Yep. If memory serves, the place had only been open a couple of weeks before the Nationals. The blacktop was brand new and probably not "aged" enough to stabilize it completely. Those dual slicks left divits in the blacktop... That car was amazing; twin blown Pontiac engines sitting side by side in a "V" configuration in a rail with about a 98 inch wheelbase. He must have had cast iron balls to drive that thing.

1964 is the year that stands out in my memory. The SS Dodges & Plymouths with the new 426 Hemis were just awesome to watch. They would stage and power-brake those things so that the slicks were chirping on the asphault. When they launched, they would roll out easy for a few feet and then rise up about 3 inches and take off like they were shot out of a gun. Meanwhile, the Ford Thunderbolts would send their tires up in smoke trying to get going. Roger Lindamood in the Color Me Gone Dodge won the SS class.

Top Fuel went to a group known as "Frantic Four". After they blew an engine earlier and there was some dispute over whether they got it repaired in time, they finally made it to the final round and set the fast time of the day; something like 204 mph... Interestingly, they were running a 354 Hemi instead of the 392 or 426!

The Sachs & Son's Super Cyclone was there, too. For thos who aren't familiar with it, the Super Cyclone was a full-bodied '64 Mercury Comet with a Ford 427 "cammer" on alcohol and an in/out box instead of a transmission. Since it didn't fit any other class, NHRA officials put it in B Fuel Dragster! I don't know if it won the class, but I remember it put several rails dragsters "on the trailer".

Those were the days...