Promoting any kind of drag races in the 1980s and ’90s without names like Big Daddy, the Snake, Raymond Beadle, Shirley, and John Force was an exercise in futility. Undeterred, Goodguys founder Gary Meadors battled that dilemma for a half decade doing vintage drags, often
There are rock stars, and then there is rock & roll royalty. Hot rodding is lucky in that the royals chose us. They speak our language. This story started in 1972 when a long-haired British guitar virtuoso named Jeff Beck walked into Andy Brizio’s Shop on
One of the first things I noticed when I came to work for Goodguys in the fall of 1990 is how loyal everyone was to each other and what a tight-knit fraternity hot rodding was. Goodguy Gary was very close friends with guys like Bill
