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mcink · 10-11-2012, 11:37 PM

I worked at the dragstrip (Thunder Valley Dragways) before I ever made a pass down the track, and after all these years, i still have only made a handful of real passes, but...

Years ago, thinking I was "all that" in one of my first '69 Camaros, I pulled up into the staging lanes to make a pass. I ended up at the line against Omaha's Tom Kocanda and his little green Colt (pro stocker, if I remember correctly). I was so nervous, and in awe of the car beside me, I couldn't hear, nor even feel, my car at the line over the music his Hemi was making.

My car didn't even have a tach, so I waited for him to disappear before I even took off, because I was afraid I'd blow the thing up when I didn't shift when I should.

I think it ran a 13.75 or something like that at 104mph. I am sure I have the time slip somewhere. Again, I thought I was "all that".

Geez, that Colt was noisey.

10-11-2012, 11:37 PM	#10
mcink Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: eastriver Posts: 460 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: The First Time I ....... I worked at the dragstrip (Thunder Valley Dragways) before I ever made a pass down the track, and after all these years, i still have only made a handful of real passes, but... Years ago, thinking I was "all that" in one of my first '69 Camaros, I pulled up into the staging lanes to make a pass. I ended up at the line against Omaha's Tom Kocanda and his little green Colt (pro stocker, if I remember correctly). I was so nervous, and in awe of the car beside me, I couldn't hear, nor even feel, my car at the line over the music his Hemi was making. My car didn't even have a tach, so I waited for him to disappear before I even took off, because I was afraid I'd blow the thing up when I didn't shift when I should. I think it ran a 13.75 or something like that at 104mph. I am sure I have the time slip somewhere. Again, I thought I was "all that". Geez, that Colt was noisey.