[Mike Pearson]

I saw Bobby Warren do that one year at the Gators. Yanked the engine out of his car and tore the engine down in the hotel parking lot. Scuffed the cylinders with some sand paper and put it back together. Qualified near the top of the field the next day.

Most ambitious for me was I broke a lifter on my first Q pass at one race. Pulled the engine out of the car and took the oil pan off. Cleaned out the broken pieces and put it back in and made the clean up round in the afternoon. I was much younger back then. Now I would lick my wounds and head for the house.