[Land-speed] Dave Frieburger

[Keith Turk]

David and I have  been good friends for many years...  actually since before 
he was the editor of Hot Rod...  Trust me he hates Shit box Ricers... always 
has... always will...  To see him admit that they have value wouldn't 
surprise me thou... so I'm sure you can dig out a single line of print 
somewhere where David admits that "Kids of March 2001 dig Ricers and we 
can't fix it".

One of the most significant reasons David and I have gotten along is that we 
both really dig cars...  ALL cars... trucks... bikes... and yeah there are 
some shit box ricers that fall into the "car" category...  Anything that 
performs...  ( BOB... who loves you ? )  If you have a Honda that runs 
170mph at Maxton... or 136 on the motor ( Tim Schoney )...  those are cars 
that folks have whittled on quite a bit... it takes Real Hot rodding to make 
those kind of numbers happen...  Like that Model A running 102 this 
weekend... David was tickled when I told him about it... as well as the 
first roadster to run 200...

Since David's been in charge we've had land speed racing and Hot rodding in 
spades... not just from a writers perspective... but from an actual car 
guy... a person who knows one end of a wrench from the other and who can 
actually Drive a race car... ( and spin like a ballerina... ( and No, I 
don't care how they spell it )...

So if you haven't been reading them.... it's your loss...

Keith


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chadwick E. Labno" <chad at linuxeg.com>
To: "Freiburger, David" <David.Freiburger at primedia.com>
Cc: "Landspeed List" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Dave Frieburger


> Am I the only one who remembers Mr. Freiburgers attempt to change Hot Rod
> from American V8 iron to front wheel drive econoboxes with go-fast
> muffelers.
> As I recall he told those who resented the changes were told to live
> with it because
> that's the way it's going to be! I had my renewal ready to mail which I
> did after
> schredding it. Even told Florida Sportman mag - also primedia - my
> intent not to
> renew. Sorry for my blunt view but I do not like people messing with Hot
> Rod -
> been reading since 1958 - except for the van years.
> chad (now I'll shut up and go back to lurkering)