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Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/14/11 08:53:39PM
460 posts

80s Funny Cars: Midwest, Part 2


Nostalgia Drag Racing

Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Stories: 80s Funny Cars: Midwest, Part 2 by Danny White. This long awaited and overdue update has finally come to the 80sFunny Carspage. Included in this go around is the the second page of Midwest funny cars with racers such as Joe Godwin, Larry Gould, Stan Bowman, Rich McNutt, Frank Hawley, Tim Grose, Ken Veney, Jim Head, Carl Fumerelle, and Terry McMillen.


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 08:52:19AM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
04/11/12 02:08:05PM
460 posts

60s Funny Cars: The Hemi Cudas


Nostalgia Drag Racing

Thanks, Bill! YOU were the provider of much of this amazing information on our funny car pages, so thanks so much for all you've done for us and the sport. We will get that update in there... bill

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/14/11 08:50:20PM
460 posts

60s Funny Cars: The Hemi Cudas


Nostalgia Drag Racing

Click to see the photo! Drag Racing Stories: 60s Funny Cars: The Hemi Cudas by Danny White. This new round of 60s Funny Cars covers Hemi Cuda funny cars from the late sixties. We cover Gary Bolger, Cliff Brown, Harry Claster, Kenney Goodell, Herman Lesmeister, Paula Murphy, Bob Manion, Wendell Shipman, Arnie Swensen, and Pee Wee Wallace.


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 08:52:19AM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/09/11 08:22:43PM
460 posts

Roy Hill and Ted Wolf on Racin & Rockin, December 12!


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Folks:

Below is the list of songs I have for 1976. In that year, both Roy Hill and Ted Wolf fielded 2 cars

each...Roy ran a '75 Dodge Colt with a 426 hemi in it and a '76 Plymouth Duster with a 396 hemi...

Ted Wolf drove the Katz & Jammer Kids Top Fueler AND the Jade Grenade dragster as well!

The Song of the Year I picked for 1976 is...

Many runner-ups...

Looking forward to a fun show! Have a great weekend! Thanks, JB

Hotel California (The Eagles)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIURlnIrErE

Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)

More Than A Feeling (Boston)

Anarchy In The UK (The Sex Pistols)

Dancing Queen (Abba)

Don't Fear The Reaper (The Blue Oyster Cult)

Night Moves (Bob Seger)

The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzy)

Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)

Disco Inferno (The Trammps)

Fly Like An Eagle (The Steve Miller Band)

Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas)

Turn The Page (Bob Seger)

Long Time (Boston)

If You Leave Me Now (Chicago)

Lowdown (Boz Scaggs)

Crazy On You (Heart)

Show Me The Way (Live) (Peter Frampton)

Breakdown (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

Blinded By The Light (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)

Rock'n Me (The Steve Miller Band)

Do You Feel Like We Do (Live) (Peter Frampton)

Boogie Nights (Heatwave)

Magic Man (Heart)

Still The One (Orleans)

Somebody To Love (Queen)

Take The Money And Run (The Steve Miller Band)

tp:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vBd-r_Pww

American Girl (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)

Peace Of Mind (Boston)

New Kid In Town (The Eagles)

Baby I Love Your Way (Peter Frampton)

Rich Girl (Daryl Hall & John Oates)

Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)

Year Of The Cat (Al Stewart)

Fernando (Abba)

Livin' Thing (The Electric Light Orchestra)

Turn The Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson)

Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)

Disco Lady (Johnnie Taylor)

Shake Your Booty (KC & The Sunshine Band)

Main Street (Bob Seger)

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC)

The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)

This Masquerade (George Benson)

Takin' It To The Streets (The Doobie Brothers)

Fool To Cry (The Rolling Stones)

The Things We Do For Love (10cc)

Summer (War)

Beth (Kiss)

You Are The Woman (Firefall)

Rock 'n' Roll Band (Boston)

Do Ya (The Electric Light Orchestra)

You'll Never Find (Lou Rawls)

