And they gave trophies with WOOD and METAL on them. The wood was walnut.

We ran at an AHRA track where the handicap was "car lengths". I raced a guy once and got 20 car lengths spot......400ft.....the flagman was at the 1/8th mile mark almost. Still lost.

The pits were gravel and they sold Coke in real bottles, not cups. It cost $1.00 for a spectator and I think 50cents to go into the pits. The real racers had open trailers, you flat towed the rest.

Most of us drove to the track on slicks; that is unitl it sprinkled rain one day and I got stuck on level ground at a stop light.