There’s a huge slate of auctions this June, and no way I could fit everything in. I was really hoping that this one for Christie’s sale at Greenwich would run, but it didn’t. There’s also a great sale of Henry Seagrave memorabilia from Bonham’s that deserves a mention, and while I’m at it, here’s your […]
Not all land-speed racing takes place out West. For the last few years, the East Coast Timing Association has overtaken a one-mile landing strip outside Maxton, North Carolina, for those folks who either can’t get out to or can’t wait for Bonneville or El Mirage. Scott H from the H.A.M.B. took some pictures over the […]
Dana Parsons wrote in Saturday’s edition of the L.A. Times, regarding the conviction of motorcross founder Michael Goodwin in the shooting deaths of Mickey and Trudy Thompson:
“I don’t hate Collene (Campbell, Mickey’s sister), I pray for her every day. Nobody can believe that, but I do. I probably should hate her, but I don’t. I’m […]
Apparently, the jury in the trial of Michael Goodwin, the man convicted of murdering Mickey and Trudy Thompson in 1988, very nearly did not reach a unanimous decision. According to an L.A. Times article on the case that ran over the weekend, nine jurors considered Goodwin guilty partway into deliberations, but one didn’t and […]
Buried, at the very end of the L.A. Times update story on yesterday’s guilty verdict against Michael Goodwin, was an interesting tidbit: Collene Campbell, Mickey Thompson’s sister and the former mayor of San Juan Capistrano who pushed for resolution in Thompson’s murder case, is going after the two men who actually shot Thompson and his […]
Closing arguments began Monday in the trial of Michael Goodwin, the former business partner of Mickey Thompson accused of planning the murders of Thompson and his wife Trudy. The prosecution focused on the fact that Mickey was forced to watch Trudy die before he himself was killed, which they argued points to a vengeful motive […]