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Lights! Camera! Nitro! Redux: Thoughts On American Nitro's Re-release

colecoonce wrote 2 months ago: The epochal full-length feature film American Nitro has been digitally remastered and released on dv … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, American Nitro, Steve Collison, Super Stock & Drag Illustrated, Top Fuel

Racers and Race Fans Ask: "Where Can I Buy Top Fuel Wormhole"?

colecoonce wrote 2 months ago: Racers and Race Fans occasionally ask: “Where Can I Buy Top Fuel Wormhole”? It’s e … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, amazon com, AutoBooks-AeroBooks

Top Fuel Wormhole: The "Wild Bill" Alexander Interview3 comments

colecoonce wrote 2 months ago: THE CRASH, BURN AND RESURRECTION OF A WORKING CLASS HERO The “Wild Bill” Alexander Interview by Cole … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, AA/Fuel Dragster, Don Prudhomme, Drag Racing, Greer Black & Prudhomme, Jim Brissette, keith black, LA River

Tim Gibson, CEO Gibson Racing Wheels

kerobomb wrote 3 months ago: A native of Mobile, Alabama, Gibson started drag racing with the acquisition of his uncle’s 1951 For … more →

Tags: Gibson Racing Wheels, Austin Coil, Bill Miller, BME, Dan Gurney, Don Long, Don Prudhomme, Drag Racing, Ford

"I remember him for being an absolute lunatic… The good kind."1 comment

kerobomb wrote 5 months ago: In its “Folks of Interest” column, The Jalopy Journal evaluates the “Target Speed … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, Hunter S. Thompson, jalopy journal, Jocko Johnson, Punk Rock, Top Fuel Wormhole

Top Fuel Wormhole Now Available at Autobooks-Aerobooks

kerobomb wrote 5 months ago: In addition to its availability on Amazon and Lulu.com, legendary independent bookstore “Autob … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, autobooks, burbank

Is Top Fuel Wormhole an alternative NHRA history?

kerobomb wrote 5 months ago: Is Top Fuel Wormhole an alternative NHRA history? Could Steve Jobs save drag racing? Or is too late? … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, Drag Racing, Jocko Johnson, NHRA, The surfers, Top Fuel, "wild bill" alexander

DragFink's View From Inside The Top Fuel Wormhole

kerobomb wrote 5 months ago: In a piece he calls “Top Fuel Worm Hole……Shot, ” artist Jeffrey DeGrandis (a … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, drag fink, Drag Racing, Jeff DeGrandis, Top Fuel Wormhole

BangShift Book Review: Top Fuel Wormhole, the Cole Coonce Drag Strip Reader

colecoonce wrote 6 months ago: In reviewing Top Fuel Wormhole, online motorhead daily BangShift.com (“The Car Junkie Daily Ma … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, arley langlo, BANGshift, BangShift.com, Drag Racing, robert post

Live! On Speed Scene Live! Tuesday Nite! Top Fuel Wormhole!1 comment

colecoonce wrote 6 months ago: Scott “Lucky” Hudson, the co-host of the “Speed Scene Live” webcast, has gra … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Jocko Johnson, AA/Fuel Dragster, arley langlo, Art Bell, Land Speed Record, speed scene live, Terence McKenna

Famoso Drag Fest Funny Cars1 comment

colecoonce wrote 6 months ago: Photos from 2009 Drag Fest, Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, California. #1 Qualifier Dennis Taylor and … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Bakersfield, drag fest, funny car, future flash, Mendy Fry, Nitro Funny Cars

DRO: Where the Pavement Ends - Metallic crab salad and crushed toes in Bakersfield

kerobomb wrote 7 months ago: Drag Racing Online: Where The Pavement Ends “But through all of that, the biggest story was th … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Bakersfield, Drag Racing Online, famoso, funny car, NHRA, Top Fuel

Plueger & Gyger Blister Funny Car Fever in Cowtown

colecoonce wrote 7 months ago: Plueger & Gyger (file photo) Funny Car Fever, Sacramento Raceway, April 24-25, 2009 – (Fil … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Bucky Austin, funny car, funny car fever, Jack Beckman, Kris Krabill, Leah Pruett, mccain's bomb squad

A Coterie of Nitro Funny Cars Coming to DragFest2 comments

colecoonce wrote 7 months ago: Beach City Chevrolet As a follow-up to yesterday’s report of Top Fuel cars coming to Bakersfie … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, AA/Fuel Dragster, Bakersfield, Beach City Chevrolet, famoso, funny car, future flash, Kris Krabil

Top Fuel Wormhole now listed on Amazon....

colecoonce wrote 8 months ago: (… as well as on lulu.com …) In the words of some wise savant: “Get you some! … more →

Tags: literary journalism, drag strip journalism, Drag Racing, NHRA Drag Racing, nitromethane, Top Fuel, Top Fuel Wormhole

Top Fuel Wormhole Art, Part 1

kerobomb wrote 8 months ago: Here is some gratuitous eye-candy for the web-surfing nitromaniac: Attached is some of the images us … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Dave Wallace Sr., hot rod nostalgia, Jack Logan, lions drag strip, phil coonce, san fernando raceway, tim gibson

IOWA HIGHWAY PATROL

kerobomb wrote 8 months ago: (excerpted from COME DOWN FROM THE HILL S & MAKE MY BABY) After spending a couple of nights cris … more →

Tags: come down from the hills and make my baby, braindead soundmachine, Davenport, Highway Patrol, Iowa, Stephen Hawking

Dumpstered Top Fuel Wormhole Author Shot1 comment

kerobomb wrote 8 months ago: In organizing the art for the Top Fuel Wormhole collection (subtitled The Cole Coonce Drag Strip Rea … more →

Tags: Drag Racing, drag strip journalism, Top Fuel, NHRA, Bakersfield, kenny bernstein

Come Down from the Hills & Make My Baby: Second Edition

kerobomb wrote 8 months ago: Due to popular demand — and the fact that used copies of the book were fetching nearly 50 clam … more →

Tags: come down from the hills and make my baby


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