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A8 FOLIO/WORDS Fremont Tribune, July 12-13, 2014
A8 Fremont Tribune, July 12-13, 2014
SATURDAY EVENING
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MOVIES
7:30
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SPORTS
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9 PM
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10 PM
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12 AM
BROADCAST CHANNELS
KMTV-3
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(:00) EntertainBad Teacher “Nix Bad Teacher “Life CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Torch 48 Hours “Death at Soho House” One Action 3 News
Derm Exclusive! Criminal Minds “The Eyes Have It” A CSI: Miami “Sink
ment Tonight (N) the Fat Week” (N) Science” (N)
Song” A fire kills four people.
person is found dead.
Live at 10 (N)
serial killer keeps his victims’ eyes.
or Swim”
Zou (EI)
Dateline NBC
The Blacklist “The Judge” Red looks WOWT 6 News
(:29) Saturday Night Live Host Lena Dunham; The National (12:03) 1st Look
into the woman who tempts Tom.
Ten at 10 (N)
performs.
Wheel of Fortune Bet on Your Baby (N)
Mistresses Harry has shocking news Nightline Prime (N)
Newswatch 7 at (:35) Castle “After the Storm” Beckett (:35) Glee “Guilty Pleasures” The club
for Joss.
10 (N)
faces life-threatening forces.
performs guilty pleasure songs.
Wheel of Fortune Bad Teacher “Nix Bad Teacher “Life CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “Torch 48 Hours “Death at Soho House” One 10-11 News at
Burn Notice “Loose Ends” Heroin
Criminal Minds “The Eyes Have It” A
the Fat Week” (N) Science” (N)
Song” A fire kills four people.
person is found dead.
10 (N)
smugglers take Sam hostage.
serial killer keeps his victims’ eyes.
(:00) The LawDoc Martin “Gentlemen Prefer” Martin As Time Goes By Keeping Up Ap- DCI Banks “Strange Affair” Helen Morton suspects Roy.
The Café
Austin City Limits “Randy Newman” NOVA Identifying
rence Welk Show must fire Elaine.
Reunion Special pearances
Songwriter Randy Newman.
artwork.
The Middle “A
The Big Bang
The Big Bang
The Big Bang
The Big Bang
Ring of Honor
The Arsenio Hall Show Ice Cube;
The First Family The First Family Mr. Box Office
Christmas Gift”
Theory
Theory
Theory
Theory
Malin Akerman; Phil Perrier.
“The First Driver” “The First Pitch”
(:00) MLB Baseball Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds. From Great American Ball Park in Cincin- Family Guy
Family Guy Peter Animation Domination High-Def In- Futurama Fry nur- Futurama “Yo
Paid Program
nati. (N) (Live)
is a new student. stallments from “High School USA.”
tures an alien egg. Leela Leela”
CABLE CHANNELS
A&E
AMC
ANPL
CNBC
CNN
COM
DISC
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ESPN
ESPN2
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HGTV
HIST
LIFE
MSNBC
NET2
NICK
OXY
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TCM
TLC
TNT
TOON
TRVL
TVLD
UNI
USA
WGN-A
Criminal Minds Criminal Minds “Cold Comfort”
Criminal Minds “Zoe’s Reprise”
Criminal Minds
(:02) Criminal Minds “Demonology”
(:01) Criminal Minds “Cold Comfort” Criminal Minds
(4:30) “The Karate ›› “Van Helsing” (2004, Fantasy) Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh. Premiere. A monster-hunter
›› “Volcano” (1997, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann. Earthquakes and
Kid Part II”
battles creatures in Transylvania.
lava ravage Los Angeles.
(:00) Too Cute!
Bad Dog! “Hard Heads”
America’s Cutest
America’s Cutest (N)
Bad Dog! “Hard Heads”
America’s Cutest
America’s Cutest
Amazon Rising The Suze Orman Show
The Suze Orman Show (N)
Restaurant Startup
The Costco Craze: Inside the
The Suze Orman Show
Restaurant St.
