
11	780 Pete Kalser,Pleasant Hill,CA,'96 Stirling 6.148	219.94	219.94
12	770 Sean Bellemeur, Rohnert Park,CA, Donavon	6.178	203.94	203.94
13	792 Jason Richey, Pleasanton, CA,'02 Alan Red 6.282	234.19	234.19
14	532 Scott Mason, Syracuse, UT, '01 Neil Parks 6.321	225.50	225.50
15	7322 Chuck Tanko, Prescott, AZ, '01 Stirling	6.384	227.90	227.90
16	717 Jeff Diehl, Salinas, CA, '99 VRC	6.416	179.35	184.50
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17	7380 Rick Rogers, Pismo Beach, CA, '99 Tuttle	6.470	214.28	214.28
18	4002 Troy Green, Purcell, OK, 00 Moulton	6.762	162.48	162.48
19	7188 Brendan Murry, San Jose, CA, '00 Stirling 6.770	174.58	174.58
20	7410 Dan Rusk, Tucson, AZ, 2001 Gilmore	7.262	199.29	199.29
21	7459 Ron Maroney, Chandler, AZ, 2001 Stirling	7.504	178.78	178.78
22	1550 Jim Boyd, Redondo Beach, CA, '95	7.639	151.77	151.77
23	7734 Dennis Allen, Citrus Height, 2003 Allen	10.568	74.60	74.60
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in A Gas:
Psn	Num-Class-Driver, Home Town, Machine	ET	Index	(+/-)
1	7678 AGS Augustine Herrera,Montebello CA, '67 Camaro 7.604	7.60	0.004
2	7053 AGS Mark Mahood, Yorba Linda CA, '69 Camaro	7.613	7.60	0.013
3	7444 AGS Ron Piazza Jr., San Jose CA, '67 Nova	7.616	7.60	0.016
4	7965 AGS Sean Renteria, Hollister CA, '65 Plymouth	7.628	7.60	0.028
5	7003 AGS Jim Pace, Fairfield CA, '48 Anglia	7.635	7.60	0.035
6	7180 AGS Don Chemello, Yucaipa CA, '63 Chevy	7.662	7.60	0.062
7	7764E AGS Ed Cooper, Yucca Valley CA, '69 Dodge	7.662	7.60	0.062
8	6837 AGS Brent Harris, Edmonton, CANADA, '33 Willys	7.663	7.60	0.063
------------ Not Qualified ------------
9	7257 AGS Jim Data, Ojai CA, '57 Pontiac	7.680	7.60	0.080
10	7014 AGS Ron Nahas, Reno NV, '41 Willys	7.749	7.60	0.149
11	7403 AGS Rich Facciano, Brisbane CA, '32 Ford	7.752	7.60	0.152
12	7250 AGS Steve Castelli, Windsor CA, '41 Willys	7.782	7.60	0.182
13	1849 AGS Bob Clayton, La Grange CA, '33 Willys	7.815	7.60	0.215
14	7454 AGS Clinton Ford, Baker CA, '69 Camaro	7.899	7.60	0.299
15	3638 AGS Larry Ofria, Northridge CA, '57 Chevy	7.921	7.60	0.321
16	7453 AGS Butch Ranson, Reno NV, '46 Ford	7.936	7.60	0.336
17	7233 AGS Art Gustafson, Stockton CA, '41 Willys	8.050	7.60	0.450
18	7812 AGS Roger Holder	8.495	7.60	0.895
19	7487 AGS Chris Zynda, Los Gatos CA, '65 Chevy	8.699	7.60	1.099
20	1773 AGS Al Nicks, Farmington NM, '57 Chevy	8.875	7.60	1.275
21	7001 AGS Ron Christy, Fremont CA, '34 Willys	11.281	7.60	3.681
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in AA/Gas Supercharged:
Psn	Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type	Qual-ET	Qual-Spd	Top Spd
1	27 Ed Moss, Ontario CA, '37 Ford	6.809	203.29	203.29
2	741 Ron Nunes, Danville CA, '63 Vette	6.906	203.11	203.11
3	1190 Steve Woods, San Leandro CA, '48 Austin	6.933	199.29	199.29
4	7268 Steve Wood, Merced CA, '53 Studebaker	6.947	198.36	198.36
5	7595 Chris Abbey, Clovis CA, '63 Vette	6.975	171.88	171.88
6	7408 Gary Reinero, Merced CA, '48 Austin	6.989	197.58	197.58
7	430 John Peterson, Homewood CA, '70 Plymouth	7.065	193.34	193.34
8	7235 Rich Roberts, Winton CA, '34 Willys	7.070	190.35	192.80
