The year was 1971 and I had my 1970 340 Duster at Puyallup Raceway. Went there with a few friends to have fun. I had made a couple of runs and decided to try the set of cheater slicks that I brought along. Got the tires mounted and pulled into the staging lanes and waited for my turn. It started to rain and we are all sent back to the pits. The rain didn't let up so we decided to call it an evening. Being young, stupid and lazy I decided to leave and go home with the slicks still on the car. I drove all the way home in the rain and kissed the ground when I got there. By the way, the trip home took over 2 hours and was about 40 miles in length. Just so you know, I never drove in the rain with other that street tires again.