December/27/2008 09:30
So Santa didn't bring you any nostalgic hot
rod stuff this year? Then shop for yourself
through Google with the
Life Magazine Photo
Archive.
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Tags: History, Photography, Life, Life Magazine, Hot Rods, Bonneville
December/18/2008 00:43
One of the most notable experiences one
acquires while attending a full zoot drag
race is the sensory overload...
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Tags: The Big Sounds Of The Drags
2001, Sound Effects, Audio, Cole Coonce
December/06/2008 01:00
These are two happy guys... Larry Nolan
presents the 2008 Memphis Rodders Reunion
donation to Potentate Wayne Bonner at the
Al Chymia Shrine Temple this past
Wednesday. Note the numbers on the king
size check... once again, a new record
donation was made on behalf of reunion
attendees, which will assist
Shriner's Burn
Centers by helping to
provide
Pediatric Burn
Care to critically injured
children.
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Tags: Al Chymia, Rodders Reunion, Rodders Reunion News,
Donation, Shriner's Burn Transportation
Fund
December/01/2008 00:43
While preparing this years Rodders Reunion
presentation, I stumbled upon a gold mine
of early drag racing imagery.
Howard
DeShazo, of Santa Fe New
Mexico, is a former NHRA advisor and was
present and accounted for when this hot
rod stuff was invented.
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Tags: NHRA Nationals, 1957 Nationals, Oklahoma City, Howard DeShazo, Safety Safari
November/23/2008 21:52
Another successful Rodders Reunion is now
history as Bill Taylor takes to the
microphone while Larry Nolan looks on. The
2008 Memphis Rodders Reunion again set new
attendance records and raised a sizable
donation for the Shriner's Burn
Transportation Fund. Read
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Tags: Memphis Rodders, Reunion News, Memphis Rodders Reunion,
2008 Memphis Rodders
Reunion, Coleman Taylor, Larry Coleman, Bill Taylor
November/15/2008 22:57
We will be fortunate to see another nitro
burner that has been meticulously restored
at the 2008 Memphis Rodder's Reunion, when
Rip & Natalie Wiley bring the Stephens
& Venables fuel dragster for display.
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Tags: Stephens & Venables,
Top Fuel Fuel, Rip Wiley, Natalie Wiley, Restoration, Reunion News, 2008 Memphis Rodders
Reunion
November/02/2008 18:35
Always a hot rod... Here's a few fresh
photos of what is one of the oldest
authentic hot rods prowling the streets of
Memphis TN. Read
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Tags: Jimmy Fulghum, David Kelley, 32 Frod, Memphis Rodders
October/30/2008 10:54
Bill Taylor checks out the latest industry
news in his Mt. Pleasant MS shop. Bill is
one of this year's Reunion honorees, and
was kind enough to provide a tour of
BTE/Memphis
Performance to Muscle
Car Reunion & Nostalgia Drags
organizers
John Troxel & Chris Schneider last
week. Naturally, I invited myself along.
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Tags: 2008 Rodders Reunion News,
Bill Taylor, BTE, Muscle Car Reunion &
Nostalgia Drags
October/13/2008 21:50
It seems that another update is needed
regarding the Poteet and Main streamliner,
and their relentless pursuit of an
incredible 400 MPH speed record.
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Tags: George Poteet, Ron Main, Speed Demon, Bonneville, FIA, World Land Speed
Shootout
October/01/2008 20:37
Today was the 100th anniversary of the
introduction of the venerable Model T.
These primitive Fords achieved many firsts,
and were among the first hot rods
ever. Read
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Tags: Ford, Model T, Ford Model T, 100 Years
September/30/2008 12:54
Well if you ever plan to motor west...
Travel my way, take the highway that's the
best... Get your kicks on
Route
66...
Bobby Troup Read
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Tags: Route 66, The Mother Road, Road Trip, 75th Anniversary of The
Deuce
September/15/2008 01:36
Just your basic, timeless, 32 Ford hot rod
roadster hanging out at Sam's Town Casino
in Tunica MS. Read
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Tags: Delta River Cruisin',
Tunica, Memphis Street Rods,
NSRA, Sam's Town, Street Rods, Car Show
September/02/2008 01:44
It's been a busy few weeks for some of the
more motorsports connected reunion
attendees who are deeply involved with
their chosen form of competition. Here's a
brief update... Read
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Tags: NHRA, Clay Millican, SCTA, George Poteet, Speed Demon
August/18/2008 23:32
It's Speed Week in a far away, other
worldly place known as the Bonneville Salt
Flats. Mickey
Thompson, one of the all time
legends of speed, laid claim to the land
speed record in 1960 with a one way record
run of 406.60 mph. This week, Memphis
Rodders Reunion regular George
Poteet will take a shot at
another new speed record with the
Speed
Demon streamliner.
