Roxy Calder narrates the haunting legacy of Drag City, focusing on Chuck Whitcomb and Ray Delaney’s friendship and stories tied to the infamous “Back Country Bender” car. As they pursued racing, their bond soured amid personal struggles and competition. The Bender remains a ghostly reminder of joy turned bitter, symbolizing lost friendship.
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But…What Is The SECRET of “Secret Oktober?”
“Racing on a shining plainAnd tomorrow, you’ll be content to watchAs the lightning plays along the wires, and you’ll wonder…“ Of course, y’all know that the name – and the spelling – came from the song, my 2nd favorite song by one of my favorite bands of all time (yes, 2nd favorite: “The Chauffeur” fromContinue reading “But…What Is The SECRET of “Secret Oktober?””
Its [Almost] Here!
Well dear readers, duty calls again, and as October 1 arrives, I will be out on the plains for work, not to return until late in the week. My October 1 ritual must thus wait until then, but you know that the arrival of this, the best time of the year, when the weather isContinue reading “Its [Almost] Here!”
Drag City’s Saturday Morning Time Machine – Installment 2: SPACE GHOST | “The Fastest Phantom in the Galaxy!”
Happy Saturday morning, race fans! Here at long last is installment 2 of Saturday Morning Time Machine! Today’s installment of original fan fiction based on the Hanna-Barbera classics of our youth features Space Ghost, as he arrives on earth to help your intrepid trio of Drag City “track rats” fight off an original villain createdContinue reading “Drag City’s Saturday Morning Time Machine – Installment 2: SPACE GHOST | “The Fastest Phantom in the Galaxy!””
Mall Memories – The Montclair Plaza: 1981-1995
About a month ago I did a weekday post expounding on my childhood memories of the Santa Anita fashion Park Mall in Arcadia, California, the neighborhood in which I was a young boy in the late 70s. By the early 80s, my family had relocated farther inland to that hot, smoggy region loftily referred toContinue reading “Mall Memories – The Montclair Plaza: 1981-1995”