[treessavoy]

It was my second time at Atco, I had a 1964 Valiant, slant six with a factory 4 sp, bone stock.

I was one car back from the starting line, the car in front of me was a young kid in a new 1965 Impala convertible with the new 396/425 and a 4 sp. When he left the line the car made a big jump to the left, he hit second gear and the car jumped right into the guard rail, hit the ditch, went through the chain link fence and into the stands upside down. I saw some clothes fall out of the car when it was still in the air, later I found out it was the driver, he landed on someone's hood which broke his fall.

The end result was he totaled his dad's new car yet he was the only one hurt.

Since he wasn't on the track they went ahead and raced me and my opponent and once I let out the clutch I didn't have another thought about the crash, just banging gears...................I lost!

JimR