New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!!

TOM KASCH · 09-10-2011, 09:12 PM

Rick,
It's better to be a has been , than a never was !

WE will never forget all your great writing that covered our sport.

Jim Wahl · 09-11-2011, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by TOM KASCH

Rick,
It's better to be a has been , than a never was !

WE will never forget all your great writing that covered our sport.

Rick, you will be remembered as one of the greats in our beloved sport! Write on! Jim

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blkjack · 09-11-2011, 01:44 PM

I think the "drag car writers hall of fame" is in Sheboygan where Rick was recently inducted

Gary Anderson · 09-11-2011, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by blkjack

I think the "drag car writers hall of fame" is in Sheboygan where Rick was recently inducted

I don't know about that, but Sheboygan is pretty close to Road America at Elkhart Lake. I can only hope he doesn't start saying "motorcar" and writing about road racing. He will always be a drag racer to me.

Rory McNeil · 09-12-2011, 11:25 AM

Even though I`m a Ford guy, I always thought that the Voegelin, Mayerson, and McGonnegal era at Car Craft was the best for the tech features and overall reading enjoyment. So many great Stock, S/S and M/P features.

Rick Voegelin · 09-12-2011, 12:57 PM

Wow, I didn't intend to high-jack this thread and turn it into a Car Craft lovefest . . . just hoping to encourage guys to seek out issues of Elapsed Times (shameless plug). Maybe I can clip all these comments, send them to the new-guy editor, and convince him to make ET a quarterly in 2012 -- and perhaps to raise the page rates, too . I've got plenty of ideas for articles, just need someone to print them.

But I do appreciate all of the kind comments about "Drag Racing's Incomplete Magazine." It amazes me that people still remember articles like "White Line Fever" -- I can vividly recall writing the manuscript longhand on a yellow legal tablet 36 years ago, but some days I have trouble remembering my own phone number.

And yes, I will confess that I was in Wisconsin for a race at Road America. Still racing small-block Chevys, but instead of 10-second runs, we do it for 24 hours straight at places like Le Mans with the factory Corvette Racing team. But I still have the old CC Super Mod Camaro out in the barn. Maybe someday . . .

Cheers,
Rick V.

cicero819 · 09-12-2011, 05:28 PM

Rick Voegelin, I still remember White Line fever, one of the best articles in CC. Bracket Racing USA when first edited by Dale Wilson was a great magazine which incorporated Bracket Racing little guy and sometime Class Racers. Next best thing is Drag Racing online. Claude

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TOM KASCH VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: TOLEDO,OHIO Posts: 1,735 Likes: 0 Liked 241 Times in 100 Posts	Re: New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!! Rick, It's better to be a has been , than a never was ! WE will never forget all your great writing that covered our sport. Last edited by TOM KASCH; 09-10-2011 at 10:29 PM.

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blkjack Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Belle Vernon, PA Posts: 288 Likes: 26 Liked 55 Times in 19 Posts	Re: New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!! I think the "drag car writers hall of fame" is in Sheboygan where Rick was recently inducted

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Rory McNeil VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: from Vancouver BC Canada, now in Nova Scotia Posts: 1,311 Likes: 314 Liked 1,102 Times in 301 Posts	Re: New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!! Even though I`m a Ford guy, I always thought that the Voegelin, Mayerson, and McGonnegal era at Car Craft was the best for the tech features and overall reading enjoyment. So many great Stock, S/S and M/P features. __________________ NHRA 6390 STK M/S 85 Mustang Last edited by Rory McNeil; 09-12-2011 at 01:22 PM.

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Rick Voegelin Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!! Wow, I didn't intend to high-jack this thread and turn it into a Car Craft lovefest . . . just hoping to encourage guys to seek out issues of Elapsed Times (shameless plug). Maybe I can clip all these comments, send them to the new-guy editor, and convince him to make ET a quarterly in 2012 -- and perhaps to raise the page rates, too . I've got plenty of ideas for articles, just need someone to print them. But I do appreciate all of the kind comments about "Drag Racing's Incomplete Magazine." It amazes me that people still remember articles like "White Line Fever" -- I can vividly recall writing the manuscript longhand on a yellow legal tablet 36 years ago, but some days I have trouble remembering my own phone number. And yes, I will confess that I was in Wisconsin for a race at Road America. Still racing small-block Chevys, but instead of 10-second runs, we do it for 24 hours straight at places like Le Mans with the factory Corvette Racing team. But I still have the old CC Super Mod Camaro out in the barn. Maybe someday . . . Cheers, Rick V.

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cicero819 VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Aylmer Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,086 Likes: 31 Liked 69 Times in 30 Posts	Re: New Drag Racing magazine out there !!!! Rick Voegelin, I still remember White Line fever, one of the best articles in CC. Bracket Racing USA when first edited by Dale Wilson was a great magazine which incorporated Bracket Racing little guy and sometime Class Racers. Next best thing is Drag Racing online. Claude