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MEMORIES · 05-10-2009, 08:51 PM

I bought my 1966 SS Chevelle drag car from Steve Montalto in the Fall of 1981. Steve was a big name bracket racer from Illonois and had the Vega named the "Weekender". The Chevelle was has second car and he sold it rolling for $1000. Car naming was big in the seventies and early eighties and I wanted to come up with a good one. I studied about it for a couple of weeks, making a list of names as I thought of them. Then I started narrowing my list until I chose this one. I had been racing in street bracket class since 1976 and had won two track championships in that class. In 1981 I won Sportsman (Street) class at the NHRA Bracket Finals at Gainsville, Florida. This win convinced my Mother that I had some tallent in racing and she helped me finacially to put together my first drag car. I started racing the Chevelle in 1982 and won several races the first three seasons. Then in 1985 our track added the IHRA Hot Rod, 7.00 class to the Super Rod and Quick Rod classes that they had been running for several seasons. I had been wanting to run heads-up classes but my car wasn't fast enough, so when they started running Hot Rod class I knew this was going to be my way to race. From 1985 through 1988 I won two track championships in Hot Rod class and was second place the other two years. My best season was 1986. I was in fourteen finals with nine wins and five runner-ups. I went on to drive several other cars for other owners over the years but I still have my trusty Chevelle, and always will.

Wayne.

05-10-2009, 08:51 PM	#6
MEMORIES Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 298 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Cars with Names I bought my 1966 SS Chevelle drag car from Steve Montalto in the Fall of 1981. Steve was a big name bracket racer from Illonois and had the Vega named the "Weekender". The Chevelle was has second car and he sold it rolling for $1000. Car naming was big in the seventies and early eighties and I wanted to come up with a good one. I studied about it for a couple of weeks, making a list of names as I thought of them. Then I started narrowing my list until I chose this one. I had been racing in street bracket class since 1976 and had won two track championships in that class. In 1981 I won Sportsman (Street) class at the NHRA Bracket Finals at Gainsville, Florida. This win convinced my Mother that I had some tallent in racing and she helped me finacially to put together my first drag car. I started racing the Chevelle in 1982 and won several races the first three seasons. Then in 1985 our track added the IHRA Hot Rod, 7.00 class to the Super Rod and Quick Rod classes that they had been running for several seasons. I had been wanting to run heads-up classes but my car wasn't fast enough, so when they started running Hot Rod class I knew this was going to be my way to race. From 1985 through 1988 I won two track championships in Hot Rod class and was second place the other two years. My best season was 1986. I was in fourteen finals with nine wins and five runner-ups. I went on to drive several other cars for other owners over the years but I still have my trusty Chevelle, and always will. Wayne. Last edited by MEMORIES; 05-10-2009 at 08:53 PM.