[Ellis V. Buth]

What if your race car were a W/SA Pinto wagon with a C-3 transmission, that would result in you being the first car to leave 100-percent of the time? (quoted from Bill Dedman a few posts ago)

Who in their right mind would race a W/SA Pinto wagon? LOL. We have a W/S and leave first 99.9% of the time (unless we race Polhill, Seibenick, or the occasional W/SA such as Philley, Nivans, or my uncles old Pinto Wagon in Minnesota). I dont know if the rule would help us as much versus say a Cobra Jet, but it would definitely help cars that are clustered closer together where there is no time to see a red in the other lane (people argue that if you are focused on your side of the tree you dont see the red light, but i think against a car 4 or even 6 seconds slower than you that you can see the red light and still re-focus before your tree comes down) I know I always could in my junior dragster.

Ellis V. Buth
1976 Pinto Station Wagon W/S