Thread: 7 seconds of love?

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Did you hear the announcer , he moved on and was getting ready to send another one down the 1/4 at em........
I like the push starting truck tooo

"I would still do that in a heartbeat"
"If I had a chance to drive a fuel burning FED like that I would do it immed."


I wouldn't.

I sat and watched as a good buddy and high school classmate lost his life in a wreck just like that. His name was Ted Arnold and he was driving for Vance Hunt. It happened at the old Green Valley Dragway in Fort Worth, Texas.

Ted was the great guy NOBODY ever said anything bad about. We were all terribly shocked, but what it did to Vance was many times worse. I'm sure it still haunts him. I had lunch with him yesterday but I sure didn't bring that subject up.

Vance eventually returned to racing (very successfully), but still ......

Granted, I'm talking 40+ years ago, but any time our old roadster broke ten seconds was cause for a huge celebration and satisfied my go-fast needs.

Dang, guys, I'm sorry. I don't mean to take anything away from an exciting clip, but I watched it about four times. Then I sat here remembering and working myself into a throughly sour attitude.

Sorry 'bout that.


Jim