Blogs about: Glen Leasher
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BAD FOR BUSINESS
”… the professional hot-rodders — such as the Petersen magazine syndicate (Hot Rod Magazine and many others) and the National Hot Rod Association — have gone to great lengths to obliterate the m… more →
INFINITY OVER ZERO by Cole Coonce
AFTERBURNERS AU GO GO (1962)
wrote 1 year ago: The assault on the 400 mph barrier cranks into high gear via the intrusion of some wily Americans wh … more →
PICK YOUR PART (Southern California, 1999)
wrote 1 year ago: “One day I found myself sitting in a physics class trying to understand how to calculate the instant … more →
CLASSIFIED JET ENGINE (YOU CAN’T HAVE IT) (Akron, Ohio, 1964)
wrote 1 year ago: “He even tests that jet engine in the backyard. You can’t conceive of it unless you’ve seen him do i … more →
BAD FOR BUSINESS
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wrote 1 year ago: ”… the professional hot-rodders — such as the Petersen magazine syndicate (Hot Rod Magazine an … more →
THE DEVIL AND THE L.A. TIMES (1996)
wrote 1 year ago: On the last day of August in 1996, Top Fuel dragster driver Blaine Johnson was killed while setting … more →
PORTERVILLE HIGHWAY AND THE BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB (1999)
wrote 1 year ago: Just past Oildale, we take the Porterville Highway cutoff. The neon of Bakersfield is behind us. Not … more →
HYPERSONIC (1959)
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wrote 1 year ago: p class=”MsoNormal” style=”text-align:center;line-height:200%;”> Boredom … more →
AMERICAN HONKY TONK (1999)
wrote 1 year ago: We can see mecca. There is smoke on the horizon as we head east, the plume of smoke emanating from t … more →
DRAG STRIP RIOT (1962)
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wrote 1 year ago: This is the moment that Leasher has been waiting for. Gotelli and Leasher enter the car in the Smoke … more →
IT WAS A BUNCH OF SHIT
wrote 1 year ago: I stick the cassette of the interview with the Goat in the Batmobile’s tape deck and play it back to … more →
LOOKING FOR INFINITY (Bonneville, 2000)
wrote 1 year ago: “‘Glenn Leasher was a hot rod buddy of mine,’ Arthur (Arfons) explained. ‘The kind of guy you run in … more →
CLOUDS OF STAR FIRE (Bonneville, 1962)
wrote 1 year ago: “I remember When I was a star In the night A moving, burning ember Amid the bright Clouds of star fi … more →
IT WAS IN THE BAG (2000)
wrote 1 year ago: The following is from a phone interview with Vic Elisher. It was a cold call, and he was watching a … more →
“JET CAR” IS MY NAME
wrote 1 year ago: His first pass in a real race car was in the Master & Richter Olds-powered gasser at Fremont Rac … more →
NEGATIVE GRAVITY
wrote 1 year ago: Ernst Mach was right, Einstein was right…. SSC is fifty feet off of its white line that serves … more →
