“So, Garth, would you like to have dinner some night”?…..’I like to have dinner EVERY night…”Bombshell (Kim Basinger) to Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) in WAYNES WORLD TWO (1993) Was it really eight years ago? Boy, it seems like it was at LEAST…eight years ago. After years of telecons, and emails only, my editor at Drag […]
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Gatornationals 2024
‘Amos Moses was a Cajun, He lived by himself in the swamp, He hunted alligator for a living, He’d just knock them in the head with a STUMP!’ AMOS MOSES, by Jerry Reed, 1970 Well, it seems like ‘just yesterday’ the NHRA season began in February, with the WinterNationals. Times change, and so do racing […]
The New Column
“A-Round’in third, and headed for home, it’s a brown-eyed handsome man… Anyone can understand the way I feel”CENTERFIELD, John Fogerty (1985) Well, I won’t lie, it feels great to be back! And it feels even greater to have a team that believed in me, and spent a great deal of time and effort to BRING […]
The Last Nitro Joint
“And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer. Benefits of a classical education…..” – Hans Gruber, (Alan Rickman) DIE HARD 1988 As the cliche goes, I ‘remember it like it was yesterday’. After years of scraping and struggling, we had finally put together enough […]
Rock & Roll and Drag Racing Collide
“Look, you can stop me, you can close the show, but you can’t stop Rock and Roll, don’t you know that?”Alan Freed (Tim McIntire) blasting the Feds, AMERICAN HOT WAX, 1978 Peanut Butter and Jelly, thunder and lightning, Lucy and Desi…and racing and music, things that just GO together! (Kibbles and Bits could not be […]