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Leo Sayer)

Smokin' (Boston)

Telephone Line (The Electric Light Orchestra)

Let 'Em In (Wings)

Back In The Saddle (Aerosmith)

Rock 'n' Roll Never Forgets (Bob Seger)

New York State Of Mind (Billy Joel)

Silly Love Songs (Wings)

December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!) (The Four Seasons)

Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

Love Rollercoaster (The Ohio Players)

Let Your Love Flow (The Bellamy Brothers)

Shannon (Henry Gross)

Dream On (Aerosmith)

Welcome Back (John Sebastian)

Evil Woman (The Electric Light Orchestra)

You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)

Rhiannon (Fleetwood Mac)

You're My Best Friend (Queen)

Slow Ride (Foghat)

Rock and Roll All Nite (Kiss)

Squeeze Box (The Who)

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/07/11 09:11:45PM
460 posts

Roy Hill and Ted Wolf on Racin & Rockin, December 12!


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Roy Hill handout photo

Join us on December 12 to visit with Pro Stock Legend ROY HILL! Roy has been one of the top factory hot rod racers since the inception of the class. He went on to build his famous drag racing school and raced Pro Mod, too.

Ted Wolf courtesy Pittsburgh International Dragway

AND... Top Fuel driver Ted Wolf has shoed some of the fastest cars in the Northeast, including the Wheeler Dealer, Jim & Allison Lee, the Jade Grenade and others. Let's relive top fuel racing, Division 1 style!

PLUS John Bockelman fill us in on all the best rock songs from 1976 and then we play 'em all on our famous Racin & Rockin After Party!

Racin' & Rockin' with Draglist.com

MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Eastern Time
(7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific)

LISTEN ON THE INTERNET:

http://zeusradio.ning.com/page/racersreunion-radio

TOLL FREE CALL IN: 1-877-500-9387

JOIN OUR LIVE CHAT during the show: http://dragracersreunion.ning.com/

SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: radio@draglist.com

THE ARCHIVES ARE BACK!!! CHECK OUT OUR RECENT SHOWS!
http://archives.zeusradio.com/category/racers-reunion/racin-and-rockin-with-draglist-com/



Producers: Barb Santucci, Bud De Boer

updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 04:05:47PM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/04/11 11:27:38PM
460 posts

Harry, Ken, Mike Hall and Frank Oglesby on Racin & Rockin December 5!


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Ladies & Gents:
Below is the list of songs I have picked for Monday night's show...
The music of 1988...
I wasn't able to YouTubethem this time because of time constraints, hope that is OK...
The song of the year I picked for 1988 is...
Looking forward to a fun night! Thanks, JB

Faith George Michael

Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison

Sweet Child O'Mine Gens N' Roses

Heaven Is A Place on Earth Belinda Carlisle

Roll With It Steve Winwood

Wishing Well Terence Trent d'Arby

The Flame Cheap Trick

Is This Love Whitesnake

Wild Wild West

Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard

Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson

Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer

Hungry Eyes Eric Carmen

Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz

Naughty Girls Need Love Too Samantha Fox

A Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins

Love Bites Def Leppard

Angel Aerosmith

Hazy Shade Of Winter Bangles

Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby Brown

Bad Medicine Bon Jovi

Kokomo Beach Boys

Devil Inside INXS

What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield

Make It Real Jets

What's On Your Mind Information Society

Desire U2

37623 Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

Perfect World Huey Lewis and the News

New Sensation INXS

Rocket 2U Jets

Say You Will Foreigner

Fast Car Tracy Chapman

When It's Love Van Halen

I Hate Myself For Loving You Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Cherry Bomb John Cougar Mellencamp

