I'm the car guy known in many parts as Shag and this is the online home of my drag racing fun!
I have been drag racing as a hobby for many years but only got serious about it around 2003 or so.
I started really getting into it with a front engined dragster with a 1965 Jim Davis chassis. It had a methanol injected Chevy 283 in it and would run 11.00 @ 125mph. Really fun car once we sorted it out. I now run a 1964 Chevy II with a carburated 377 in it. It runs mid 11's and is quite fun to drive!
My greatest racing achievement so far was winning the 2008 Hotrod class of the famed Bakersfield Famoso March Meet!
I know LICENSE TO ILL isn’t going to get a lot of love today, it’ll be overshadowed by masterworks like PAUL’S BOUTIQUE and HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE. And that cool; that’s great. That’s as it should be. Probably the thing about the Beastie Boys that have most enjoyed has been watching them age, as artists and as men, with real grace. And I guess that’s the loss that I’m feeling right now—the end of the opportunity to continue to be witness to that evolution. That feels like a vacuum. That feels like theft.
So, while we are sifting through our collections trying to fill that void, I’m going to hit LICENSE TO ILL. Yes, it’s a record made by a bunch of asshole kids. At a certain point in my life—when *I* was an asshole teenager, not coincidentally—I could not get enough of it. It’s smells that we most often talk about being tied to memory, but the opening beats of She’s Crafty take me back so specifically to a time and place… the house we rented on Tejas. My job at Video Update. The Robs, the Jeffs. The Andys. All the stupid, stupid shit Amity and I got into that I am, quite frankly, surprised we lived through.
It was a long way from the best time in my life—it was dizzyingly uncomfortable at best—but I still hold those memories dear. Dearer for the distance, but still. I can recall without reliving and find moments, sensations to love.
I listen to LICENSE TO ILL and I remember just what it felt like to get f**ked up and scream like a madwoman at the stars in the Texas big sky. It felt glorious.
For that, and for all the rest, I am grateful. Thank you, MCA.
That’s Really Nice :)
Well spoken. I am still a fan of Liscense to ill.
(Source: pizza-party)
Went out in round #3. Last 16 cars. It was still a great weekend! Next race is in June! Whole crew will be there. Hopefully we’ll do better. I want to be in the winners circle!
It is warm all ready! We’re flying solo this weekend as the “crew chief” is off in Vegas at a bachelor party so our pit space looks a little open! We even put out the hammock!
All set up at Famoso. Racing this weekend. 1st race of the ANRA series. Haven’t raced with these guys in a few years. I think it will be fun. Looks like about 300 race cars are here!
Some burn out action. I actually shift halfway through the burn out and spin the motor right about 6500 rpm.
Right at the begining of the speed traps right before the finish line. The nose is still up so I still have the gas pedal smashed to the floor! LOL! Next race is American Nostalgia Racing Association Race #1 April 20-22!
Had lots of fun at the March Meet. It was 4 days long this year. We were out there from Tuesday night through Sunday late afternoon. Just pretended we were on vacation. There were about 125 or so cars in my class. I went 4 rounds down to the final 16. In the 4th round I knew I was late on my launch and made the mistake of looking to see how the other guy was doing on his launch and didn’t see my shift light so I floated the valves in 1st gear. By doing that I slowed down a 1/10 of a second and got beat. I was pretty bummed, but had a really good time over all hanging with family and friends. This picture was on Friday I’m just past half way back in the field waiting for my turn to run.
