Re: How did you get started in Drag Racing?
My Dad took me and some friends to Island Dragway in 1963, I was 14 at the time. Dad was a friend of Pete Tritak (later Tritak and Morgan) who drove a 1963 Plymouth MaxWedge for the dealership he worked for Tri-Town Motors in Passaic NJ.
Kids weren't allowed in the pits in those days, so my Dad got Pete to drive the Plymouth over to the spectator side. Well. one look at that engine never mind the sound got me hooked.
I later traveled with Pete and Bill to many races with the "War Wagon" , ended up partnering with Ron Rizzo who had bought the wagon in 1970 and have been racing ever since.
Gary Siderits
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