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Tuesday Time Capsule
Golden Era of Rallying, Fuel Curve

Golden Era of Rallying – 1980s Group B Goodness

August 7, 2018

Ask any fan of rally car racing and they will unequivocally tell you the Golden Era of Rallying was during the 1980s when the Group B monsters ruled the forests of Europe. With flame-throwing straight pipes, blow off valves popping and opposite lock four-wheel drifts

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Tuesday Time Capsule

A look at David Pearson’s Wild ’74 Win – NASCAR Firecracker 400

July 31, 2018

The NASCAR Firecracker 400 race, held each July at Daytona International Speedway, got its start in 1959. It was named the Firecracker 400 for many years due to being held on Independence Day. Since we’re in the middle of summer, what better time to look

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Lodi Mini Nationals 1973, Fuel Curve

Lodi Mini Nationals 1973 – Good Times at the Grape Festival Grounds

June 26, 2018

The Lodi Mini Nationals 1973 was the first major event the late Gary Meadors directed. Working together with fellow Nor Cal Early Iron club members, Meadors displayed the promotional savvy and ability to rally the troops that would one day lead him to great success

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Mickey Thompson's Dragster, Fuel Curve

Whatever Happened to Mickey Thompson’s Dragster – The Harvey Aluminum Special?

June 19, 2018

The Harvey Aluminum Special - What happened to this special Mickey Thompson Dragster? While we all think we work hard, the late Mickey Thompson worked harder. By day he ran M/T Enterprises and Lions Drag Strip and at night he did a shift at the Los

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Jitney Jake Jacobs, Fuel Curve

Jitney Jake Jacobs – Every Picture Tells A Story

June 12, 2018

I’ve known Jitney Jake Jacobs since 1982 when I photographed him and his partner Pete Chapouris driving their iconic ’34 coupes down Highway 99 towards Merced, California to the Street Rods Nats West. It was one of those lucky shots taken hanging out the back

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Nostalgia Darg Racing, Fuel Curve

Early Nostalgia Drag Racing – Fremont Fury

June 5, 2018

Early Nostalgia Drag Racing got its start way back in the late 70s in the Western U.S. in both Southern and Northern California. The sport really got going when Tom Prufer rented Fremont Raceway so that he and his friends could go race with minimal

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Bonneville Salt Flats, Fuel Curve

Bonneville Salt Flats – Oddballs and Rarities

May 29, 2018

The Bonneville Salt Flats covers about 100 square miles in Tooele county Utah. The flats, part of the Great Salt Lake Desert, are a remnant of the bed of an ancient lake formed about 30,000 years ago late in the Pleistocene Epoch. Named for explorer

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Tuesday Time Capsule
1958 INDIANAPOLIS 500, Fuel Curve

TIME CAPSULE: THE 1958 INDIANAPOLIS 500

May 22, 2018

It's the 1958 Indianapolis 500, and the monstrous, man-eating open-wheel “Champ Cars” are in full effect at the Speedway. This Era is what Wagner called the Gotterdammerung — the twilight of the Gods. Mere mortals cannot manage these man-mangling machines. “American racing was, at that time,

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Tuesday Time Capsule

Time Capsule: 1968 Indy 500

May 15, 2018

The 1968 Indy 500. Fifty years ago. The End of Two Eras, the Beginning of two more and a grueling month-long battle of wills contested not only at the infamous 2.5-mile oval Brickyard but also at a proverbial crossroads. Rhythm and blues cotton pickers may tell

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Roland Leong Hawaiian Dragster, Fuel Curve

Roland Leong – In Search of the Holy Rail

May 8, 2018

What ever happened to Roland Leong's Hawaiian Dragster? The Winternationals-winning, chute pack dragster driven by Don Prudhomme? Read on… Back in the 70s and 80s I made numerous trips to Italy to the Turin Auto Show that at the time was one of the world’s premier

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