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NHRA Pomona Finals: 6.05 @ 237 mph.

kerobomb wrote 2 weeks ago: Above is footage of the first pass back with the old gang of Messenger and Couch: We clocked a 6.05@ … more →

Tags: Mendy Fry, nitro, Drag Racing, nitro kitty, nitro funny car, NHRA, nhra hot rod heritage series, donnie couch

BACK TO THE FUTURE (FLASH): “NITRO KITTY CHARGER” PREMIERES AT POMONA2 comments

kerobomb wrote 3 weeks ago: Getting fitted for the Nitro Kitty Charger (nee Future Flash) Pomona, CA, 11-11-2009 – This we … more →

Tags: Mendy Fry, funny car, future flash, Drag Racing, nitro kitty, NHRA, nhra hot rod heritage series, donnie couch, lucas oil

BURY MY HEART AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE... or The Sands Will Come Again...

topfuelwormhole wrote 2 months ago: (excerpted from TOP FUEL WORMHOLE: THE COLE COONCE DRAG STRIP READER, VOL. 1) (photo by Cole Coonce) … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, Aerospace, Al Teague, Alex Xydias, Chuck Yeager, CJ Hart, Cole Coonce, Dean Batchelor

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, Cole Coonce, Don Prudhomme, Drag Racing, Greer Black & Prudhomme, Jim Brissette, keith black

1975 Marion Owens and Carl Ahlfeldt bagged Top Fuel

dadsvintageads wrote 4 months ago: 1975 Doing the Monster Glide Mash Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racing 2Pg Article available at www.DadsV … more →

Tags: Other Vintage Motorcycle Articles, Drag Racing, beech bend, Bowling Green, Speed, vintage dragbike, "Horsepower!", drag racing history, Monster-Glide

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, Cole Coonce, Top Fuel, Drag Racing, Top Fuel Wormhole, NHRA Drag Racing

OVER, UNDER, SIDEWAYS, DOWN!: THE STORY OF "WILD WILLIE" BORSCH4 comments

topfuelwormhole wrote 8 months ago: by Cole Coonce (BEGIN EXCERPT) The men and women gathered in a semi-circle around the half-finished … more →

Tags: literary journalism, Cole Coonce, Top Fuel, NHRA, Drag Racing, Top Fuel Wormhole, fuel altered, Marcellus & Borsch, Winged Express

MARCH MEET VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH MENDY FRY

kerobomb wrote 1 year ago: March Meet Interview With Mendy Fry (Courtesy of Drag Racing Online) … more →

Tags: Mendy Fry, Drag Racing, funny car, future flash, March Meet, nitro, nostalgia funny car

NITROMANICAL MEDITATIONS FROM A TACO STAND IN LA VERNE

topfuelwormhole wrote 1 year ago: by Cole Coonce (excerpted from the collection TOP FUEL WORMHOLE) It is Friday, day three of the Wint … more →

Tags: literary journalism, Cole Coonce, Top Fuel, NHRA, Add new tag, Nathan Bedford Forrest, rommel, larry dixon, clay millican

WHO'S AFRAID OF ARLEY LANGLO?3 comments

topfuelwormhole wrote 1 year ago: by Cole Coonce (excerpted from the collection TOP FUEL WORMHOLE) (photo by Dave Kommel/Auto Imagery) … more →

Tags: Cole Coonce, arley langlo, Top Fuel, NHRA

THE CHAMPION SPEED SHOP’S TOP FUEL WORMHOLE2 comments

colecoonce wrote 9 months ago: A Concentric History of the World’s Quickest and Fastest Chevy on Nitro… by Cole Coonce … more →

Tags: drag strip journalism, literary journalism, big daddy don garlits, Andy Brizio, “TV Tommy” Ivo, Baylands Raceway, Bobby McLennan, Bruno Gianoli, champion speed shop

McCain's Bomb Squad To Test And Fine-Tune At Famoso3 comments

kerobomb wrote 9 months ago: In preparation for an attempt at conquering Funny Car Eliminator at the upcoming and prestigious 51s … more →

Tags: Mendy Fry, March Meet, nostalgia funny car, funny car, nitro, Drag Racing, nitro kitty, nitro funny car, Bomb Squad

VEGAS BLAST OFF … STAND BY FOR NITRO!2 comments

kerobomb wrote 10 months ago: We are in Vegas this morning with McCain’s Bomb Squad ‘73 Duster Nitro Funny Car; we lit … more →

Tags: Mendy Fry, funny car, nitro, Drag Racing, mccain's bomb squad, Las Vegas, Roland Leong

FELLOW TRAVELERS

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: May 31, 1959, Riverside Raceway: The Russians dominate the heavens with Sputnik, a satellite designe … more →

Tags: Cole Coonce, Infinity Over Zero, Jocko Johnson, Land Speed Record, bonneville salt flats, nitro, Auto Union GP, Berndt Rosemeyer, Jocko's Porting Service

THE FUEL BAN (1959-1963)

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: ”FBI agents descended on a Texas auto racing track last month looking for evidence that Timothy McVe … more →

Tags: Cole Coonce, Infinity Over Zero, Top Fuel, Jack Parsons, March Meet, NHRA, Smokers Meet, AA/Fuel Dragster, Top Fuel Dragster

DRAG STRIP RIOT (1962)1 comment

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: This is the moment that Leasher has been waiting for. Gotelli and Leasher enter the car in the Smoke … more →

Tags: Cole Coonce, Infinity Over Zero, Drag Racing, Don Prudhomme, Glen Leasher, March Meet, gotelli speed shop, Bakersfield, Smokers Meet

Blow The Thing Up

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: In an interview for HOT ROD Magazine, Tom Jobe of the wiley Surfers Top Fuel team expounds upon how … more →

Tags: the big sounds of the drags, Drag Racing, The surfers, tom jobe, Top Fuel

The Cackle Begins (Again)1 comment

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: As a pair of drag racing machines prepare for battle, Jon Lundberg explains the nuances of nitrometh … more →

Tags: the big sounds of the drags, Drag Racing, Jon Lundberg, Top Fuel

Blower Belt

colecoonce wrote 1 year ago: This documentation of a Top Fuel drag race between “Techno Tim” Gibson and Bob Vandergri … more →

Tags: the big sounds of the drags, Frank Sinatra, free drag strip ringtones, Guys and Dolls, luck be a lady, Nathan Detroit, NHRA Drag Racing, nitro, Ringtones


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