John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

Northeast Outlaw Pro Mods @ Virginia Motorsports Park, 18 April 2009

Here we are in mid-April, and it feels like the drag racing season is just getting started. Yes, the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has already run six national races, but only in the south and west. And, yes, drivers here in the mid-Atlantic are already racing for points at... Read more →

Bunny Burkett & the Easter Sunday Funny Car Show @ Eastside Speedway

Easter. A time of renewal and rebirth. Yesterday, Christians all over the world celebrated the promise of new life in the resurrection of Jesus, the risen Lord. Children hunted Easter eggs (a pre-Christian symbol of birth and renewal that’s still with us, interestingly enough) and bit the ears off of... Read more →

Lowell Greer in Concert @ the University of Virginia

Let me interrupt my posts on diversity in drag racing (here and here) and on the Cape Town New Year’s Carnival (here) and talk about Lowell Greer’s concert and masterclass at the University of Virginia, last Saturday. Despite having held the position of solo French hornist in a number of... Read more →