Just Like Paradise David Lee Roth

Nothin' But A Good Time Poison

Wait White Lion

Route 66 Depeche Mode

Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie and the Banshees

Every Day Is Like Sunday Morrisey

Prison Bound Social Distortion

Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel

The Dead Heart Midnight Oil

Balloon Man Robyn Hitchcock

What I am Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians

Stand REM

Only A Memory The Smithereens

Motorcrash The Sugarcubes

Rev It Up Jerry Harrison

This Corrosion Sisters Of Mercy

Airhead Thomas Dolby

I Need A Man Eurythmics

There's A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car Voice Of The Beehive

I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran

Just Play Music Big Audio Dynamite

Boom There She Was Scritti Politti

I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones

Dad I'm In Jail Was (Not Was)

Baby Doll Devo

Turquise Jewelry Camper Van Beethoven

Fiesta The Pogues

Inside Out Mighty Lemon Drops

Glamour Boys Living Colour

Like The Weather 10,000 Maniacs

The Great Commandment Camouflage

Alphabet Street Prince

Nothing But Flowers Talking Heads

Welcome To The Jungle Guns N' Roses

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
12/04/11 01:59:32PM
460 posts

Harry, Ken, Mike Hall and Frank Oglesby on Racin & Rockin December 5!


Current Drag Racing

Hall Family Racing by BP


Join us on December 5 as we welcome Harry, Ken, and Mike Hall -- the famous racing family. Harry raced the "Shenandoah" series of gassers and funny cars for years. Sons Mike and Ken continue the tradition with rides in blown altereds, gassers, funny cars, and of course, Al Hanna's famous jets!

Frank Oglesby by Michael Beach

Frank Oglesby has raced fuel funny cars since the very first year they came out, 1965! Frank drove for Arnie Beswick, Don Nicholson, and other top cars before starting his own series of Quarterhorse Mustangs.

John Bockelman will discuss the best tunes from our guest's best year and we will play them all on the Racin & Rockin After Party!

Racin' & Rockin' with Draglist.com
MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Eastern Time
(7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific)

LISTEN ON THE INTERNET:

http://zeusradio.ning.com/page/racersreunion-radio

TOLL FREE CALL IN: 1-877-500-9387

JOIN OUR LIVE CHAT during the show: http://dragracersreunion.ning.com/

SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: radio@draglist.com

THE ARCHIVES ARE BACK!!! CHECK OUT OUR RECENT SHOWS!
http://archives.zeusradio.com/category/racers-reunion/racin-and-rockin-with-draglist-com/



Producers: Barb Santucci, Bud De Boer


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 04:05:47PM
Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
11/28/11 08:56:17PM
460 posts

Fred Ristagno and Mike Buckel on Racin & Rockin November 28!


Current Drag Racing

Unfortunately, Hemi Fred can't join us tonight, but Mike Buckel is ready to go and we'll hear all about the Ramchargers... John is dong the year 1967 right now, so join us! bp

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
11/27/11 09:53:39PM
460 posts

Fred Ristagno and Mike Buckel on Racin & Rockin November 28!


Current Drag Racing

Ladies & Gents:

Below is the list of songs I put together for 1967...the last year Mike Buckel drove for the Ramchargers. The car was full of ideas...removable roof, subframe car, ran injectors...
Looking forward to meeting Hemi Fred, voice-to-voice as well...see you folks Monday nite!
The song of the year for 1967 will be...
Cheers, JB

Respect (Aretha Franklin)

Light My Fire (The Doors)

Purple Haze (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

A Whiter Shade Of Pale (Procol Harum)

Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)

Soul Man (Sam & Dave)

The Letter (The Box Tops)

I Can See For Miles (The Who)

My Back Pages (The Byrds)

Time Has Come Today (The Chambers Brothers)

Dance To The Music (Sly and the Family Stone)

Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)

Happy Together (The Turtles)

Tears Of a Clown (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)

Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Jackie Wilson)

You Keep Me Hangin' On (Vanilla Fudge)

Get Together (The Youngbloods)

Cold Sweat (James Brown)

Different Drum (The Stone Poneys)

Chain Of Fools (Aretha Franklin)

Sweet Soul Music (Arthur Conley)

