It takes some stones to call yourself Mongoose when one of the top drivers is called The Snake. Reminds me of another icon.
I grew up in that era - I had the Hot Wheels cars and track.
The recent movie had a low budget cheesy feel to it but it took me back to that era. He led an interesting life - didn’t he get involved with Shirley Muldowney romantically?
pinchvalve said:It takes some stones to call yourself Mongoose when one of the top drivers is called The Snake. Reminds me of another icon.
That was the whole schtick - Mcewen and Prudhomme hooked up a deal with Hot Wheels as their sponsor, and they traveled around the country match racing each other. Prudhomme found and restored both the haulers they used back in the day, and they ended up getting sold at one of the Barrett-Jackson auctions a year or two ago.
Datsun310Guy said:He led an interesting life - didn’t he get involved with Shirley Muldowney romantically?
That was Connie Kalitta who was with Shirley for a while.
This thread has way less BMX content than I was expecting.
I had the Snake and Mongoose Hot Wheels when I was a little kid.
I remember watching them match race back in the day. Got a couple Hot Wheels Mongoose/Snake drag race sets as part of the prizes in a contest I won a few years ago. Gave them to Hot Wheels collectors.
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T.J. said:This thread has way less BMX content than I was expecting.
Here:
And while growing up, those two guys were our idols. Sad news.
For those who haven’t watched the movie snake and mongoose I very suggest checking it out very well done and I enjoyed it,
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