Sunday, November 25, 2007

A new book documenting the halcyon daze of drag racing is out and about....Tom Madigan, best known to me for his terse comment about most racers at the top of the food chain possessing "criminal minds" has documented local SoCal fuel culture well in: http://www.fastmachines.com/archives/nhra/004640.php

In other silly season buzz, sources have told me of the likelihood the NHRA "Pro" sale is in escrow for now.....rumors of curtailed new car construction among those who attempt to make a living off the sport continue....

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Unified Title..............which, to me smacks of the ol' WCW/WWF frackus in a way....

Lemme guess....people want more cable television (even the Brotherhood of Street Racers can get that these days!!), sponsorship and opportunities to ...yes....soak the racers and fans for more cash to get in the gate. Sorry. Unified rules and records are no excuse. I can get the all-time ET's from draglist. Given that, here tis the "press release" for everyone's ingestion. Consider this a coffee tasting, however; the cuspodor is on the left.......

Press Release to all media outlets for Immediate Release The President Matt Jones of the Texas Based outlaw Racing Organization KOTH entered into an agreement Today with The Owners Jack Barfield, Mike Hill and Johnny Fenn of the Southern based Racing Organization ORSCA and the Owner Dave Hance of the Northern Based Racing organization NSRA To Enter into negotiations to form a racing series that will crown a true outlaw world champion. Negotiations are now in place for races to be done separately from their current organization Based on an outlaw format. These races will be done Two in Texas. Two in the Southeast and Two in the North East. With a 7th Race being held to crown a single world champion from all around the country in every class. The 7th Race being the largest outlaw heads up event in History in cars and in Cash. The ultimate in Heads up racing. Having the three Largest outlaw racing organizations join together to put on a true one of a kind racing experience is what the outlaw racing world has been needing and wanting for a long time. We will all work together to Try and make this Happen Stated Dave Hance In an official press release today The Owners of ORSCA could not find better people that have worked endlessly for the sport of outlaw racing Than Matt Jones and Dave Hance . Now Having us all joined working together will only unify records and create even more cars around the country to race in all our organizations. Stated Johnny Fenn Matt Jones stated Today to have the KOTH organization branch out and now have the people behind the Koth Organization from around the country to put some its own races on has been a wish for his organization for a long time and will put his full effort in making this come true. Much work still needs to be done . We would like to invite anyone interested in being a part of the negotiations for the seven tracks we are seeking around the country and any companies wanting be involved to please send email to. Matt Jones KOTH Texas matt@texaskingofthehill.net Dave Hance Northern Street Racing association DHance1@aol.com JOHNNY FENN / ORSCA Director Johnny@outlawracing.comom Jack Barfield / ORSCA administrater Jack@outlawracing.com Mike Hill / ORSCA administrater Mike@outlawracing.com We look forward to working with everyone to make this happen.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

RFC as BBS..................................................

I'm monitering the most recent wave of doom regarding Tribe.net--a freakshow of Burning Man participants and pundits....which also hosts my discussion board-not that many peeps ever discuss anything I post on http://tribes.tribe.net/racersforcoffee . The photo-friendly situation there has made for willingness to post lil postcards from our sports' history and topical stuff; cuz I wanna WRITE....not code....(besides, my brain is max'd out just differentiating shots by Eddie Meeks from those of Fabian "EKF" Arroyo). Posts are "photo" or "topic"--and you know whatch'y'gonna get! Google is reputed to be sucking Tribe into their huge pan-social network....something I am totally apathetic about. Tribe is used by those of us who have something they want to talk about....besides their profile pics....(I abhor mymurdoch).

IF Tribe goes away, this blog will likely increase in activity from a glorified extention of my old Full Throttle News columns. I remain determined to keep this a vehicle for the pictures I can help create in the mind's eye of the reader...power of the printed word. The glut and wholesale substitution of photo images for written content is not flat very exciting. Anytime someone posts an interesting sounding topic....I click..and end up invited to "youboob/watch"...it leaves me cold.

The posts by EKF to promote the Brotherhood's working relationships in promoting the mission of the BSR through Speed channel and small auto biz sponsorship are rampant. The Arizona road trip is this weekend for the taping of Pinks. Grabbing a few more associate sponsorships--which translate into potential all-time exposures per dollar-----is a high priority. Hope some small companies figure out they'll never have this opportunity in motorsports marketing again.