2018 August PASO Magazine

LAST WORD
Estrella Warbirds Museum & Woodland Auto Display
Warbirds, Wings & Wheels Soars to Record Heights
The 10th annual Warbirds, Wings and
Wheels gave attendees a record show in
May that is worth another look!
Among the usual wings that were out at the
Estrella Warbirds Museum were a record number
of autos for the show.
“We ended with 298 cars,” event director
Carol Verstuyft said. “Last year we had 210 cars,
and the most we had prior to this year was 230.
We were running out of places to park cars.”
Along with the cars came people, and the
evening barn dance with Monte Mills & the
Lucky Horseshoe Band was packed with 210
dancers. The one-day show brought thousands.
“If you take all the car show attendance, we
were pushing 5,000 attendees,” Verstuyft said.
One of the big hits was the first-ever Cacklefest
at WWW, put together by the Throttle
Merchants. The old front-engine dragsters
popped the throttle and flames roared out of
the pipes to thrill the crowd. There was so much
going on around the property that nobody even
signed up for the corn hole tournament!
The event is complete with a giant swap
meet, and 132 “swappers” were on display to
send people home with trunks full of new-old
treasures. All together, the show brought folks
from all over the west coast.
“We had folks from the state of Washington,
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and all over California,”
Verstuyft said. “Locally they also come
from the Valley, Bakersfield, Santa Cruz, and
Salinas.”
Nationally renown TV car show host Dennis
Gage (My Classic Car) was on hand with his
“cartoon custom” VW Bus.
“He was a huge attention-getter at the show,”
Verstuyft said. “People loved looking at his car.”
Along with several attractions, there were
also more food venders than ever and as always,
Firestone Walker was keeping the crowds cool
with kegs and cases of beer.
Among the winners of the car show, the
Woodland Auto Display winner was Tom
Young in a 1932 Cadillac 452 AWP.
Class winners ran the alphabet with an A-Z
of categories. Kelly Rohrer and Rob Rohrer
won for best Model A and Model T, respectively.
Barry Lewis won for best Military, with a
1945 Willis Jeep, and Chuck Wentworth won
best Race Car with a 1927 Buick Racer.
Inside, the Estrella Warbirds Museum continues
to improve. Even if you saw it at the
show, it has undergone some great new changes.
The flight simulator offers a variety of trips
for would-be pilots, with up to 30 different options.
Museum curator, Dr. Jill Thayer, has been
busy arranging the halls, and a few interior
walls now boast new paint jobs.
If you are interested in meeting the vast supporters
of the museum, the Warbirds host a
monthly dinner on the first Wednesday of the
month. The hall opens at 6 p.m. and dinner begins
at 7 p.m. The cost is $20 per person, and
tickets can be purchased at ewarbirds.org, or
805-296-1935.
The facilities are also home to many other
great events, and are available for rent for large
gatherings and events. Call Vicki Conger at
805-674-3939. Conger rentals also has table
and chairs and more available for large crowds
and custom events.
SILVER CROWN
The museum, and Woodland’s Auto Display
are proud to announce that Jeff Gordon’s famous
“Silver Crown” race car is now on view
for museum patrons. The car is on loan from
Fred Ede of Fresno, who, with his father, campaigned
the car with Jeff Gordon as their driver.
The Woodland Auto Display is well known
for having a large variety of historic race cars
and very collectable automobiles, but this is the
first time that a “Silver Crown” race car is being
shown there. This unique car, “.. looks like a
sprint car on steroids.”
With a longer wheelbase of 96 inches —
vs. 86 for a sprint car — it weighs over 1400
pounds and can carry up to 75 gallons of fuel. Its
engine is limited to 355 cubic inches versus 410
for a sprint car, it still produces approximately
750 horsepower. Silver Crown cars are designed
for 1-mile dirt and pavement tracks and their
fuel load allows them to run 100 miles without
refueling. These cars are extremely tricky as the
combination of tire wear and lighter fuel load
during the race challenges drivers.
Head out to Estrella Warbirds Museum and
Woodland’s Auto Display today!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
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May 11, 2019
Go to ewarbirds.org for info,
or visit the museum at
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