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  • Care To Take A Cruise With This olelongrooffan, My Fellow Hoons?

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    Although the byline on this post is not longroofian, it is actually by this olelongrooffan. Can’t figure out why a friend of The Chief Blooger got credit for it, although all is good. Based on his online presence, he seems to be a pretty cool dude. Well, it’s been seven months since this olelongrooffan has…

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  • Thread the Needle – Mopart

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. To make good art, you typically need to be either completely self-aware, or completely oblivious. Being somewhere in between tends to confuse your audience. Sometimes the middle ground works, but usually only for…

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  • Thread the Needle!

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. For years, Mark Martin has borne the universal sporting booby(shut up)-prize title of “Best Driver Never to Win a Championship”. I’m not so sure about that. Mark “Mr. Consistency” Martin has plenty of…

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  • Thread the Needle! – Killer Grafix

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. I don’t even know where to start with this one.  I mean, I’m sure if I asked nicely someone at the AMA would let me dig through boxes of yellowing Modern Cycle issues…

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  • Thread the Needle!

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. It’s hard for me to call drag racing exciting. Getting behind the wheel is one thing, Ghidora knows I’ve paid my twenty dollars and gotten smoked by a “stock” Honda Civic more than…

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  • Thread the Needle!

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. Oh yeah, now we’re getting to the good stuff. The European stuff. No more sweating in line for a beer at Indianapolis or praying to your higher power that the Port-A-Potties at Knoxville…

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  • Thread the Needle!

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. Throwback Thursday is tomorrow, but try telling that to the Bonneville’s salt flats racers. They live in a never ending #tbt, a consistent, era-less state of motorsport. That’s hardly a bad thing. If you’ve…

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  • Thread the Needle!

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    Welcome to “Thread The Needle!” A weekly column that explores the rich history of motorsports by way of the thrift store t-shirt. Let’s talk about sprint cars. No, not the Sprint Cup, we dealt with that last week. I’m talking about the be-winged weirdos who hang it out on short tracks across the country. The…

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