[Bobby Zlatkin]

I remember a '61 convertible with 250 HP 348 fit right at the top of the 15 lb. class (was F/S then, later H/S) with a 4-speed. Was a very competetive car for Little Stock Elim (D/S and lower). Hooked up pretty good with a 7 in. tire with all that weight hanging off the *** end too. Guy was from around Melborne, FL. His name was Fred Hines I believe. He later got a 235 HP 273 Baracuda called "Brand X Eliminater". That car was not so competetive.

I'm not really old. Just have a good memory (for things 40 years old and older). I had a '57 220 HP 210 four door hardtop that ran that class. 3306 lbs. shipping weight in a 3300 lb. class.

My home track was Amelia Earhart field in Hialeah, FL. His was Valcaria Dragstrip midstate Fla. Both tracks were old airports, now long gone. Never got to run him. We drove our cars to the track back then
and to drive to Valcaria with a 5.13 gear would be like driving all the way up the east coast now.