The Wally Bell Show is one of the true “must listen” motorsports radio shows on the ‘waves these days. Wally, Jeff, Gordie, and the gang always do a fantastic job on whatever topic they are tackling that week. This week, the show will be a tribute to the legendary EJ Potter, a man who is near and dear to the heats of BangShift nation. Potter was a true empirical genius. A man who could assess an issue with his eyes and develop a mechanical solution without putting pen to paper, busting out a slide rule, or calling a friend for help. They busted the mold when Elon Jack Potter was born.
I’ll be on Wally’s show yakking about EJ and his awesome life as one of drag racing’s true legends. Few racers in straight line competition have run on three continents and as frequently as EJ did. He never missed a booking, even after being hellaciously burned in the Nightmare I 1957 Plymouth, he still ran the V8 bike. His burns were so bad that his then wife had to keep sopping up the ooze that was coming out of his wounds as he drove down the road from place to place to run the bike.
I was lucky enough to have several conversations with EJ over the years, some for published stories and some because I just wanted to call him and shoot the breeze. I still refuse to take his number out of my cell phone.
If you are a fan of old school drag racing, if you are a fan of EJ Potter, if you are a fan of great radio, tune in tonight! All you have to do is to click the link below and once there, click the huge button in the middle of the screen that says, “CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE“.
TUNE IN AT 8pm EASTERN TIME AND LISTEN TO A GREAT TRIBUTE TO EJ POTTER WITH OUR OWN BRIAN LOHNES!
LINK: THE WALLY BELL SHOW — HIT THE LINK AND HIT THE BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN TO LISTEN LIVE
I hope you talk about the Dart that he ran, then after many years, put the factory floor back in it so his wife could use it as a grocery getter for several more years! THAT’s the uniquness of the man. God, I miss the old days…