Scott;
Couldn't locate EJ's old website. Heres a July 2005 review of his 2nd
edition,self-written,back in 1999. Hopes he's enjoying his Florida retirement.
http://www.draglist.com/artman/publish/phil_elliott/article_001169.shtml
Page down to third book review. I'm sure Jon Wennerberg saw Ole EJ a time or
two!
Tom Shannon
Magna, Utah
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From: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
Reply-To: "Scott Cowle" <SCowle@mentorcollege.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:46:03 -0400
>Ok ,my reputation is on the line here.I told one of my students that in the
>1960s or early 70s there was a guy who drag raced a rocket powered go-kart and
>it went 220mph. It was shown in a Petersen special magazine publication called
>Drag Racing which I bought in the early 1980s but can't find. Can anyone on
>the list give me the name of this guy and when or where he raced this go-kart?
>this young dude thinks I've been sniffing too much octane. One of the other
>cool pictures was Don Garlits doing a burnout on an aircraft carrier, and a
>little car , I think it was a Vespa with a 427, which was called "No Big
>Thing".Does anyone know if The Michigan Madman, E.J. Potter is still alive-I
>saw him ride his V-8 powered motorcycle at the last Super Stock reunion in
>Virginia a few years back-I videotaped it from the finish line, and when I
>watch it in slow motion it is magical how much he had to steer the bike as it
>fishtailed back and forth coming down the track.I'm rambling but it is!
> such a beautiful morning and I'm itching to work on my car but I'm at
>work-shit!
>Scott
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