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What's Your Favorite Racing Song ?
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:47 pm
by Bob Kraemer
Mine is Stevie Wonder's Superstition.
This happened back in 1972 > 1974 when I was 12 or 14 at the time my brother was helping Trueman Fields out on his S/S car & took me with him to the points race at Edgewater Sports park when all NHRA classes ran point's meets.
We were traveling down a very steep hill on the way to the track and Superstition came on the radio. Don't know why but this song has always been my favorite racing song.
This was also my first live experience with drag racing.
Watched it on TV but never got to be up close to the cars.
Damn I sure miss those days
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:05 pm
by bandit
Green Onions, Booker T and the MG's. Reminds me of American Graffiti
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:53 am
by wheelzman

I think I have that one on vynily. Cool.

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:15 pm
by Lippy
Jan and Dean, "Drag City".

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 12:38 pm
by Barb
OK .. can one of younz help me? Domenic always use to talk about a song, something with the words of "won't you come along and ride with me in my buick 59, buick 59". I think the group was Red Hot Chilie Mac's or something like that.
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:30 pm
by draglist
You heard them other jalopies, you heard the noise they make,
Let me introduce my Rocket 88...

bp
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:30 pm
by bandit
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:06 pm
by WildcatOne
I think Barb is referring to Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers....not the Red Hot Chili Peppers...very confusing assortment of band names...could have been Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks...I'm looking. Right now my album collection isn't indexed...Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen did "Hot Rod Lincoln"...great song! My favorite racing song is "Gone" by the Rip Chords...it was a small hit before they scored big with "Hey, Little Cobra". The road group came to Galveston in 1967 and played at my high school. They broke up in Galveston. 2 of the guys stayed in town and started a surfing cult or something.
Cheers, WC1
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:14 pm
by jim sanders

great posts ^^^ great songs.. somebody allready mentioned Green Onions and that tops my list.. as soon as the first note is played i feel good.Hot rod lincoln is another top 5 choice !! I love the Ventures music to remind me of drag racing.. When i hear the EAGLES ' do ALLREADY GONE i get goosebumps as that was the name i wanted on the side of my heap econofunnycar.. but was talked into Family Tradition by a friend who was going to letter the car for free

another great song and our band used to do both songs in the 3rd set..i am waiting with interest of the song Barb brought up.. !!

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:51 pm
by Bob Kraemer
There was another song by Bob Seeger I think that was about drag racing.
Or it might have been Steve Winwood "Give some loving" not sure.