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V-1431
Price: $14.95
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Sounds of Sanford
Audio CD
Jets - Dragsters - Hot Rods
Recorded at the Drag Races,
October 14, 1962, Sanford, Maine
Featuring Walt Arfon's Green Monster Jet, SRC Dragster, 99 Jr.
Racing Team 1320 Engineering Special, Miller Racing Team Special,
Disisit Special, #2 Son Atomic Engineering Special, Bluebird
Special, Ali Baba II, Pink Hog, Tappets, and many others.
It didn't matter what size the drag
strip was. It didn't matter whether it was an old airport landing
strip or not. What mattered was that a man by the name of Walt
Arfons wanted to mount an aircraft jet engine on a drag-racing
chassis. What mattered was the hair raising on your arms and the
constant pounding on your body as the engine built up the RPMs that
would propel Walt through the light beams that would give us all the
E.T.s and miles per hour of another breath-taking run. Just when the
overflow crowd felt that peak of excitement, a bystander is heard to
yell "Wow..." and all hell breaks loose and through the timers went
the Green Monster in a little over 4 seconds and well over 200 miles
per hour.
Like Arfons, every drag racer in
that era earned his (or her) spurs through an unbelievable desire to
create a better, faster and safer vehicle. They paved the way to the
Super Drag Strips of today. And those experiments brought out speeds
of over 300 miles per hour and E.T.s so low as not to be believed –
in just 1320 feet.
Original recordings were digitally
remastered and restored and released on compact disc.
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V-1351
Price: $24.95
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A Sweet Sickness: The
Flathead Movie
Join hot rod builder and
award-winning filmmaker Brian Darwas as he sits down and talks to
the world’s top engine-builders and fabricators about the engine
that pioneered a movement, The Ford Flathead.
Learn speed
secrets from Vern Tardel. Get an in-depth look at the build of two
high-powered Flathead motors by Mike Herman (H&H) and Ronnie
SanGiovani. Hear the stories that inspired Ryan Cochran to begin one
of the most popular Hot Rodding networks in the world today, and
ride along with Vern Hammond and Jack Carroll of The Burbank
Choppers in their Flathead-powered, traditional Hot Rods.
Featuring: Vern Tardel, Mike Herman (H&H), Ronnie SanGiovani, Dave
Simard, Ryan Cochran, Vern Hammond, Jack Carroll, Paul Howard, and
many more.
Approx. 60 minutes with over 30 minutes of
Special Features.
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V-1352
Price: $24.95
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The
Devil At Your Feet
Ride along with
hot rod builder and award-winning filmmaker Brian Darwas (The Road
to Bonneville) as he travels over 3000 miles from The East Coast to
The West Coast. Get an inside look at two car clubs from opposite
coasts (The Burbank Choppers and The Altar Boys) who share the same
ideals and passion for traditional hot rods and customs!
Flatheads, nailheads, and vintage steel! Take a ride inside the cars
and sit down to hear the stories from the men who built them. This
film is a true study in what Traditional Hot Rodding is really
about.
Approx. 64 minutes with over 40 minutes of Special
Features.
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V-1234
Price: $14.95
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BOYS OF
BONNEVILLE:
Racing on a Ribbon of Salt
Boys of Bonneville:
Racing on a Ribbon of Salt is about an America that has all but
disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a
handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the
backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and
self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman
stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every
existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of
Utah. More than a century later, many of “Ab’s” records remain
unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. Looking like
something Batman would have owned, the story comes full circle when
Ab’s son Marv, restores the 12-cylinder, 4800-pound “Mormon Meteor”
to its glory days for a ceremonial lap on the salt.
The film features
pristine archival footage of Ab, Marv, and their races, as well as
recently shot HD interviews with a stellar list of car and racing
aficionados (including Jay Leno and Col. Andy Green, the current
land speed holder). The car resides in Salt Lake City’s Price Museum
of Speed (www.pricemuseumofspeed.org).
Color, 81 min.
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V-1071
Price: $19.95
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Heart
Like a Wheel
–
The Shirley Muldowney Story
with
Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow, Leo Rossi and
Anthony Edwards
Bonnie Bedelia — in the triumphant performance that earned
her a Golden Globe® nomination as Best Actress — stars as Shirley
"Cha Cha" Muldowney, the young wife and mother who defied the sport
of drag racing to become the only female top fuel champion in NHRA®
history.
But before she could reach the record books,
Shirley had to survive an abusive first marriage, her volatile love
affair with fellow racer Connie Kalitta (Beau Bridges of THE
KILLING TIME and NORMA RAE), a horrific accident, and
a sexist world that tried to stand in the way of one remarkable
woman who dared to put her heart on the line.
Anthony
Edwards of ER fame co-stars in this Deluxe 25th Anniversary
Edition of the film Newsweek called "one of the best American movies
of the year," now packed with all-new Bonus Materials featuring
racing legends Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits, Connie Kalitta and
much more.
Special Features
- Commentary by
director Jonathan Kaplan
- "Shirley
Muldowney: Behind the Wheel" featurette with the real Shirley
Muldowney and friends
- "Friends -
Rivals - Champions" featurette with real-life racers Muldowney, Don
Garlits and Connie Kalitta discussing their careers
- Alternate
ending
- Poster and still
gallery
- Theatrical trailer
Color, Special Edition, runtime 113 min.
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