Let's Spend The Night Together (The Rolling Stones)

Darlin' (The Beach Boys)

Groovin' (The Young Rascals)

Foxey Lady (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James and the Shondells)

Gentle On My Mind (Glenn Campbell)

Bernadette (The Four Tops)

Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells)

All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

Funky Boradway (Wilson Pickett)

Incense And Peppermints (The Strawberry Alarm Clock)

Mister Soul (Buffalo Springfield)

Tramp (Otis Redding and Carla Thomas)

Alone Again Or (Love)

Nobody But Me (The Human Beinz)

Expressway To Your Heart (The Soul Survivors)

Let's Live For Today (The Grass Roots)

I Am The Walrus (The Beatles)

Never My Love (The Association)

Ode To Billy Joe (Bobbie Gentry)

Spooky (The Classics IV)

A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (The Monkees)

Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)

Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli)

Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers)

Heroes and Villains (The Beach Boys)

Baby, Now That I've Found You (The Foundations)

Love Is All Around (The Troggs)

To Sir With Love (Lulu)

Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees)

Windy (The Association)

The Rain, The Park & Other Things (The Cowsills)

Little Bit O' Soul (The Music Explosion)

I've Got Levitation (The Thirteenth Floor Elevators)

Rock N' Roll Star (The Bydrs)

Georgy Girl (The Seekers)

I'm A Believer (The Monkees)

Come On Down To My Boat (Every Mother's Son)

Kind Of A Drag (The Buckinghams)

Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) (John Fred & His Playboy Band)

I Was Made To Love Her (Stevie Wonder)

We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet (The Blues Magoos)

For What It's Worth (Buffalo Sprigfield)

Snoopy vs The Red Baron (The Royal Guardsmen)

How Can I Be Sure (The Rascals)

Tell It Like It Is (Aaron Neville)

Carrie Anne (The Hollies)

Gime Little Sign (Brenton Wood)

Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)

98.6 (Keith)

Soul Finger (The Bar-Kays)

Western Union (The Five Americans)

The Smell Of Incense (Southwest FOB)

Good Thing (Paul Revere & The Raiders)

There Is A Mountain (Donovan)

Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead (The Fifth Estate)

Sunday Will Never Be The Same (Spanky & Our Gang)

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Let It Out, Let It All Hang Out (The Hombres)

Time (The Pozo Seco Singers)

Pushin' Too Hard (The Seeds)

Sock It To Me Baby (Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels)

Oogum Boogum (Brenton Wood)

The Beat Goes On (Sonny and Cher)

Bill Pratt
@bill-pratt
11/26/11 08:30:45PM
460 posts

Fred Ristagno and Mike Buckel on Racin & Rockin November 28!


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Fred Ristagno by godragracing.org


Join us on Monday, November 28, as we visit with two of the baddest Mopar doorslammer guys in history, Fred Ristagno and Mike Buckel! Hemi Fred owns and races (!) the legendary Sox & Martin Plymouth Duster Pro Stock.

Ramchargers by Drag Racing Memories

Mike Buckel is the legendary driver of the Ramchargers Dodge -- the first funny car in the 8-second zone!

John Bockelman will pick the best tunes from a certain year and we will play them all on the Racin & Rockin After Party!

Racin' & Rockin' with Draglist.com
MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Eastern Time
(7-9 Central, 6-8 Mountain, 5-7 Pacific)

LISTEN ON THE INTERNET:

http://zeusradio.ning.com/page/racersreunion-radio

TOLL FREE CALL IN: 1-877-500-9387

JOIN OUR LIVE CHAT during the show: http://dragracersreunion.ning.com/

SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS: radio@draglist.com

THE ARCHIVES ARE BACK!!! CHECK OUT OUR RECENT SHOWS!
http://archives.zeusradio.com/category/racers-reunion/racin-and-rockin-with-draglist-com/



Producers: Barb Santucci, Bud De Boer


updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 04:05:47PM
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