The last waltz can have a handful of meanings, but it’s not necessarily the last thing you do in life, although that can be true in some circumstances (read more)

Keeping with our theme of the last two columns (a look back at yester-year), my first drag boat race was in July 1967 at Ski Land in Perris, CA. At th (read more)

No, this is not a story about the fabled rock and roll band Led Zeppelin (whom we saw in concert back in 1970 at the Forum in Los Angeles, CA). But it (read more)

We all need that thing called money—dollars, pesos, gilders, franks, pounds, shekels, euros or whatever you want to call it—it pays the bills and buys (read more)

One trip down the liquid quarter-mile isn’t enough once you’ve taken a drag boat for a quick spin. Because, “On this trailer lies a disease for which (read more)

If you’re familiar with motorsports and motorboats, you know a drag boat racing career has to have a beginning, and it starts with a high-powered drag (read more)

Many people get extremely excited and turned-on by drag boat racing.. Boats seem to have an attraction that’s hard to resist for water lovers. Maybe i (read more)

The color gray is an interesting tone…subtly sliding in somewhere between black and white. But when it comes to being a believer in Jesus Christ, gray (read more)

You don’t have to send me a text message alerting me about the next drag boat race I’ll be attending. And you won’t have to text message me when a Top (read more)

In NHRA drag racing, the Top Fuel Dragster’s have been called the Kings of the Sport since the early 1960’s. And rightly so, as they are the quickest (read more)

Does drag boat racing really exist? If you have been to an IHBA, SDBA, NJBA, SLDBA, CDBA or KDBA race, then you know the answer. Yes! Drag boats not o (read more)

Drag boat fans let’s turn the calendar back a little. It’s Saturday afternoon and the “Beautiful Noise” Top Fuel Hydro thunders to a 5.20 second run a (read more)

At every drag boat race, you will always find an armada of boats in the pits. You’ll come across various hull shapes and personal designs to meet an i (read more)

 
There are different ways of telling the truth. You can state a fact, “Drag boat racing is fast and furious,” or you can tell a story, “Dale Is (read more)

 
As for what I’ve been told, organized drag boat racing started in the 1950’s at Hart Park in California, which means that the sport has only b (read more)

 
There’s no way a drag boat family could ever be accused of what our title says, right? Boat families being dysfunctional, ha, give me a break. (read more)

A green drag boat doesn’t have much of an affect on the air quality at a drag boat race, or on the outcome of the event. It may win best appearing, or (read more)

Why do we have so many problems in this world? Many times it’s because people just don’t care about anything anymore. Unfortunately, there has to be c (read more)

Every racing fan knows that feeding a Top Fuel motor takes plenty of fuel for it to run fast. The fuel pump doesn’t care who you are or how much money (read more)