(:00) The Sixties The Sixties History of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Sixties “The British Invasion”
The Sixties History of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Sixties
(5:26) ›› “Yes Man” (2008) Jim Carrey. A man tries to
›› “Bruce Almighty” (2003, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman. Premiere. (:15) ›› “Yes Man” (2008, Comedy) Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper. A man tries to
change his life by saying yes to everything.
A frustrated reporter receives divine powers from God.
change his life by saying yes to everything.
Last Frontier
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Treehouse Masters
The Pool Master “Wine Party Pool”
Epic Pools
Redwood Kings
Treehouse Mstr
Austin & Ally
Austin & Ally
Jessie
Girl Meets World Girl Meets World Mighty Med
Kickin’ It
Jessie
Austin & Ally
Liv & Maddie
A.N.T. Farm
Jessie
World Cup
ESPN FC Highlights, news, reactions and opinions from the day in soccer.
Baseball Tonight (N) (Live)
SportsCenter (N) (Live)
SportsCenter (N) (Live)
SportsCenter (N)
Karate
Softball World Cup: Taiwan vs United States. From Irvine, Calif. (N)
College Baseball TD Ameritrade Home Run Derby. From Omaha, Neb.
Baseball Tonight (N) (Live)
FIFA World C.
(4:30) ››› “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
››› “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (2007, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson.
›› “Gnomeo and Juliet” (2011, Comedy) Emily Blunt
Diners, Drive
Chopped “No Kidding!”
Chopped “Teen Invasion”
Chopped “Teen Talent”
Chopped “Redemption Competition” Chopped “Teen Invasion”
Chopped
MLB All-Star
MLB All-Star Specials ’14 (N)
MLB All-Star Specials ’14 (N)
Boxing Golden Boy Live: Rene Alvarado vs. Rocky Juarez. (Taped)
MLB All-Star Specials ’14 (N)
MLB Baseball
(5:30) ›› “Act of Valor” (2012) Roselyn Sanchez. Navy
››› “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” (2011, Science Fiction) James Franco, Freida Pinto, John
Tyrant “My Brother’s Keeper” Barry’s Archer “The Hon- Archer “Un Chien
SEALs uncover a terrorist plot against America.
Lithgow. A medical experiment results in a superintelligent chimp.
choice produces mixed emotions.
eymooners”
Tangerine”
(5:00) “A Very
›› “Angels Sing” (2013, Drama) Harry Connick Jr., Connie Britton. Premiere. A “Let It Snow” (2013, Drama) Candace Cameron Bure, Jesse Hutch, Alan
››› “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009, Drama)
Merry Mix-Up”
stranger helps a man reclaim his lost Christmas spirit.
Thicke. An executive has a change of heart.
James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk.
Hunters Int’l
Property Brothers
Property Brothers
House Hunters Renovation
House Hunters
Hunters Int’l
Property Brothers
House Hunters
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
(:31) Pawn Stars Pawnography
Pawnography
(:01) Pawn Stars (:31) Pawn Stars Pawn Stars
(5:00) “Stalked at “Presumed Dead in Paradise” (2014) Malese Jow, Olivia d’Abo. Premiere. A Movie
(:02) “Presumed Dead in Paradise” (2014, Suspense)
17” (2012)
teen uncovers a conspiracy while on an island getaway.
Malese Jow, Olivia d’Abo, Gavin Houston.
Caught Camera Caught on Camera
Lockup: Raw “View From the Crew”
Lockup Tampa
Lockup Tampa
Lockup Tampa
Lockup Tampa
Asia This Week Washington Week McLaughlin
Charlie Rose
BBC Newsnight America ReFramed “Town Hall”
Out of Order
Moyers-Comp
Asia This Week LinkAsia
Sam & Cat
Sam & Cat (N)
Sam & Cat
iCarly
AwesomenessTV Instant Mom
See Dad Run
Friends
(:36) Friends
(:12) Friends
(11:48) Friends
Stomp the Yard ›› “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (2005) Kimberly Elise. Premiere.
›› “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” (2005) Kimberly Elise, Steve Harris.
“Stomp the Yard: Homecoming” (2010) Collins Pennie.
