I gotta tell ya, it was fun in those days, i first ran in 1956 @ Oswego Il. won my first trophy with a 1939 La Salle Opera coupe, ran 18.40 about 80mph in E/stock, 10 yrs. later at Oswego, set a world record in A/Mod sports with a blown sm/blk chevy in a 56 t'bird.
I had the privilage of seeing all the greats run in those days some are still around today. I saw Sneaky Pete Robison out of Atlanta, spot Don Garlits a 100ft. at US 30 Dragway ind. Pete with a blown sm/blk, Garlits Hemi, and Pete outran him 2 out of 3. Sneaky Pete's dragster actually weighed less than 1,000lbs. You wouldn't think a person could grind that much off a sm/blk, but he actually ground off every boss, and everything inche of excess metal. In those days a lot of the guys was touring to make a living, stone,Woods and Cook, Tommy Ivo 4 Buick engined dragster etc. and Chgo. was a hot spot due to 4 Race tracks within a 75 mi. rad.
O'h well i could go on forever, but we've already high jacked this thread.
Zip.