DRAG RACERS REUNION 2001
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THIS TWO HOUR VIDEO TAKES IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES AT THE FIRST EVER DRAG RACERS REUNION AT CRESTVIEW, FL. ON AUGUST 25, 2001. THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE JAMESON INN AND INCLUDED A CAR SHOW, STORY SWAPING, AND A SPECIAL MEDIA ROOM FULL OF PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. THE RACERS THAT CAME TO THE EVENT RAN OUT OF THE FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, AND LA. REGION. INTERVIEWS WERE GIVEN BY: HUBERT PLATT (GEORGIA SHAKER), SIDNEY FOSTER (BLACK TRASH, FOSTER BROS. RACING, COLEMAN & TAYLOR, KING COBRA), KENNY SALTER (BOB FORD), EMMITT "SNAKE" AUSTIN (BOB FORD), STEVE HONNELL (WAR EAGLE TBOLT, PLUS MORE), BILL DISMUKE (FORD TBOLT), PETE MOUNT (FORD TBOLT), BOB FEMIER (FEMIER BROS FORD/MERC), BOBBY WATSON (PONTIAC SUPER DUTY) AND WILLIE D. SMITH (GAS RONDA TBOLT). WE ALSO INTERVIEWED THE ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT, SOL AND ANN STEWART. THIS COUPLE RAN THE OLD SUNSET DRAGWAY IN PANAMA CITY, FL AND THEY BOTH RACED CARS BACK IN THE DAY. WE ALSO TALKED TO DEL CRANFORD WHO HAD HIS RECENTLY DISCOVERED '64 FACTORY SPONSORED FORD FAIRLANE AT THE EVENT. THE ORIGINAL DRIVER JERRY HUTCHINS GAVE US AN INTERVIEW AND TOLD OF HOW THE CAR WON THE 1964 NASCAR WINTER DRAGS CHAMPIONSHIP AT SPRUCE CREEK DRAGWAY AT DAYTONA BEACH. WE ALSO TALKED TO A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CAR OWNERS THAT WERE PART OF THE SHINE AND SHOW AND LEARNED ABOUT A "T-5". NEVER HEAR OF IT, WELL GET THE SCOOP IN THE VIDEO. ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS ARE SUPPORTED BY PHOTOS AND MOVIE FOOTAGE THAT HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTION THESE RACERS MADE TO THE SPORT. THIS IS A MUST VIDEO FOR ANY HISTORIAN OF DRAG RACING. WE ( MYSELF, BOB FEMIER AND JOEL NAPRSTEK OF RACECARART) HAD A GREAT TIME AT THIS EVENT AND I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY HEARING THE STORIES FROM THE RACERS THEMSELVES. WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, THEY NEVER HAD THE LUXURY OF TV COVERAGE BACK IN THE DAY, BUT NOW THEY GET TO TELL THEIR STORY IN THEIR OWN WORDS. PRICELESS! This video is fully narrated with a story line that runs on top of the video action.
