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Tuesday Time Capsule

Mission Sand Drags – Late 80s Dirt Doings!

May 1, 2018

In the summer of 1986 drag racing in Western Canada was all but non-existent so the Mission Sand Drags came to be. Mission Raceway Park was still dealing with the government to come through with the promised funds to build a drag strip while drag

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Tuesday Time Capsule
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Time Capsule – Top Fuel bikes of the 1970s

April 17, 2018

There was a time when the NHRA ran Top Fuel motorcycles as a professional eliminator. When I first started going to the drags in the latter part of the 1960’s, I was instantly drawn to those that burned the magic elixir known as nitromethane….Top fuel

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Classic Northwest Tractor Pulling

Time Capsule – Classic Northwest Tractor Pulling

April 10, 2018

Classic Northwest Tractor Pulling has a fairly rich history but, results, stats and general info is not easy to find. Dates, both in print and online, are all but impossible to tie down with any certainty, so best be said this story is about as

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Tuesday Time Capsule

Time Capsule – When Jet Cars Roamed the Salt

April 3, 2018

There was a time in motorsport history when Jet Cars roamed the salt at the Bonneville salt flats. These archival images show the power and majesty of these jet-powered streamliners. The years were 1963 and 1964, a time of political upheaval. A civil rights war raged

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Tuesday Time Capsule
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Time Capsule – Six Decades of Top Fuel in Bakersfield

March 20, 2018

California was the epicenter for fuel racing in the late ’50s, but several West Coast teams were skeptical of the big speeds being reported on the East Coast by a racer named Don Garlits. The Smokers Car Club of Bakersfield sensed an opportunity in that

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Tuesday Time Capsule

Time Capsule – 1993 Monterey Historics

March 6, 2018

Today’s Tuesday Time Capsule focuses on the 1993 Monterey Historics. It was a significant event in that it was the rebirth of one of history’s most powerful race cars (some would argue the most powerful ever) – Mark Donahue’s Penske Sunoco Porsche 917/30. This one

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Tuesday Time Capsule
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Time Capsule, The Golden Age of Canadian Motorcycle Road Racing

February 27, 2018

The Golden Age of Canadian Motorcycle Road Racing occurred during the mid-1980s. With the closest drag strip hours away, I sought out other ways to get my motorsports photography fix. To my good fortune there was an exceptional road course minutes from my home. Westwood Motorsport

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Tuesday Time Capsule
1970's Pro Stock Drag Racing, Fuel Curve

Time Capsule – 1970’s Pro Stock Drag Racing

February 20, 2018

The 1970’s were the golden age of Pro Stock, otherwise known as the “Factory hot rods.” The cars still readily resembled production models albeit with better stance and flared fenders not to mention hood scoops. Unlike today where Chevy has completely taken over the class,

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Cabover Vans, Ford Econoline, Chevy Corvan, Dodge A100, Fuel Curve

Time Capsule: What We Miss – 1960s CabOver Pickups and Vans

February 13, 2018

A mostly 1960s phenomenon, the “cab-over” 1961 Ford, Chevy, and 1964 Dodge light pickups and vans were as common as Toyota Camrys today. Where did they all go, and don’t you wish they were still made? Chevy was so sure of their popularity they produced

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Tuesday Time Capsule
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Dan Gurney: American Motorsports Icon

February 6, 2018

Dan Gurney was the ultimate American Motorsports Icon. Where to begin? He was as handsome as Brad Pitt and as quick as Juan Manual Fangio. His technical achievements rivaled those of Colin Chapman, and his on-track palmarès put him in the first-tier of American racing drivers. Lest

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