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Creeper Races, Fuel Curve

Creeper Races – Motorized Mayhem in Merced

September 11, 2018

Before we tell you about the Creeper Races that became a thing at 1980s rod runs, we need to throw out a few thank you’s. First off, thanks to Pat Ganahl for telling old stories on www.patganahl.com. Pat has dusted off the keyboard to file

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Boyd Coddington, Fuel Curve

Boyd Coddington – The Glory Years

September 4, 2018

I first met Boyd Coddington on a trip to England in 1982 but my late mentor Pete Chapouris really introduced me to Boyd in 1987 when I managed to tick him off and his customer Gary Lorenzini for whom Boyd had just finished a flamed

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Can Am Racing, McLaren, Chapparal, Fuel Curve

Memoirs of Early Can-Am Racing

August 28, 2018

This special-to-Fuel Curve article by George “Ken” Dwinell chronicles his memoirs of early Can-Am Racing. We found Ken’s incredible Can Am Racing pictures through a web search and he was kind enough to share his images and memories of this magical form of motorsport. The

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Bonneville Speed Trials, Fuel Curve

Endurance Racing at Bonneville During Speed Trials

August 21, 2018

Images of the Endurance Racing at Bonneville during Speed Trials are elusive. Our photographic memories of Bonneville typically feature a pencil-shaped streamliner blurring across a limitless expanse of salt, guided by a thin black line that leads to infinity and beyond. Those record runs we

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Tuesday Time Capsule
Evel Knievel Snake River, Fuel Curve

Evel Knievel – The Snake River Disaster

August 14, 2018

Count me as one of those 70s kids who grew up worshiping Evel Knievel. The hard-drinking, wheeling and dealing outlaw motorcycle stuntman from the wild lands of Butte Montana was America’s premier extreme sportsman long before the term “Extreme Sports” was ever uttered. By today’s standards,

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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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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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Legends of Hot Rodding, Carroll Shelby, Fuel Curve

Carroll Shelby – Legends of Hot Rodding

July 24, 2018

There are legends of hot rodding, and then there are legends. Carroll Shelby squarely falls in the latter category. Few hot rodders of the post-War era — and the term “hot rodder” is far too limiting a term in this instance — left a mark as

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Goodguys Lone Star Nationals, Fuel Curve

Goodguys 1995 Lone Star Nationals – Time Capsule

July 17, 2018

Long before Texas Motor Speedway was built, Goodguys Rod and Custom was holding the Lone Star Nationals down in the great state of Texas. First held at Southfork Ranch in Dallas, it was moved to the Dallas Fair Park before heading back to Southfork Ranch

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Seattle Intl Raceway, Funny Cars, Fuel Curve

Seattle Intl Raceway – Funny Cars We Loved

July 10, 2018

The 1970s were a mythical and magical time for Northwest Drag Racing and Seattle Intl National Raceway was the epicenter. Nitro Funny Cars were in their zenith, and Seattle Intl Raceway “Innnnnn Kent” with Bill Doner and Steve Evans at the helm was the home of

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