Cops
Cops “Batter Up” Cops
Cops
Cops
››› “The Green Mile” (1999, Drama) Tom Hanks, David Morse. A guard thinks an inmate has a supernatural power to heal.
(5:30) ›› “The Wolfman” (2010) Benicio Del Toro. A noble- ››› “Hellboy” (2004, Fantasy) Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair. Premiere. The son of the devil ›› “The Wolfman” (2010, Horror) Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily
man becomes the embodiment of a terrible curse.
fights paranormal creatures.
Blunt. A nobleman becomes the embodiment of a terrible curse.
Love-Raymond Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Sullivan & Son
The Good Life
Funniest Wins “Undercover Comic”
Hot Tub Mach.
(4:15) “Bound for ››› “Bus Stop” (1956, Comedy-Drama) Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray. A
››› “The Lusty Men” (1952, Western) Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Ar- › “The Unholy Wife” (1957, Suspense) Diana Dors. The
Glory” (1976)
lovestruck cowboy pursues a vulnerable saloon singer.
thur Kennedy. Fame begins to sour a young rodeo star’s life.
wife of a vintner botches his murder with a rodeo rider.
My 600-Lb. Life Sex Sent Me to the E.R. (N)
Sex Sent Me to the E.R. (N)
Buying Naked (N) Buying Naked (N) Sex Sent Me to the E.R.
Buying Naked
Buying Naked
Sex Sent Me to
Librarian: Curs ›› “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2007, Action) Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight. (DVS)
(:31) The Last Ship
(:31) ›› “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” (2007) Nicolas Cage.
Wallace & Gromit King of the Hill King of the Hill American Dad
Family Guy
The Boondocks Black Dynamite The Boondocks Attack on Titan Bleach (N)
Space Dandy (N) Naruto
Ghost Adventures Ghost Adventures
Ghost Adventures (N)
The Dead Files (N)
The Dead Files
Ghost Adventures
The Dead Files
The Cosby Show The Cosby Show The Cosby Show King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Love-Raymond Love-Raymond (:12) Everybody Loves Raymond
Love-Raymond
Hotel Todo
Sábado Gigante (N) (SS)
Familia P. Luche Noticiero
República Mundialista (N) (SS)
Desmadrugados
NCIS: LA
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
Modern Family
NCIS: Los Angeles (DVS)
NCIS: LA
Funny Videos
America’s Funniest Home Videos The $100,000 grand-prize winner.
Bones “The Patriot in Purgatory”
Bones Psychic sees a mass grave.
Manhattan Prjt. Engagement
Engagement
SUNDAY EVENING
6:30
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MOVIES
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SPORTS
JULY 13
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BROADCAST CHANNELS
KMTV-3
WOWT-6
KETV-7
KOLN-10
KUON-12
KXVO-15
KPTM-42
(:00) 60 Minutes Big Brother New heads of households. Reckless “Stand Your Ground” A judge Unforgettable “The Haircut” A reporter
(N)
(N)
has a suggestion for Lee Anne.
is murdered. (N)
(:00) American Ninja Warrior “Denver Qualifying” Qualifying Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
rounds in Denver; Cat Grab. (DVS)
William Lewis escapes from prison.
Internal Affairs investigates Olivia.
America’s Funni- Wipeout “Win a Date With Jill” (N)
Rising Star (N) (Live)
Castle “Under Fire” Castle hunts an
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arsonist-turned-killer.
(:00) 60 Minutes Big Brother New heads of households. Reckless “Stand Your Ground” A judge Unforgettable “The Haircut” A reporter
(N)
(N)
has a suggestion for Lee Anne.
is murdered. (N)
(:00) Doc Martin Last Tango in Halifax Celia reveals a Masterpiece Mystery! “Endeavour, Season 2: Sway” Morse Vicious (N)
“S... Happens”
personal secret. (N)
and Thursday search for a killer. (N)
(:00) Leverage
Bones “The Patriot in Purgatory” A man Bones “Harbingers in the Fountain”
The King of
The King of
“The Miracle Job” who died in a terrorist attack.
Psychic sees a mass grave.
