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Almost 63......Been a drag race fan since before I was allowed to drive. The 409's were brand new cars when my dad took me to Aquasco Drag strip in southern Md. to see Dave Strickler in his '61 "Old Reliable" byscayne in a match race. I remember the finish line (shut down area) after the speed traps was DIRT. My Uncle gave me stacks of HOT ROD mags. dated from back in 1948-1949 and newer to read and I almost read the print off of the pages....lol.

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Terry,

That is SO COOOOL, that your family provided you with transportation to the races and magazines with all the technical info so you had a "basic training" in the tech field and could get into the classification/safety area of working on the tech crew, a little later... I learned it the same way (magazines and hands-on experience) and was the "Stocker-line" tech man at Carlisle (Arkansas) drag strip from '59-'64, Little Rock drag strip (alternate weekends) from ''60-'64, and Des Moines (IA) drag strip from '65-'68. Peeked under a lot of hoods during those years... and have never gotten over this disease.

My dad only ever went to the drags once.... and, unbeknownst to me. When I got home that night, (still unaware that he had been there) his only comment was, "GOT BEAT, DIDNT YA..." (in regards to our having had our asses handed to us on a platter in B/Gas.)

I just walked out of the room. We never talked about it again.

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Bill...In 1965 I had a new 426 street wedge Belvedere and won quite a few trophies. My parents didnt want me to race such a nice new car so I used to tell them that the trophies belonged to a friend who had a 1964 Sport Fury that was the same color as my car and the fact that HIS parents didnt want him to race either.....lol.

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Terry,

Maybe you should have entered it as Floyd Lippencotte, III

LOL!