“THE SURFERS RULE,” GO! FEVER EPISODE 1 SIZZLE REEL
“THE SURFERS RULE” SIZZLE REEL— Episode 1 of the “Go! Fever” series, a ten-part episodic on the history of motorsports. “The Surfers Rule” is a story of peace, love and Class A Explosives, as three madcap drag-racing SoCal surf bums build a volatile racecar and tour LBJ-era America, obliterating the competition. Once on top, the “Surfers” then quit the sport, triumphant, and motor on to other adventures. The two brainiac mechanics never look back, but their driver is addicted to adrenaline and can’t shake his nitro cravings, no matter how dire the consequences
DAVE WALLACE ON SHIRLEY MULDOWNEY’S TOUGHNESS AND TENACITY
Drag Racing Hall of Fame journalist Dave Wallace recalls some of the trials and travails of Shirley “Cha-Cha” Muldowney during her ascent to a Top Fuel Championship in the 1970s. Music by Andy Prieboy. Excerpted from the Go! Fever episode “Don’t Call Me ‘Cha-Cha’.”
DAVE WALLACE ON THE MORTALITY RATES OF DRAGSTER DRIVERS IN THE 1960s
Int’l Drag Racing Hall of Fame journalist Dave Wallace explains the factors that contributed to the horrific frequency of driver deaths during drag racing competition in the 1960s. Excerpted from the Go! Fever episode “The Surfers Rule.” Musical accompaniment by Andy Prieboy.
DAVID STEELE ON DAYTONA ’79
American Hot Rod Foundation Director David Steele discusses the impact of the 1979 Daytona 500 broadcast and how that race catapulted the down and dirty sport of stock car racing into a Fortune 500 business. Excerpted from the Go! Fever episode, “Fists Full of Dollars.”
HERITAGE CHAMP MENDY FRY DISCUSSES TOP FUEL CASTING COUCH
In a provocative excerpt from the “2018: Dragstrip Women of the Year,” Heritage Series Champ Mendy Fry discusses enduring a casting couch mentality while approached to drive a Top Fuel dragster.
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