Queens
Queens
Brain Games:
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
Family Guy “Baby American Dad
KPTM Fox 42 News at Nine (N)
Brain vs. Body (N) (DVS)
“Luca$”
Got Black”
(:35) Criminal Minds The team suspects a rock star of murder.
(11:58) Meet the
Press
Newswatch 7 at 10 (N)
(:05) Castle Investigating a weather- (12:05) Glee
caster’s death.
“Shooting Star”
10-11 News at
(:35) Burn Notice “Brotherly Love” Mi- (:35) Face the Na- (12:05) 21 DAY FIX
10 (N)
chael must bring back an old alias.
tion (N)
The Diamond Queen The challenge Night of the
Night of the
Masterpiece Mysfaced by the monarchy.
Proms
Proms
tery! (N)
Seinfeld “The
Seinfeld “The
Everybody Loves Huskers N’Sider Paid Program
Frogger”
Maid”
Raymond
Modern Family
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Two and a Half
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Men
Men
ment
ment “They Do?”
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Duck Dynasty
(4:00) ›› “Van
››› “Men in Black” (1997, Action) Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fioren- Halt and Catch Fire “Giant” A person Halt and Catch Fire “Giant” A person ››› “Men in Black” (1997) Tommy Lee Jones. Secret
Helsing” (2004) tino. Secret agents monitor extraterrestrial activity on Earth.
from Joe’s past visits. (N)
from Joe’s past visits.
agents monitor extraterrestrial activity on Earth.
Finding Bigfoot American River Renegades (N)
Call of Wildman Call-Wildman
Finding Bigfoot “’Bama Bigfoot” (N)
Call of Wildman Call-Wildman
Finding Bigfoot “’Bama Bigfoot”
River Renegade
On the Money
60 Minutes on CNBC
60 Minutes on CNBC
The Costco Craze: Inside the
Restaurant Startup
The Car Chasers The Car Chasers The Car Chasers
Weed: Gupta
Weed 2: Cannabis Madness
The Hunt With John Walsh
Death Row Stories (N)
Weed 2: Cannabis Madness
The Hunt With John Walsh
Death Row
(:28) Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy The comic discusses Gabriel Iglesias: I’m Not Fat... I’m
Gabriel Iglesias: Hot and Fluffy The Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy The comic discusses his
(:32) South Park (12:02) South Park
his family.
Fluffy The comic performs.
comic performs.
family.
“The Hobbit”
Naked and Afraid Naked and Afraid “Mayan Misery”
Naked and Afraid: Uncensored (N) Naked and Afraid (N)
Naked and Afraid: Uncensored
Naked and Afraid
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Austin & Ally (N) I Didn’t Do It (N) Girl Meets World Jessie
Jessie
Dog With a Blog Austin & Ally
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Good-Charlie
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Countdown
MLB Baseball New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles. From Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (N) (Live)
SportsCenter (N) (Live)
SportsCenter
ESPN FC Highlights, news, reactions and opinions from the day in soccer. (N)
MLS Soccer Portland Timbers at Seattle Sounders FC. (N) (Live)
2014 FIFA World Cup Final: Teams TBA.
“Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows” ››› “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint.
Young & Hungry Joel Osteen
Paid Program
Paid Program
(:00) Chopped
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Food Network Star (N)
Cutthroat Kitchen (N)
Cutthroat Kitchen “Ladel-Ayheehoo” Food Network Star
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Bull Riding
World Poker Tour: Season 12
World Poker Tour: Season 12
West Coast Customs (N)
Auto Racing
World Poker Tour: Season 12
MLB Baseball
(:00) ››› “Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol” (2011, Action) Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner,
The Strain “Night Zero” (Series Premiere) A plane lands
(:39) The Strain “Night Zero” A plane lands with everyone dead.
Simon Pegg. Ethan Hunt goes “off the grid” after the IMF is shut down.
with everyone dead. (N)
“Macomber’s Call ››› “Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas” (2011, Romance) Tom Cava- ›› “A Princess for Christmas” (2011, Comedy) Katie McGrath, Roger Moore. The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls
Me Mrs. Miracle” nagh, Faith Ford. Holiday travel leads to cross-country romances.
An English duke reconnects with members of his family.
