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Old 05-02-2008, 04:26 PM
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I know my memory is going fast........but didn't she mary former NFL quarterback Rusty Hilger and get into trouble later in life???????
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Wow, this is certainly more info than I thought I'd get....thanks to everyone for submitting your 2 cents!

I guess there are two sides two every story, however, it looks like the Johns family were definitely black balled (probably rightfully so) for more than their share of bad Karma.

Oh, well....as the French say....c'est la vie!

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Old 05-02-2008, 05:20 PM
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I know my memory is going fast........but didn't she mary former NFL quarterback Rusty Hilger and get into trouble later in life???????
Not sure about that Mel but I know she married into the Angel family that owns HRP here in Baytown.
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I remember in like 95-96 she was offered a ride in a TF dragster as a team mate of FC Ronnie Young. I saw her make a test lap at the Dallas Sportsman race, but was released from the team before they ever ran a Natl. event. She must be hard to work with...
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Old 05-02-2008, 05:51 PM
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Her she is

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Old 05-02-2008, 05:53 PM
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Talk about mixed blessings--I was fortunate enough to be in attendance at Bandimere for the first four second run on the mountain.....UNfortunately it was Lori Johns who made that run
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Didnt her family own jolly rancher
Nope, but they were one of the sponsors of her top fuel car
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Old 05-02-2008, 05:55 PM
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The guy who owned the Jolly Rancher company, I think it was based in Washington state, was really into racing. Then he passed away, and the company started cutting back on their involvement. After the company was sold to Hersheys all the motor sports activity pretty much came to a screeching halt.
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Nope, but they were one of the sponsors of her top fuel car
Funny thing, at the same time Lori Johns ran Jolly Rancher, Shelly Anderson ran Jolly Rancher in the Alky Dragster class. The cars looked identical! Needless to say Shelly got mistaken for Lori Johns quite a bit!
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Needless to say Shelly got mistaken for Lori Johns quite a bit!
I bet she wasn't overly thrilled with that!!
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Funny thing, at the same time Lori Johns ran Jolly Rancher, Shelly Anderson ran Jolly Rancher in the Alky Dragster class. The cars looked identical! Needless to say Shelly got mistaken for Lori Johns quite a bit!
And what a terrible mistake that was! Poor Shelly! And you're right, it happened quite a bit.....Shelly was and is and will always be kind, gracious, and extremely fan friendly. Lori was......Lori.
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Funny thing, at the same time Lori Johns ran Jolly Rancher, Shelly Anderson ran Jolly Rancher in the Alky Dragster class. The cars looked identical! Needless to say Shelly got mistaken for Lori Johns quite a bit!
Why?
Shelly is pretty and her head doesn't bounce off her shoulders when she talks.

I know mom, if you can't say something nice... still... my skin crawled every time she talked, totally valley gurl, you know? Like Totally...

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The accident happened at the '86 Cajun Nationals. Round 1 of Comp which started late on Saturday evening. And was delayed even more by a preceding accident that resulted in a section of guardrail [yes I said guardrail] repair. Van Cleve lost traction in high gear which wasn’t hard with the amount of humidity in the air and when the correction was made the car went airborne. Lori was making her way down track from the handicap start and Van Cleve’s car came down very near the driver’s compartment on her dragster. His car barrel-rolled many times after and her dragster spun at a high rate of speed - not sure if it rolled over or not - but she was very lucky to survive. It was one of the scariest accidents I have ever witnessed. There is no way racing should have continued under those conditions. An unfortunate accident that should not have happened.
At the time the report was Jim blew a motor and got into his own oil.

I was under that impression all the way up 'till now.

If you were there you just set the record straight, thanks.

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didn't she mary former NFL quarterback Rusty Hilger and get into trouble later in life???????
She was married to Hilger before Glenn Angel. I did a quick lookup of Rusty on Wikipedia and he was accused of stealing $2.9 million from a credit company in Irving, Texas in `06.
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