------------ Not Qualified ------------
9	7280 Chuck Moore, Danville CA, '48 Anglia	7.090	190.96	190.96
10	707 Howard Anderson, Applegate CA, '38 Chevy	7.101	195.22	195.22
11	7673 Tim Burns, San Jose CA, '41 Willys	7.106	193.67	193.67
12	7545 Cecil Matthews, Redwood VA, '55 Ford	7.193	182.70	182.70
13	77 Mel Bryson, Vida OR, '34 Willys	7.283	184.31	184.31
14	7961 Rick Souza, Campbell CA, '61 Chevy	8.255	110.75	110.75
15	790 Tom Thompson, Tustin CA, '33 Willys	8.661	105.42	105.42
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Nostalgia Eliminator:
Psn	Num-Class-Driver, Home Town, Machine	ET	Index	(+/-)
1	728J NE Sturgeon Brothers, Orange, CA, Dragster-Chrysler	7.603	7.60	0.003
2	784X NE Jack Beckman, Granada Hills CA, '48 Fiat	7.606	7.60	0.006
3	1 NE Don Taros, San Pedro CA, Meyer-Chevy	7.609	7.60	0.009
4	6470 NE Chris Davis, Spokane WA, Gilmore-Chevy	7.620	7.60	0.020
5	7886 NE Don Dicero, Vacaville CA, '23 T-Ford	7.621	7.60	0.021
6	7997 NE Steve Romanazzi, Visalia CA, '57 Chevy	7.621	7.60	0.021
7	779G NE Dave Gruzen, Lakewood CA, Dragster-Chevy	7.622	7.60	0.022
8	720R NE Chuck Bayuk, San Diego CA, Porter-Chry	7.624	7.60	0.024
9	7242 NE Robert Ditz, Highland CA, '48 Fiat	7.632	7.60	0.032
10	377V NE Mark Vaught, Crawfordsville IN,	7.633	7.60	0.033
11	7532 NE Tony Lemmon, Garden Grove CA, Buddy-Chevy	7.635	7.60	0.035
12	225 NE Ronnie Lennon, Sonoma CA, '47 Crosley	7.644	7.60	0.044
13	7707 NE Phil Lukens, Pasadena CA, Fiat-Chrysler	7.652	7.60	0.052
14	719E NE Mike Smith, San Diego CA, Williams-Rodak	7.661	7.60	0.061
15	7916 NE Bobby Runyon, Jean NV, RCS-Chevy	7.662	7.60	0.062
16	7570 NE Bob Murphy, Clovis CA, '23-T Ford	7.671	7.60	0.071
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17	7184 NE Ron O Haver, Bakersfield CA, '23 -T	7.681	7.60	0.081
18	6414 NE Darrell Heard, Portland OR,	7.684	7.60	0.084
19	121 NE Dave Rosenberg, Long Beach CA, Dragster-Don	7.689	7.60	0.089
20	791 NE Terry Caldwell, Hemet CA, Trick-Chevy	7.692	7.60	0.092
21	33 NE John Lenko, Bakersfield CA, Tuttle-Chevy	7.712	7.60	0.112
22	7841 NE Roy Victor, Citrus Heights CA, Sterling-Che	7.763	7.60	0.163
23	773 NE Bob Hensel, San Bruno CA, '32 Bantum	7.774	7.60	0.174
24	7747 NE Jed Dubach, Layton UT, Dragster-Chevy	7.799	7.60	0.199
25	720X NE Lee Jennings Jr, Salida CA, Stirling-Chev	7.835	7.60	0.235
26	7780 NE Dennis Neverve, Palo Alto CA, Long-Chevy	7.875	7.60	0.275
27	7602 NE Bruce McDowell, Chula Vista CA, '38 Fiat	7.931	7.60	0.331
28	724M NE Lary Alvey, Cottonwood AZ,	7.948	7.60	0.348
29	733C NE Ed Cook, Santa Paula CA, Dragster-Chevy	8.006	7.60	0.406
30	6532 NE DeWayne Sanders, Albany OR, 23-T-Chevy	8.085	7.60	0.485
31	902 NE Mike Kirby, Thousand Oaks CA, SPE-Chevy	8.252	7.60	0.652
32	7293 NE Shawn Corbari, Santa Clara, Stirling-Chev	8.523	7.60	0.923
33	6447 NE Dorthy Morris, Snohomish WA, Bantam-Chrys	10.818	7.60	3.218
34	743V NE Gil Valencia, Tehachapi CA, '29 Ford	11.866	7.60	4.266
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Junior Fuel B:
Psn	Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type	Qual-ET	Qual-Spd	Top Spd
