Yesterday, we noted the passing of Bean Bandits founder Joaquin Arnett. For the past couple of days, we have also been trying to verify the circumstances behind a sad event involving another fabled drag team from California, the Gasser force known as Stone, Woods and Cook. The news was last week’s death, apparently by suicide, of […]
Though the Bean Bandits – originally known as the Cam Pounders – weren’t officially recognized by the SCTA as a participant club until 1949, one could be forgiven for believing the club to date back to pre-war times along with the Road Runners and Sidewinders after hearing the stories and the legends that surround the […]
* Phil Burgess over at the NHRA’s Dragster Insider blog recently posted a couple big batches of photos of vintage ramp trucks used to haul around everything from Super Stockers to Funny Cars. * Dan Collins over at the Old Gold Garage Co. recently posted this photo of his father’s Crosley-based jalopy, used for romping […]