My first pass was in my 79 Nova with a 396 & a turbo 400. It was at Eldora Raceway in Fairmont WV. in 1985. The track was renamed to Fairmont dragway and closed in 1999. I drove the car in on a Saturday afternoon, bolted on a set of JC Penny Scat Track slicks (How many of you heard of those?) and ran a 7.55 in the 1/8th and like most of you I was hooked.
TS1955