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JOCKO (North Hollywood, 1953)
The intersection of Lankershim and Riverside in North Hollywood. “Kustom Kar” builders the Barris Brothers – eventual manufacturers of the Batmobile, the Monkees’ GTO, the Gree… more →
INFINITY OVER ZERO by Cole Coonce
BURY MY HEART AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE... or The Sands Will Come Again...
wrote 3 months ago: (excerpted from TOP FUEL WORMHOLE: THE COLE COONCE DRAG STRIP READER, VOL. 1) (photo by Cole Coonce) … more →
"I remember him for being an absolute lunatic… The good kind."
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wrote 6 months ago: In its “Folks of Interest” column, The Jalopy Journal evaluates the “Target Speed … more →
Is Top Fuel Wormhole an alternative NHRA history?
wrote 6 months ago: Is Top Fuel Wormhole an alternative NHRA history? Could Steve Jobs save drag racing? Or is too late? … more →
Live! On Speed Scene Live! Tuesday Nite! Top Fuel Wormhole!
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wrote 8 months ago: Scott “Lucky” Hudson, the co-host of the “Speed Scene Live” webcast, has gra … more →
TOP FUEL WORMHOLE DELIVERY DATE
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wrote 10 months ago: Top Fuel Wormhole, a feature-length book of motorsport-themed essays and articles subtitled The Cole … more →
The Return of the Top Fuel Streamliner
wrote 10 months ago: And the Top Fuel Wormhole continues to spiral: in its vortex, the Ghost of Drag Strip Aerodynamicis … more →
INFINITY OVER ZERO BECOMES LITERARY COROLLARY OF FREE BEER!
wrote 1 year ago: Public Release of Land Speed Record History sub-titled “Meditations On Maximum Velocity … more →
JOCKO (North Hollywood, 1953)
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wrote 1 year ago: The intersection of Lankershim and Riverside in North Hollywood. “Kustom Kar” builders t … more →
FELLOW TRAVELERS
wrote 1 year ago: May 31, 1959, Riverside Raceway: The Russians dominate the heavens with Sputnik, a satellite designe … more →
THE BLUE FLAME AND THE DATING GAME
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wrote 1 year ago: You’re saying that The Gas Company people were in Oklahoma City in ‘68 when you guys set the d … more →
FELLOW TRAVELERS POSTSCRIPT (1959)
wrote 1 year ago: Two weeks after the Jocko’s Porting Service streamliner knocks the drag racing world off its a … more →
FROM THUNDERCAR TO DRIFTWOOD (Southern California, 1964)
wrote 1 year ago: After he set a Top Gas record in 1964 with Thundercar, an Allison-powered streamliner – a mach … more →
I WISHED HIM GOOD LUCK
wrote 1 year ago: 1971. Jocko pokes his head back into the scene when his Allison-powered liner (now powered by a big- … more →
THIS SYSTEM IS OBSOLETE IN LIGHT OF NEW KNOWLEDGE (Twentynine Palms, CA 1996)
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wrote 1 year ago: Working out of a school bus in Twentynine Palms, CA, Jocko Johnson is feverishly sorting out the pro … more →
PULP FICTION (1996)
wrote 1 year ago: “The writing’s on the wall: The day of the backyard mechanic is over.” - overheard … more →
BALL OF FLAME
wrote 1 year ago: A writer for RACER magazine sees me in Bruno’s with a “Jocko’s Porting Service … more →
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE (1997)
wrote 1 year ago: Washington, DC, October, 1997. We are now on our second margaritas. I am cranking into high gear as … more →
