JEFF "DRAG FINK" DEGRANDIS ON VACATION

Hey Gang!!!!!!!!

Just a quick note to let you all know I'll be on vacation from July 27th till August 3rd.

Hang tight and I'll be back at the blog thing when I get back!! There will be new Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stuff and more drag toons from yours truly to dig on. Have a great week and be cool!!!!!

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth

Hey Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Fans!!!!!

Here's a cool double photo I put together of Ed then, and in recent years. 

Take care gang and we'll talk on the blog soooon!

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Shirts are real BOSS!

Man, do those kids have blown minds or what? 

Check out that kid on the right, in front of Ed. Man, these kids are in dreamsville.

Hey all you Ed "Big Daddy" Roth monster shirt fans!!! Here's a few of the many super boss Roth ads that first got me inspired to draw cool hot rod monster art. These ads were a prize find in the back of Hot Rod and Car Craft Magazines!!! Man; this stuff was and still is the coolest stuff on the block!!! I discovered these Roth ads around 1965. Studying in the school library was never the same again!!!! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!

Frank "Ace" Manzo

Frank Manzo (center) and crew thrashing away on their Lucas Oil sponsored, Top Alcohol Funny Car before final round. Frank took home Top Alcohol Funny Car Finals.

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

Yup; it was Sunday, Feb. 10 at this years 2008 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. As always, My son Michael and I were hanging around Frank Manzo's Top Alcohol Funny Car pit area; one of my hometown drag racing heroes, from Morganville, N.J. I've been following Frank "Ace" Manzo from the mid-70's at Raceway Park, Englishtown, N.J. His nephew Jim Manzo, still is one of my best friends from 1971. Frank and I always manage to talk a bit, when I can catch up with him. He's one of the fastest guys on and off the track.

Fuel of Roth

I'm toying around with the idea of putting Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's face on my Dragmaster dragster's Moon tank up front. I "fink" this will make maximum horsepower when I burn up the quarter mile!!!!

NHRA DRAGSTER INSIDER

Hey Drag Racing Fans!!!!

Check out the unbelievable mind-blowing surprise that Phil Burgess gave me today, in his NHRA Dragster Insider column!!!

I posted a drawing for the Standard 1320 drag racing group, which I belong, of Fred Flintstone in his stone age, front engine dragster named the Rockmaster Dart, named after the famous Dragmaster Dart dragster. 

Phil asked me if he could post it in his Dragster Insider column, and I said why not.  I mentioned that I work at Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, Ca. and his son is a huge fan of "Go! Diego Go! which is one of the shows I produce, along with "Dora the Explorer and Ni Hao Kai lan." 

Needless to say; I drew a couple drawings and sent them out to him.

Again Phil; what a great surprise and I thank you so much!!!

Take care gang and I'll talk to you soon!!!

NITRO IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA!

SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!

No; it was last Saturday, in Long Beach, California that Bixby Knolls sponsored their 12th Annual Dragster Expo and Car Show!!! What a great time we had!!! The smell of nitro filled the air, and the sound of top fuel dragsters blew the minds of spectators!!!!

Fred Flintstone's A/Rock Dragster!

Hey Cartoon Drag Racing Kids!!!

Here's a little drag toon I did for the Standard 1320 drag racing group.

If we were at the birth of drag racing way back in cave man times, and Fred Flintstone built a dragster, what would it look like??? Here ya go. Enjoy and we'll talk sooooon!

Your Cartoon Drag Pal...Jeff

Scott Kalitta 1962-2008

Drag Racing Fans......

This drag toon was done in memory of  T/F funny car driver, Scott Kalitta. He's was a true drag racing champion and hero. Scott, this one's for you buddy! RIP

Your Cartoon Drag Pal....Jeff 

"FRANTIC 4" BOYS IN ACTION!

Check out the Rat Fink on the Frantic 4 dragster cowl!!
Yours truly, Drag Fink Jeff and World famous drag racing champ, Norm Weekly of Frantic 4.





Hey Groovy Drag Racing Kats and Kittens!!!!

Here's a few shots of Dennis Holding, Jim Fox, Ron Rivero and Norm Weekly on the move at the 2007 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. In 1963 they came together as one of drag racing's premiere drag racing teams known as the "Frantic 4." Real California drag racing at it's very best. Take care kids!!! 

HEY MOE!!!!!!!

Hey Kids!!!!

Here's a keeper photo of Kenny and Jeffy at Moldy's Rat Fink Reunion out at Palmdale Drag Strip last year. Nice.

HAPPY "FINK" OF JULY!!!!

HEY ALL YOU DRAG RACING FINKSTERS! A LITTLE SOMETHING TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!! TAKE CARE KIDS AND WE'LL TALK SOOOOON!

Swamp Rat and Drag Fink

Here we are at the California Hot rod Reunion 2007 in Bakersfield. Your's truly and Big Daddy Don Garlits!!!  Swamp Rat and Rat Fink!! Take care gang!!!