Story by Jim Hill The Discovery Channel’s “Street Outlaws” series is enormously popular, and one of Discovery’s highest rated shows. This success is in spite of their “street races” being staged on totally controlled street surfaces with the same safety provisions of a sanctioned drag strip. Of course, strict safety standards are mandatory to satisfy DSC-TV’s […]
Story by Jim Hill For a car-crazy teenager in the 1950’s, the “stuff dreams are made of” were not a black painted statue of the deadly Maltese Falcon. Instead, those dreams often began amid the rust, dust and hoped-for diamonds of a local junkyard. Back in the day they were called “junkyards”, not politically-correct “auto recyclers”! Monroeville, Pennsylvania’s […]
ECDT Hall of Fame Story by Jim Hill This is a story about a kid from Cleveland grabbing a guitar, learning a few chords, then going forward until he gains considerable fame in the music world. That’s what happened with Gene Schwartz, and along the way, his other love, building and racing fast cars, created for him […]
Story by Jim Hill The formidable husband and wife drag racing team of Steve and Brenda Taylor created a powerful one-two competition punch that often found both members of the Taylor household taking home dual Eliminator wins! That one-two punch lasted for more than three decades, until May 20, 2007, when Steve Taylor passed away. […]
Saturday, October 21 7:30 am – 11:00 am Registration for 1978 and older antique/classic cars & nostalgia drag cars on Winder St. Judged cars $25.00. Non-judged cars $20.00. Dash plaques to the first 300 cars. 7:30 am – 4:30 pm Show & Shine awards, entertainment by: TBA and Announcer/DJ, Cliff Cox. Legendary drag racers, […]
