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LOOKING BACK

Since most of my feedback concerns my old sportsman drag racing photos,
I've decided this time around to load up on Texas sportsman racers. These
are just a few that I've already converted and I have tons more, especially
racers that competed in the old Modified Eliminator category. Click on the
arrow above to check them out plus some of my feedback.

odds & ends

(Nothing specific. Just stuff I come across as I go along. Enjoy!)

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drag racing trucks

I've been on a "Truck" kick lately with racing trucks featured on my last two updates. Check out some tire smoking, wheel standing drag trucks below. All
were taken recently at the same event. Click on the thumbnails for a bigger view and check just below that for more racing action from the same event. Enjoy!

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HIGH VELOCITY Impact Racing

HIGH VELOCITY

March 4, 1932 - April 4, 2001

Came across this great image on the
Internet (below, left) of "Big Daddy" Ed
Roth and his most famous brainchild, Rat
Fink. I can't believe it's been almost ten
years since he passed away. The last time
I saw him was at the Houston Autorama
four months before his death. The
diecast vehicle below was a Christmas
gift my brother gave me that he had
Roth autograph the rear door.

The images below are Ed Roth creations that were on display at the 2006 Detroit
Autorama where Roth was being honored posthumously as the 2006 Builder of the Year.

I must have been a teenager when I first saw the picture above.
I was already buying rodding and racing magazines and I
remember buying a paperback size book about drag racing with
the above picture in it. Here it is forty years later and I ran
into it again surfing the Internet. I think it's one of the most
awesome pictures I've ever seen; now and then. Hope you think
so too. Although 99% of the images I post on my website are
and were taken by me (or my brother), unfortunately the
picture above isn't one of them. Wish it was though.

aa/fuel altered

Couldn't make up to the High Velocity Impact Racing event in Evadale earlier in the year so when Bonnie Webb of High
Velocity Racing sent me a flier announcing their event at Houston Raceway Park, I was on my way. I didn't realize until
my brother and I got there that this is the first racing event we've covered all year! It was nice seeing my buddy Wes
of NitroArt.com also covering the race. Anyway enjoy the pictures below and thanks to the fine folks at Houston
Raceway Park for hosting the event and a special thanks to Bonnie for the invite and passes.

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"sportsman"

Photography

"sportsman"

hfd

houston fire

department

Since I haven't posted very many car shows this year and have only
sent a handful to HotRod HotLine, I've decided to start posting a few
cars from each show before I finally put the images on a disk and file
them away. My apologies to the car owners and show promoters.

No I didn't plan on posting the sequence below just after the above Houston Fire Department show. It just worked out that way!

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Just wanted to welcome ProModZONE.com as one of my new links with some of my older Pro Mod images. I visit and
use their "Blast From the Past" message board frequently to announce my website updates. (left to right.....Al Billes,
Rob Vandergriff, Tim McAmis, Troy Critchley, Gordy Himel, Gordy Faust and Bill Kuhlmann)

Just in case you didn't notice, I added High Velocity Impact Racing as one of my new links above. As you can see by the thumbnails, real good stuff guys!

Let's begin with the changes. First off the term "sportsman
photography" above taken from NHRA terminology for "non
professional". Second a complete revamping of my links. Still make it

houston automotive modeler's society

H.A.M.S. (Houston Automotive Modeler's Society) recently held their annual plastic model contest and as always, I attended the event. Like
I've said before I love anything automotive, any form, any scale. Like most kids that like cars, I started building plastic model car kits when
I was a teenager and even now at 58, I still enjoy it. Since I was a teenager I've gotten back into the hobby at least four times and it
happened again recently. The past few months I've been on Ebay buying some of the older kits and hopefully I'll put something together
soon, maybe even show up at next year's contest! The images below is my "racing" installment with "rodding" to follow.

to HRP occasionally and what can I say about High Velocity Impact Racing; super group and super racing. Pro Mod Zone and H.A.M.B. have some great message
boards that I frequent almost daily. They're almost addictive. If you haven't already, check them out.

It's always something. Another long wait between updates. It's bad enough I procrastinate, but loosing my service for over a month before realizing it and now
infected with an AdWare virus that although not dangerous, a real pain in the behind. If you're reading this I'm back on track and happy to be back. Sorry!