Saturday, November 24, 2012 All you ever wanted to know about drag racing, its 1975 at the US Nationals with Chris Economaki as the commentator, if you rememnber Don Garlits with the black pick up tell us about it, if you have ever seen Shirley Muldowney race tell us about too, yes Gary Beck is Canadian and Export A's were cigarettes.
Saturday morning nostalgia...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Discovered this great video on Dean's Garage, totally cool back in the day drag racing, with comments from Jungle Jim Lieberman, Shriley Muldowney, Don Garlits being pushed with the iconic Dodge pick up, push starts, bleach box, no reverse gears yet, pit action, speedwrenches....
If you remember drag from back in the day...it truly resonates.
Friday, October 28, 2011 Good Morning!
The last Friday of the month, with 5 Saturdays and Sundays, its the Vroom Room, and yes...this month has been marked with memorable, unexpected, and simply out of the ordinary events. No we are not going to list events...we are certain that you can arrive at your own list.
Goes to show how quickly, and at times completely unexpected the world around us changes, evolves, progresses, while time becomes an increasingly precious commodity...very precious.
In case you missed it, we shared our thoughts on the 100th Anniversary of Chevrolet (scroll down). We were still surprised to hear The Colonel recount his experiences with Chevrolet...truly remarkable.
Are you are of an age where you had the opportunity to see Don Garlits run? This will resonate...here. If you never saw Don Garlits, the article portrays a concise description of the early days of drag racing.
As the population if the planet approaches 7 Billion in the next few days, the counter is...here.
At times we are simply taken aback by folks that posture their social media abilities, and capabilities by providing links to stuff that has not been updated in ages. Go figure...
Other times we are also taken aback by folks that should know better, and for some reason make comments that are completely unsubstantiated. You get the feeling that some folks get into "content mode" for the sake of the content...often reverbalising what someone else has said...another reasons we always urge you to be your own editor.
An example...last year we mentioned Car Wars in Canada...here. Last year BMW blinked in September literally concending the top position to Mercedes-Benz, for a myriad of reasons we knew that BMW was not going to blink this year (we appreciate competition in the auto business). We have mentioned that BMW is ahead of Mercedes this year, other folks are saying that Mercedes is ahead of BMW. Lets take a look at the end of September considering cars and SUV's only, not other branded vehicles, commercial trucks, or motorcycles. BMW= 22,124 Mercedes = 20,835 you conclude who is ahead....we agree BMW.
Our usual old race cars, this time from Sebring...here.
Saturday, May 14, 2011 You see the ignition sequence, the cylinders firing, and who else than Don Garlits...enjoy!