Top Sportsman in '93...Neo-TS in 2007------Lineage has a steady hold on the West Coast, in spite of Barbie and Bratboy corporatism. The arguably outstanding run of the season in feature creature classes hails from Northern California. The '55 Bowtie of Bob Bunker made thousands of fans for years before the ProMod phenom met greedy overextended marketers. Bob Jr. is now at the wheel of a shoebox which captured grassroots attention while appearing in a series of match races against Wayne Torkelson. Consistant loyalty to those fans, in the form of a sustainable schedule based out of Sacto and Redding, keeps the "Folsom Flash" an affordable passion which can capture and keep moderate sponsorship support-allowing the Bunkers to define their own personalities and vision. Participation in the West Coast T/S series keeps camp followers regularly trooping from Southern Oregon and the Bay Area to see the Beast. The numbers coming from the Blown Alky machine confirm just as much "pro street" competitiveness as John Scapli demonstrates in his similarly shoebox'd "Wappado": 6.43ET at a stunning 221mph at the Sacto Govenator's Cup.....

I now understand the slow, "Caj" perculation of a discussion board on alt. drag racing on www.tribe.net is now better known, thanks to the Drag Racing List www.dragblog.com.
.......so joining the freaks, lefties, punx and redux at http://tribes.tribe.net/racersforcoffee
is an open invite for the clubbers who can cope. The SF based Tribe deal does not edit, other than for porn and hate..much as myself.

Somewhere in Riverside County is thought to be some guy named Greg. Why I am being obtuse here is beyond me; his last name is sprinkled over the hardcore drag sites as I write this. No matter. The person in discussion has apparently made off (can't think of a better term for it..) with the final, beautiful Bel-Air of the late, heavily-mourned Dyno Don Nicholson. Cindy Nicholson has beseeched the "NHRA" community for anyone knowing the whereabouts of "Greg" and the car...which Mr. G. had supposedly kept in storage- incurring costs for Dyno's car in lieu of payments on a 7,000.00 promissory note Dyno had agreed upon prior to Mr. Nicholson's slide into his protracted disease.
Exactly what the details precisely are will come out in court..prelim. investigators already declined to press embezzeling charges. Wally Bell (no relation to Wally Booth...or Art Bell..) tells me: "..there are two sides to this. Trust me."
What brought it to our attention was an attempt to unload the car on EBay for a tidy 99,999.00.
Brazen! I reinterate my opinion posted on the Drag Racing List yesterday. I am outraged. The Nicholson family deserved better than this petty shell game. The car belongs, ultimately, to the ages- the Nicholson Brothers were akin to starting lineup in the orig. Cinci Red Stockings..they were present at the beginning of ALL TIME AND SPACE. Genesis had nothin' on Don and Harold Nicholson.

Shameless me.......... I've just been in, on and around Draglist openly ribbing and baiting Animal Jim Fuerer to take up Duane Nichols' offer for a full meal deal if he can put together a bowtie package for the Super Chevy Nitro Coupe circuit. Animal has been in the midst of a well-deserved online lovefest, of late; many of us credit Fuerer for leading the UDRA doorslammer stars into an alliance with the east coasters in the Nichols-booked USSC and creating the alt. universe of feature creatures we enjoy today.