stitcherbob
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Some Maple Grove history
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Dougzilla vs Clay Millican (1 Viewer)
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ch streetcars
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I was always a fan of Doug , other than this day, but they patched it up and have been good friends for years, unfortunately they both lost sons, so they can relate to each other better than most of us could. Both are good people and Clay has been active in Doug's organization BRAKES, which teaches kids safe and defensive driving.
LoPony
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You are right, I guess years ago the first time I saw that I thought it was Clay, and I remembered it differently! I went back and watched it again, and I can’t believe that I thought that was Clay, who was not physically involved? Things moved fast, but it looked like Clay was still standing over by the car.
Is that right?
Thanks for that correction.
Quesadilla
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The next year Doug had his “Dougzilla” shirt which had Doug as Godzilla in a dragster grabbing a small car that just happened to be blue and purple…wish I would’ve bought it
Hot Rod Fuller? Ahh, there's a blast from the past. He was pretty competitive if I recall, winning several national events and leading the points chase a time or two.
I don't remember a dustup but I do remember Herbert whipping Fuller once at a national-event final. Whipped him in the race, now; not back in the pits.
Under_Pressure
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Hot Rod was with David Powers Motorsports, and for a time they were as good as anyone in TF. Recall that Bazemore left DSR (and took Matco with him) to be the other car on that team, then after a year was replaced by Antron when he made the switch from bikes, beginning the Antron-TF-Matco association that continues today.
Unfortunately this was happening in 2006-2008 and David Powers was a highly leveraged custom home builder, so things fell apart pretty quickly after the 2008 season. Antron had the right combination of skill and marketing potential, along with a sponsor that was dedicated enough to drag racing, to land on his feet elsewhere- Hot Rod wasn't so fortunate.
Unfortunately this was happening in 2006-2008 and David Powers was a highly leveraged custom home builder, so things fell apart pretty quickly after the 2008 season. Antron had the right combination of skill and marketing potential, along with a sponsor that was dedicated enough to drag racing, to land on his feet elsewhere- Hot Rod wasn't so fortunate.
stitcherbob
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I remember Hot Rod fuller as being the first professional drag racer that I know of to injure himself climbing over a chain link fence in the staging lanes in a desperate bid to get to the restrooms before a run. 
I guess he fell over it on the way back, pulled his back but still made the run.
I guess he fell over it on the way back, pulled his back but still made the run.
Rod hurt his knee after that little escapade. There was a story going around that Rod jumped over the fence in order to talk to a girl who caught his eye, and when he landed he tweaked his knee.I remember Hot Rod fuller as being the first professional drag racer that I know of to injure himself climbing over a chain link fence in the staging lanes in a desperate bid to get to the restrooms before a run.
I guess he fell over it on the way back, pulled his back but still made the run.
Rod was raised in northwest Arkansas, and we had a mutual friend. The three of us went to lunch one day not long after that season ended, and he filled me in on what happened.
Joe
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I was always curious why Powers never ran IHRA during that period.
Quesadilla
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