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Tags: Bonneville, Salt, Salt Flats, LSR, Mickey Thompson, Paul Kosma, George Poteet, Speed Demon
July/29/2008 00:37
Driver training, race car style. Once
considered the pathway to round track
racing's big leagues, homemade racers like
these used to compete at short tracks
throughout the country. These once
plentiful vintage coupes are shown here
battling it out at the mostly forgotten
Lakeland Speedbowl. Read
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Tags: Lakeland Speedbowl,
Speedbowl, Sprints, Midgets, Daredevils, Stunt Driving
July/01/2008 19:51
This channeled 32 Ford roadster now resides
in Georgia, but it has deep Memphis roots.
Follow it's now well documented journey
from California to Tennessee via the US
Navy, it's long history as a hot rod and a
drag racer, and it's recent
resurrection. Read
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Tags: Zot, 32 Ford, Marshall Robilio, Howard Hughes, Tim Payne
June/23/2008 00:23
The NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion made a
successful return to Bowling Green KY June
13-15 and provided many classic rods,
customs, and race cars for nostalgia fans
to admire. Read
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Tags: National Hot Rod Reunion,
NHRR, Bowling Green, Beech Bend Raceway
June/20/2008 00:32
Well, the last minute thrash paid off and
the Stephens
& Venables fueler made the scene in
Bowling Green. Check out the rest of this
post for video of a push start of this
vintage dragster. Read
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Tags: Ray Godman, Preston Davis, Steve Stephens, Dick Venables, Stephens & Venables,
Push Start, Drag Racing, NHRR, Bowling Green
June/11/2008 02:22
Getting a last minute check out before the
tow to Bowling Green KY for the
National
Hot Rod Reunion is Ray Godman's Tennessee
Bo-Weevil top fuel dragster. Preston Davis'
son Mark dutifully occupies the hot seat
for this fire-up.
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Tags: Ray Godman, Preston Davis, Tennessee Bo-Weevil,
Drag Racing, Cacklefest, Restoration, NHRR
June/01/2008 00:17
After 4
years of work, the Stephens
& Venables top fuel dragster
restoration is nearing completion. Rip
& Natalie Wiley, along with a
contingent of well qualified helpers, are
burning the midnight oil to finish the
former Texas based fueler in time for
the National
Hot Rod Reunion at Beech
Bend Raceway.
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Tags: Rip Wiley, Natalie Wiley, Stephens & Venables,
Top Fuel, Drag Racing, Restoration
May/15/2008 23:22
From
the hinterlands of Minnesota comes this
rare sight. A genuine early seventies, twin
engined, Top Gas dragster campaigned by
the Gopher
State Timing Association.
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Tags: Ted Guth, Drag Racing, GSTA, Top Gas, Restoration
May/06/2008 01:51
If you
were around in the 50's then you remember
these. If you weren't, they are a portal to
yesteryear. Naturally, the exploits of the
Memphis Rodders often found their way into
the "little pages."
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Tags: Magazines, Publishing, History
April/22/2008 23:15
Just
when you thought there were no homebuilt
hot rods left, a time honored tradition
reappears.
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Tags: Jack Landree, Hot Rod, Flathead, Under Construction
March/26/2008 01:20
Now this is going back a bit, but this
photo speaks volumes about the early days
of the Memphis Rodders, and is a time
travel view of a different era. Apparently
the
Memphis Commercial
Appeal thought so too, as
they ran the photo on March 15th in the
"Memphis Memories" section of the paper.
Shown explaining the details of his 1932
Ford coupe to an interested father and
son is the late Jimmy Fulghum.
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March/07/2008 02:23
Well, the previous post about the 1967
Spring Nationals has apparently brought
back a few memories for some of the Memphis
Rodders that made the trip to Thunder
Valley. We now have everyone in this photo
identified courtesy of Larry Nolan...
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March/06/2008 18:21
"To hot rodders everywhere, and their great
zeal for experimentation. A fact of native
American technology which is always a part
of us, ......this film is respectfully
dedicated."
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February/25/2008 21:55
Today, the
Memphis Commercial
Appeal ran a
feature on
what remains of
Lakeland International
Raceway and what the future
holds for the property.
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February/25/2008 00:43
From these humble beginnings you may note
that the Memphis Rodders website now has an
online web store.
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February/05/2008 00:12
From racing for the
Sox &
Martin drag team, to
serving as a Hemi engine expert for drag
racers nationwide, Former Memphian Herb
McCandless has experienced it all in his
storied drag racing career. Last week,
the
North Carolina Drag
Racing Hall of Fame
acknowledged the Chrysler standout.
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January/19/2008 03:37
I've been spending a good bit of time
scanning some additional photos for the
archive lately. A lot of them are from
"Thunder Valley" circa 1967. Looks like the
Memphis Rodders showed up in force and made
their presence known.
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