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Sounds of Sanford
Audio CD

A Sweet Sickness:
The Flathead Movie

The Devil At Your Feet

Heart Like a Wheel – The Shirley Muldowney Story


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Sounds of Sanford
Audio CD

Jets - Dragsters - Hot Rods
Recorded at the Drag Races, October 14, 1962, Sanford, Maine

Featuring Walt Arfon's Green Monster Jet, SRC Dragster, 99 Jr. Racing Team 1320 Engineering Special, Miller Racing Team Special, Disisit Special, #2 Son Atomic Engineering Special, Bluebird Special, Ali Baba II, Pink Hog, Tappets, and many others.

It didn't matter what size the drag strip was. It didn't matter whether it was an old airport landing strip or not. What mattered was that a man by the name of Walt Arfons wanted to mount an aircraft jet engine on a drag-racing chassis. What mattered was the hair raising on your arms and the constant pounding on your body as the engine built up the RPMs that would propel Walt through the light beams that would give us all the E.T.s and miles per hour of another breath-taking run. Just when the overflow crowd felt that peak of excitement, a bystander is heard to yell "Wow..." and all hell breaks loose and through the timers went the Green Monster in a little over 4 seconds and well over 200 miles per hour.

Like Arfons, every drag racer in that era earned his (or her) spurs through an unbelievable desire to create a better, faster and safer vehicle. They paved the way to the Super Drag Strips of today. And those experiments brought out speeds of over 300 miles per hour and E.T.s so low as not to be believed – in just 1320 feet.

Original recordings were digitally remastered and restored and released on compact disc.




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A Sweet Sickness: The Flathead Movie

Join hot rod builder and award-winning filmmaker Brian Darwas as he sits down and talks to the world’s top engine-builders and fabricators about the engine that pioneered a movement, The Ford Flathead.

Learn speed secrets from Vern Tardel. Get an in-depth look at the build of two high-powered Flathead motors by Mike Herman (H&H) and Ronnie SanGiovani. Hear the stories that inspired Ryan Cochran to begin one of the most popular Hot Rodding networks in the world today, and ride along with Vern Hammond and Jack Carroll of The Burbank Choppers in their Flathead-powered, traditional Hot Rods.

Featuring: Vern Tardel, Mike Herman (H&H), Ronnie SanGiovani, Dave Simard, Ryan Cochran, Vern Hammond, Jack Carroll, Paul Howard, and many more.

Approx. 60 minutes with over 30 minutes of Special Features.


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The Devil At Your Feet

Ride along with hot rod builder and award-winning filmmaker Brian Darwas (The Road to Bonneville) as he travels over 3000 miles from The East Coast to The West Coast. Get an inside look at two car clubs from opposite coasts (The Burbank Choppers and The Altar Boys) who share the same ideals and passion for traditional hot rods and customs!

Flatheads, nailheads, and vintage steel! Take a ride inside the cars and sit down to hear the stories from the men who built them. This film is a true study in what Traditional Hot Rodding is really about.

Approx. 64 minutes with over 40 minutes of Special Features.













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Heart Like a Wheel
– The Shirley Muldowney Story


with Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow, Leo Rossi and Anthony Edwards

Bonnie Bedelia — in the triumphant performance that earned her a Golden Globe® nomination as Best Actress — stars as Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, the young wife and mother who defied the sport of drag racing to become the only female top fuel champion in NHRA® history.

But before she could reach the record books, Shirley had to survive an abusive first marriage, her volatile love affair with fellow racer Connie Kalitta (Beau Bridges of THE KILLING TIME and NORMA RAE), a horrific accident, and a sexist world that tried to stand in the way of one remarkable woman who dared to put her heart on the line.

Anthony Edwards of ER fame co-stars in this Deluxe 25th Anniversary Edition of the film Newsweek called "one of the best American movies of the year," now packed with all-new Bonus Materials featuring racing legends Shirley Muldowney, Don Garlits, Connie Kalitta and much more.


Special Features
- Commentary by director Jonathan Kaplan
- "Shirley Muldowney: Behind the Wheel" featurette with the real Shirley Muldowney and friends
- "Friends - Rivals - Champions" featurette with real-life racers Muldowney, Don Garlits and Connie Kalitta discussing their careers
- Alternate ending
- Poster and still gallery
- Theatrical trailer

Color, Special Edition, runtime 113 min.

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