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Record Times by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Early record player history is neat, but Badco is here to discuss early timing equipment, better known back in the 50's as ‘the clocks.’ - Aug 19, 2006 |
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Acme Engineering by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco’s up with an example of racing ingenuity by the great Buddy Cortines, and why that clanging sound on the top end was a good thing. - Jun 8, 2006 |
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Olinthropology by Bill "Badco" Ott. Badco takes in the nostalgia show at the Division 4 event in Ennis and catches an earful of truth, lies, legends, and facts from the inimitable Olin Davis. - May 9, 2006 |
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Over the Hills... and Far Away by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco wraps up part 2 of his pilgrimage to the Easter weekend Standard 1320 event at Phoenix Speedworld. - Apr 27, 2006 |
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On the First Part of the Journey by Bill "Badco" Ott. Badco and The Boopster headed out to Arizona's Speedworld Raceway Park to attend the Standard 1320 Group's annual 'Invitational - Race - Reunion - Gathering - Picnic - Memorial - Throw Down - Hootenanny' and filed this report. (Part one). - Apr 20, 2006 |
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Reinventing the Wheel by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco gets a lesson in ‘Yankee’ ingenuity, hard work, good business intellect, and the gift of gab from the irrepressible Joe Jacono. - Apr 9, 2006 |
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Conspiracy Theory by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco looks into the various ways the drag racing illuminati have pulled strings behind the scenes to control events in drag history. - Mar 12, 2006 |
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It Must be Winter by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco gets a taste of Texas hospitality and gets to rub elbows with several generations of South Central U.S. drag racing royalty at Dallas Geezer Gathering. - Feb 8, 2006 |
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Today in History by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco traces the origins of the terms 'drag racing' and 'Rock & Roll' with varying degrees of success. - Dec 28, 2005 |
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Texas Two Lane by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco Does Dallas... with some old and new friends. - Oct 19, 2005 |
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Astro Pilots by Bill "Badco" Ott. More ruminations from Badco, describing why nitro powered race cars are their own form of addiction. - Aug 21, 2005 |
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Power Trios by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco emerges relatively unscathed from moving cross country to Texas and brings us up to speed on legendary power trios -- hard rocking bands and hard running dragsters -- who proved that 'three' often could get the job done just as well as four. - Jul 22, 2005 |
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The Good - The Bad - And The Ugly by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco takes us through several tales of good guys, bad guys, ugly deals, and the good and bad karma surrounding some drag racing friends in the Winter of 2005. - Feb 21, 2005 |
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The Goodbye Look by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco revisits some unusal pre race activitiy at the 2004 MAC TOOLS U.S. NATIONALS. - Sep 12, 2004 |
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Cheap Thrills - Part II by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco reports, reviews, and reflects on Sunday's activities at The Third Annual Funny Car Reunion. - Aug 7, 2004 |
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Cheap Thrills - Part I by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco takes you behind the scenes at the third annual Funny Car Reunion at Englishtown, NJ, in his imitable style. - Jul 31, 2004 |
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A Message from the RUGMAN by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco remembers the late, great Ed Sarkisian and his many kindnesses. - Jul 20, 2004 |
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Little Victories by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Bill 'Badco' Ott attends the seventh annual Charleston Dragway Reunion/Ed Sarkisian Show while hummin' a Bob Seger tune. - Jun 23, 2004 |
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The Graduate '04 by Bill 'Badco' Ott. Badco was on hand as one of the wildest drivers from the sport's past renews his license for further assaults on the quarter mile. - Mar 21, 2004 |
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Parallelisms, Synchronicities, and Other Unlikely Occurances - Part IV by Bill Ott. Badco continues his multipart saga of the behind the scenes activities at the 12th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion. - Dec 21, 2003 |
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Parallelisms, Synchronicities, And Other Unlikely Occurrences - Part III by Bill "Badco" Ott. Badco continues his series on the behind the scenes craziness at the 12th Annual California Hot Rod Reunion. - Nov 1, 2003 |
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Parallelisms, Synchronicities, and Other Unlikely Occurrences Part II by Bill Ott. Badco checks in with part two of his reflections on pain, misery, joy, and triumph in Bakersfield. - Oct 22, 2003 |
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Parallelisms, Synchronicities, and Other Unlikely Occurrences by Bill Ott. Badco tracks the nightmare weekend some teams experienced at the California Hot Rod Reunion. - Oct 14, 2003 |
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Standing on the Edge by Bill Ott. Badco somehow ties together guitar straps, camera straps, and the artists who use them. - Sep 28, 2003 |
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A Funny Thing Happened... by Bill Ott. Badco gives us a rundown on all 34 Classic Funny Cars that fired up at the 2nd Annual Funny Car Reunion. - Aug 31, 2003 |
