Hey Bruce,
Let me take you back to my time of glory, 1963.
Place, San Gabriel Raceway.
Last race for the track.
I had a '63 Vette that I raced in Super Sport/A. I won class that night and set a track record, 12.90 @ 107, that still stands today. I also beat the national record which was 13.02. The win qualified me for Street Elininator, I wasn't running slicks, I had Casler Cheater Slicks. I lost to a Mopar wedge 4 speed and he got the $25.00 purse.
Back then it was a big deal. I've won more since getting to the second round at the Summit series.
I also had the pleasure of racing Gas Rhonda in the very first Cobra that Ford put on the track. I never could beat that guy. That was in mid '63. I sold my corvette and bought a Mopar. Then I found I couldn't win in it either.
I quit racing in '65 to raise a family and stated again in '95, I think that's when I met you, at Norton AFB.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Floyd Staggs
V787
www.staggsracing.com