1	751N Kol Johnson, Escondido CA, Meyer-GMC	7.390	181.41	181.81
2	723 Don Enriquez, Misson Viejo CA, Fritz	7.435	178.50	178.50
3	717 Bud Hammer, Oxnard CA, Tuttle	7.531	177.69	177.69
4	1014 Dan Fenton, San Lorenzo CA, N&P-Chevy	7.562	171.75	172.28
5	616 Brett Hordemann, Spokane WA,	7.681	172.87	172.87
6	7795 Alan Hull, Arcadia CA, '64 Fuller	7.690	173.41	173.74
7	531 John Rasmusson, Littleton CO, Dragster-Chev	7.690	173.04	174.11
8	430 Robert Donovan, Choctaw OK, Boulton-Chev	7.698	170.51	170.71
------------ Not Qualified ------------
9	7666 Kristin Neumann, Ventura CA, Victory	7.860	167.87	167.87
10	714 Ryan Jameson, Tehachapi CA, Meyer-Chevy	7.889	167.37	170.00
11	120 Neil O'Kane, Castro Valley CA, Dragster-Chevy 8.108	166.57	166.57
12	7571 Nick Norton, Playa Del Rey CA, Dragster-Chev	8.176	162.27	162.27
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Junior Fuel:
Psn	Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type	Qual-ET	Qual-Spd	Top Spd
1	7189 Dean Carter, Glendale CA, Dragster-Chevy	7.084	186.83	187.65
2	7828 Wayne Ramay, Simi Valley CA, JP Mtrsprt-Chevy 7.095	188.83	188.83
3	519 Scott Parks, Burlingame KS, N&P-Chevy	7.127	186.83	186.83
4	720 J.D. Zink, Chico CA, Dragster-Chevy	7.151	185.07	185.07
5	7125 Mike Chrisman, Lake Forest CA, Dragmaster-Ch	7.222	185.03	185.60
6	724 Jon Rowley, Amado CA, Neil&Parks-Chevy	7.253	182.18	182.18
7	5050 Kelly Craig, Campbell CA, Sterling-Chevy	7.325	183.15	183.15
8	126 Todd Movius, Long Beach CA, Stirling-Chevy	7.400	177.65	179.89
Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in A Fuel:
Psn	Num-Driver, Home Town, Car Type	Qual-ET	Qual-Spd	Top Spd
1	7043 Darby Neagle, Las Vegas NV, Sterling-Donovan	6.529	209.10	209.10
2	7777 Bill Wayne, Bullhead City AZ, JP	6.550	212.21	212.21
3	7782 Ron Attebury, Morgan Hill CA, Attebury-BAE	6.578	212.56	212.56
4	1 Sean Bellemeur, La Canada CA, Uyehara-KB/BAE	6.582	211.26	211.26
5	7573 Kin Bates, Anderson CA, Tuttle-Chrysler	6.585	209.93	209.93
6	731 Steve San Paolo, Salinas CA, Stirling-KB	6.709	203.57	203.57
7	784 Jack Beckman, North Hills CA,	6.718	200.80	202.42
8	707 Ken Moitoza, Roseville CA, Stirling	6.735	202.61	202.61
9	717 Jeff Diehl, Salinas CA, Bob Barry-KB	6.772	201.79	201.79
10	672 Mike Austin, Medford OR, Comstock-Donovan	6.821	196.85	196.85
11	7113 Tom Taros, San Pedro CA, Dragster-Chevy	6.825	200.13	200.13
12	714 Bill Genco, Westchester CA, Tuttle-Donovan	6.907	188.95	188.95
13	7131 Rick White, San Diego CA, Dragster-Chevy	6.913	195.43	195.43
14	728 Jim Lange, Simi Valley CA, Hi Tech	6.933	198.23	198.23
15	540 Jim Swedberg, Grand Forks CO, Stirling-Donov	6.953	199.86	199.86
16	7012 Scott Chrislieb, Leona Valley CA, N&P	6.994	196.97	196.97
------------ Not Qualified ------------
17	7171 Mark Mittel, Tulare CA, 23-T-Chevy	7.148	184.35	184.35
18	771 Ed Schwarz, Culver City CA,	7.313	192.34	192.34
19	713 Jerry Kumre Jr, Santa Rosa CA,	7.397	179.21	179.21
20	719 Greg Uffens, Pleasanton CA, Trick-KB Olds	7.597	138.50	138.50
21	7323 Steve Dickerman, Fullerton CA,	9.624	142.74	142.74