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Not a Class Racing event, but NHRA sanctioned nonetheless. Think it was 1991, our local brackets track was NHRA sanctioned and I ran the points for the 1st time. Had raced for a couple years already, so I thought I had my mess together. No one really inspected the footbreakers, at least I never got checked. I footbraked in Pro with my 70 Barracuda street car. The week before the NHRA bracket finals, (sponsored by Craftsman as I recall), They had everyone who qualified to go, come out for an inspection. I ended up with a list of things to straighten up, which had me scrambling all week, and I, (22 yr old know it all dummy), screwed up. Some of the list were, driveshaft loop, battery disconnect, firewall in rear (battery in trunk) and a proper battery hold down. My mistake, was the battery disconnect. I wired it incorrectly, and the engine still ran off the alternator when shutting off the switch. Found that out when NHRA tech guy checked me at the race. I pulled the alternator, got rechecked, passed, then went and found someone to show me how to unscrew my screw up properly. Got my rear end whupped early, but had a great weekend with our team.