Property Brothers Beach Bargain
Beach Bargain
Brother vs. Brother (N)
House Hunters
Hunters Int’l
House Hunters
Hunters Int’l
Brother vs. Brother
House Hunters
Mountain Men
Mountain Men “Rite of Passage”
Mountain Men (N)
The Hunt “Predator or Prey?”
(:02) Ice Road Truckers
(:01) Mountain Men
Mountain Men
(:00) Movie
Witches of East End Joanna is happy (:01) Devious Maids (Season Finale) (:02) Movie
(12:02) Witches of
when Frederick returns. (N)
Nick admits his secret to Marisol. (N)
East End
Caught Camera Sex Slaves: Florida
Sex Slaves: The Sunshine State
Sex Slaves: Polk County (N)
Lockup
Lockup
Lockup
Conversation
Nature “Saving Otter 501”
Civil War: The Untold Story
Global Voices “The Mosuo Sisters”
Global Voices
Nature “Saving Otter 501”
Civil War Unt
SpongeBob
Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Full House
Friends
(:36) Friends
(:12) Friends
(11:48) Friends
(:00) Snapped
Snapped “Narcy Novack”
Snapped: Killer Couples (N)
Snapped “Keisha Jones”
Snapped “Kristi Lunbery”
Snapped “Tammy Cole”
Snapped
(:00) Bar Rescue Bar Rescue “I Smell a Rat”
Bar Rescue
Frankenfood (N) Frankenfood (N) Bar Rescue “Hostile Takeover”
Bar Rescue
Frankenfood
(5:30) ››› “Hellboy” (2004) Ron Perlman, John Hurt. The ›› “Drive Angry” (2011, Action) Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner. “Battledogs” (2013, Horror) Dennis Haysbert, Craig Sheffer, Kate Vernon. A
“Wrong Turn 3:
son of the devil fights paranormal creatures.
A brutal felon escapes from hell to save his grandchild.
rogue general uses werewolf virus to create a superforce.
Left for Dead”
Anchorman
›› “Arthur” (2011) Russell Brand, Helen Mirren. Premiere. (DVS)
››› “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004) Will Ferrell.
›› “Arthur” (2011) Russell Brand, Helen Mirren. (DVS)
(5:00) “Dial M for ››› “The Little Princess” (1939, Drama) Shirley Temple, Richard Greene. A ››› “Princess O’Rourke” (1943, Romance-Comedy) Olivia de Havilland, Rob- ›››› “The Trail of ’98” (1929) Dolores del Río. Silent. A
Murder” (1954)
girl escapes boarding school to find her soldier father. (DVS)
ert Cummings. A European princess falls in love with a U.S. flier.
couple are affected by the Alaskan gold rush.
Return to Amish Sister Wives
Sister Wives (N)
Return to Amish (N)
Sister Wives
Return to Amish
Sister Wives
(5:30) ››› “300” (2007) Gerard Butler. (DVS)
The Last Ship “We’ll Get There” (N)
(:01) Falling Skies “Evolve or Die”
(:02) The Last Ship “We’ll Get There” (:03) Falling Skies “Evolve or Die”
A.I.: Artificial
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King of the Hill King of the Hill Rick and Morty Bob’s Burgers
Bob’s Burgers
Family Guy
Family Guy
Robot Chicken
Aqua Something Metalocalypse
Frankenhole
Coaster Wars
Waterparks
Waterparks
American Grilled “Crazy Surf & Turf” Mega RV Countdown
Food Paradise
American Grilled “Crazy Surf & Turf” Mega RV Coun.
The Cosby Show The Cosby Show The Cosby Show King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Jennifer Falls
Hot in Cleveland Love-Raymond
(:00) Aquí y Ahora Bailando por un Sueño Concurso de baile. (N) (SS)
Sal y Pimienta (SS)
Familia P. Luche Noticiero
República Mundialista (N) (SS)
Al Punto (SS)
Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
››› “District 9” (2009, Science Fiction) Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James.
Salem “All Fall Down” (N)
Salem “All Fall Down”
Salem “All Fall Down”
Salem
Fast cars brought fame to Lincoln man
By Jeff Korbelik
Lincoln Journal Star
LINCOLN — Dave “Hayseed” Thomssen is 79 years
old, a retired geologist, who,
thanks to recent back surgery, walks with a cane.
