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many track’s staff totally clueless NMM - Any friends among your NMM - Who are your crew
as to what a true nostalgia event fellow A/FX competitors? members on your cars?
should be. I say, get off your duff
and research what a true nostalgia Jim - Yeah, a few. Steve and his Jim - We have a great crew
event should be and replicate it. If wife, Kay. Brad Thompson out of consisting of Carl Myers out of
it’s done right, racers will gain your Sanger, Texas has a great altered Kansas City, James Cooper from
respect and you’ll make a lot of wheelbase Pontiac and here in here in town and family members
money at the gate and concession, Wichita we have John Clark with a Brent Henry, Wyatt Henry and
myself.
it’s that simple. If I were to put on a Chevy ll.
race I’d put a 12” ruler on a string at Steve - My mentor and best Steve - My wife, Kay, is my Crew
the gate and have a sign that says: friend Jim along with his son, Chief; that’s it…just her and me.
If your tires are wider than this Brent. Sadly, last year he lost his She also has her own YouTube
stick is long, go home - you’re at the other son Brett in a racing accident. Channel with all of our videotaped
wrong event. Also, Dennis Mothershed with his runs. Just search “Kay Moths” for

Steve - The A/FX class is “Rebel from Hell” ’65 Plymouth A/ them.
beginning to explode with cars, but FX. Dennis is the owner of Victory NMM - Are there any sponsors
the sad part is that most all of them Driveline Components. either of you would like to mention?
are being built as street cars on NMM - Tell us about plans for
gas with electronic injection, late the 2018 season. Jim - There is only one painted
suspension upgrades and wheels on the car (laughs). It says, “C.L.
and tire combinations with perfect Steve - We hope to make the trip Henry’s Skelly Service, Wichita,
body and paint combinations. to Bakersfield Dragfest in April Kansas.” That was my ninety-two-
Bracket cars you might say. and then back to Union County, year-old dad’s gas station back in
South Carolina for the “Steel in the 1960s.
SUPPORT THE MADNESS… who currently own the real Tasca Motion” event in May. In July we’ll but I would like to thank Dennis
There are two guys in Bakersfield
Steve - We do it all out of pocket,
go to Byron, Illinois for the vintage
”Mystery 8” A/FX Mustang and
they are putting an authentic A/ “Meltdown Drags” and Wichita, Mothershed and his Victory
Kansas for another match race
FX class together with very tight with Jim at Mo-Kan Dragway in Driveline Co. for supplying my
driveshaft, u-joints and billet yoke.
SUPPORT PRINTING AND MAILING rules to fit 1965–1967 authenticity October. We then finish the year in John West Engines of Raleigh for
NITRO MADNESS MAGAZINE — classification. They’ll have an Richmond, Virginia at the “Mopar my Powerglide build and Pro Stock
event for the class in April at
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against Ed Miller and his Pro Stock
• PURPLE OR GRAY Currently, Jim’s “Big Iron” A/FX 1970 Plymouth Hemi Duster re- for my hemi’s update last year. Jim
Shewbert in California for my hemi
• KID SIZES — MEDIUM AND LARGE is authentic to 1967 and runs 90% creation. build in 2013. Gary Early of “Early
nitro with ¼-mile elapsed times in
• ADULT SIZES — SMALL, MEDIUM, the mid-eights and my “Bad News” Jim - We should be on the road Custom Rods” in Raleigh, North

LARGE, XL, 2XL AND 3XL is authentic to 1965 and runs nine- to Texas by March 1st to test after Carolina for the roll bar update and
Lexan windows installation (2006)
flat on 46% nitro. Both cars will putting it all back together from and Mike Wall, also in Raleigh,
ORDER ONLINE AT be used as the blueprints for the the winter teardown. In April, for the custom hand-built zoomie
WWW.NITROMADNESS.COM class. I’m humbled to hear guys we’ll also make the tow out to headers (2006).
who grew up with the A/FX cars Bakersfield for Dragfest. We will
tell me we are doing it exactly the be in Julesburg, Colorado in August NMM - We’ve all had those
way it was done fifty-five years ago for the Third Annual Tri-State funny or occasional less-than-
Only and it brings back great memories Hot Rod Revival and Mo-Kan in humorous experiences at the races
Nitro Madness Magazine $15.00 for them. It doesn’t get any better October for the match race with or while traveling to or from them.
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