cacklefest

cacklefest
 n.β€” Β«In early 2000, an idea came to the surface, of push-starting as many cars as possible at CHRR in rapid-fire fashion, just like the old days. Museum Curator Greg Sharp said something like, β€˜it’ll be a regular cacklefest’*and the name stuck. We were able to line up nine cars for that first event.Β» β€”β€œPreparations continue for NHRA reunion at Famoso” by Bill Curtis One Bakersfield (California) Aug. 17, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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