OK Super Crew, here is the first announcement: Draglist.com is getting it's own radio show on the Racer's Reunion Network! (NEW DETAILS BELOW!)
Yes, we will be joining veterans Sam Auxier, Jr., and Wally Bell with a new radio news, info, and call in show! It will air on Friday nights, and we plan to get everyone ready for the weekend! So tune in as you are working on the car to get ready for the track the next day OR... if you are just at home having a few highballs while surfing the net!
The working title is Racin' and Rockin with Draglist.com , and the format of the show will be a news, info, and open call in show. We will do upcoming events for the weekend, plus some of the news stories that I get at draglist.com. We will grab a topic or two that is big in the sport and see if we can get folks to call in for a discussion...
One of the things we'll be doing is reaching out to promoters with upcoming events to come on and do five or ten minutes on their events.
Joining me as regulars on the show will be Draglist Research Editor Danny White and Houston Musician/Artist/Drag Racing Fan John Bockelman, AKA Wildcat1! These Texas gentlemen will help this Yankee keep the conversation going and John might even break out the guitar or keyboards now and then!
So tell your friends and be sure to come up and give us a listen! We plan to have a LOT of fun with this! Super crew are encouraged to call in and join the party.
My plan is to do the first show on Friday, June 18... BE THERE!
MORE DETAILS -- JUNE 13, 2010
Hi guys. We REALLY just put the motor together, loaded 'er on the ramp truck, just made it through the gates before first round, and we're gonna go out there and see what it does!
I will announce the time early this week (or later today), but my assumption is 8 to 10pm on Friday (maybe 7 to 9, but we are trying to take care of the West Coast guys while not making the East Coast guys too sleepy!) We will finalize that by tomorrow.
The call in number is 1-877-500-9387.
We also have a LISTEN ONLY number at 1-347-884-9756.
This means, if you have a cell phone, you've got the radio show! Just call and listen on the cell phone if you are away from home.
Once there, you click the big icon in the middle of the screen. Also, you guys should sign up so that you can click the CHAT button in the upper right hand side... we all will be able to chat during the show and even if you don't want to get on the air, you can upload questions and ideas via the chat...
PS... What I'm describing works the same way for the Sam Auxier, Jr., show on Monday nights and on the Wally Bell show on Wednesday nights.
Sam always has one or two major guests and is more of an in depth interview show centering on the guests. Very cool and informative with awesome stars of the sport. Sam works very hard to bring us guys like Garlits, Prudhomme, McEwen, Joe Amato, and others. You should listen every Monday night if you can. I try not to miss a show.
Wally's show is also an interview show, but is more of an informal bench racing session between old friends, most of whom Wally has raced against. This week it's Bill Kuhlmann and Animal Jim on the same show. How cool. Wally and fellow Pro Mod legend Gordy Faust have featured Animal Jim, Charles Carpenter, Roger Gustin, Rocky Pirrone, and other great guests. The two hours go SO fast as the bench racing flows...
My show will follow the Draglist.com style, which is to say, we are gonna throw a lot of stuff at the wall, see what sticks, and make adjustments going forward! It will be hugely based on what the listeners want to hear. It will be wide open as far as callers go, so we may very well have some top stars join us, but for the most part, we are going to leave the hard core interviewing to Sam, who has worked so hard to build that format, and to Wally, who has those great personal connections with his fellow racers. Our job will be to bring folks up to speed on the news of the week, to discuss the hot topics of the moment in drag racing, and to have some fun!
For this week, we'll do some intros to let folks know who we are, then we are going to discuss the week's news briefly, discuss what's coming up in the sport (to make sure folks know of the events and can attend), and then we'll have our Bench Racing Topic of the week... This week, I want to talk about drag racing DISTANCE for fuel cars. Weigh in with your ideas about quarter mile vs. 1000 foot vs. eighth mile. If you want to go back to the 1320, what do we change? Anything? Let's hear it!
If there is time, we will do our Fantasy DREAM FIELD of the week, which will be the best all time TOP FUEL field throughout history... which drivers, cars, years would be in the all time top fuel field? This will give us a chance to remember some older cars that modern fans may not even know about... it will be mind bending and fun. THEN... callers can tell us who they think we MISSED in the all time field! We plan to do ALL pro and semipro drag racing classes in the weeks to come.
AND FINALLY... what do YOU think we should talk about? Bring your questions, comments, funny stories, or WHATEVER!
You guys are my compass... tell me which way we should go! bp
