Ken, It's funny the things we remember as we get OLD. I was a kid growing up in Phoenix in the 1950's. The drag strip in our area at the time was Mel Larsons Phoenix Dragway which was nothing more than a world war 2 abandoned air strip north of Luke Air Force Base. This was before the current Speed World, Firebird, and Beeline Dragway's. I think the track Flagman now has the TV gig as the Gieco Caveman, LOL.

The car that made a life long impression on me was another roadster, The Speed Sport Modified "rear engined" Roadster. Like your example, the individual headers on that car had a unique sound like none other. I have see the remake car run at The March Meet and it brings back THIS KIDS great memories. I loved all the "push start" fuel cars and the "turn around" before the race. The other car that was my favorite was Johnny Loper's orange/red "Ole Hoss" 41 Willy's which he ran before his Anglia.

Thanks for sharing the memories, we are leaving to race our VW at Sacramento Raceway this weekend. I'll be thinking of you smoking the tires.