He’s also one of Lincoln’s
fastest men.
But unless you’re an aficionado of land speed racing or have lived in his north
Lincoln neighborhood,
where he routinely parked
his incredibly fast cars outside his house, you may not
know or have heard of him.
His skills at building
powerful engines and driving fast cars have made
him one of his sport’s most
respected and well known.
And last fall, it landed him
in the Nebraska Auto Racing
Hall of Fame.
His cars have set nearly 30
land speed records at Utah’s
famed Bonneville Salt Flats,
including one by legendary
Eric Gregory, Lincoln
Journal Star
Nebraska Auto Racing Hall
of Famer David “Hayseed”
Thomssen has retired from the
drivers seat of his race car,
but still builds the motors in
his Lincoln garage that have
powered it to land speed
records on the Bonneville salt
flats.
drag racer “Big Daddy” Don
Garlits.
Using $20,000 Garlits gave him, Thomssen
designed the rat-shaped
black speedster to “go
around” a Ford engine
Thomssen “threw together
out of spare parts,” including old cast pistons and a
crankshaft he pulled out of a
junkyard. Lincoln auto racing great and 2007 Nebraska
Hall of Fame inductee Jim
Schuman built the car.
In 1988 Garlits drove the
“Swamp Rat” into Bonneville’s prestigious 200 mph
club.
“(That engine) did
indeed get Garlits into
the 200-mile-per-hour
club, and that’s how I got
famous,” Thomssen said.
He’s been interested in
going fast ever since his
father, Bill, used to take him
to circle track races when
he was a kid growing up in
Aurora.
Married in 1958, Thomssen spent his honeymoon at
drag races in Grand Island.
Not long after that, he
and his college buddy Arly
Asch built a drag racer of
their own. The “Hayseed
Special” came together in
a hog shed on Asch’s farm
near Pilger.
The body was a 1923 Ford
roadster that Thomssen’s
father used to drive. Asch
had an old Ford engine.
Thomssen admitted they
had no clue as to what they
were doing.
“”We read the rule book
and followed the rules,” he
said. “That was the extent
of what we knew. But we
did know something about
the engine. Arly had already
been driving it as a street
roadster, a classic hot rod.
We knew it went fast.”
They rebuilt the engine
in the basement of Thomssen’s apartment.
The car enjoyed its test
run in 1961 at a national
championship in Indianapolis. The duo worked on it
right up to its first race.
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“Our first pass was
against the national record
holder, and, lo and behold,
we beat him,” Thomssen
said. “We came out of it the
champion.”
The trophy still sits in
Thomssen’s living room.
“We started out calling
the car the Hog Shed Special,” Thomssen recalled.
“But the more we thought
about it, well, we were just
a couple of hayseeds and
nobody had ever heard of
us. Nobody had ever seen
us. We decided we’ll just
call it the Hayseed Special.
It represented more of the
Nebraska flavor. We were
just hayseeds.”
“The whole epitome of
racing in the early days
when I was in college was
to set a land speed record
in Bonneville,” Thomssen
said. “Car magazines always
featured all these Bonneville
cars. That was a big deal. By
the early ‘60s, drag racing
became more prominent,
but Bonneville was still
there.”
In 1978 Thomssen’s car
called the “Goldenrod”
ran more than 186 mph
at Bonneville, resulting in
the first of Thomssen’s 29
Bonneville records. All but
one has been broken since.
In 1991 Thomssen gave
it a go in his car called
“Swamp Rat,” but it flipped
and rolled at 210 mph. He
walked away from the crash
with just a broken finger.
“It was not my day,” he
said. “I was accelerating,
the salt was loose, and I got
a side wind — a sudden side
wind.”
SpeedWeek 2014 is Aug.
9-15 in Bonneville, and
Thomssen will be there
crewing for his grandsonin-law, Ryan Krejci, who
now drives the Hayseed
Special, that first car
Thomssen raced until 1967
before parking it in a field of
weeds.
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