Postby Diana The Doc » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:33 am
It's good to see some pics... Thanks for posting 'em... I love that white Oldsmobile of Kent Shockley's, the one he fabricated into "batmobile" trim, complete with bubble-glass cockpit-- He brought it to E'Town last season with his triple threat Jet Truck-- Kent is a real nice guy-- A genuine gentleman, who just happens to have one of the most volatile pieces of jet powered drag racin' machinery on the planet... It's good to see Steve Nichols take the "Prostalgia F/C" field-- He's definitely paid his dues and earned respect... Peter Gallan in the "Poverty Stricken" Flopper was also there-- The "Poverty Stricken" team have been involved with drag racing for decades-- I'm happy to see them taking a serious swing at N/FC racing-- They're good people... And how 'bout that Bobby Lagana Jr.!?-- If anyone I know deserves to win a race like this one, it's definitely Bobby Jr.-- Bobby Jr's dad, Bobby Sr., has such an incredible history, running low-dollar Floppers that would please the crowds just as much as the high-dollar rides... Several years ago, after an E-Town event, I ran into the Lagana family, Bobby Sr, Bobby Jr, and Dominick at a restaurant located just down the road from Raceway Park, a place called "Vitalies" (formerly known as "Cantories", now known as "The Race Zone"), when we were all done having dinner, we went out to the parking lot, and Bobby Sr. did a very nice on-camera interview with us, he was compassionately praising Drag Racing Underground, 'cause he knew from seeing us so much, that we been serving the northeast drag racing community for a long time-- After Bobby Sr. was done saying what he wanted to say, we filmed the Lagana crew pulling out of the parking lot, with their old ultra low budget blue ramp truck, with the old blue "Twilight Zone" digger on top-- the sun was setting, it was just a perfect kind of moment-- I think we featured it on one of our nostalgia oriented releases... If ANYBODY deserves success in this extremely difficult and unforgiving business of drag racing-- The Lagana family CERTAINLY DO!!-- They are Honest-to-God True-Grit, Hardcore drag racing stock, and believe you me, the Lagana's have more heart for this sport than lots of folks could ever comprehend... I love those guys, and much like them, I still miss seeing their Mom, Marie, at the races... Marie would be mighty proud of what her boys have accomplished... They've made all us who know them very proud... "The Doc" (Celebrity Drag Racing Authority & Visionary)...
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