First Car to the Strip

[larrylomascolo]

Well my69 chevelle sml blk first trip was expensive ,borrowed trailer,borrowed truck from work,was restoring a 80 GMC 2500 p/u not done yet no time for trailer lights ,on our way 3cars of us i was in middle cause of no lights,almost their DragwayPark Cayuga Ont.i was exposed in rear ,cop pulled me over,,Fine was over a $100 and had to hook up trailer lights on side of road,,at track went 12.20 down to 11.70s,,.i was so hyped up i broke a bolt holding shifter to floor,,had a Hurst 1/4 stick a2spd. glide tranny,tapping bolt that came with it,,Garage queen now, i bought car for $125. in 1979 300 deluxe 250 3speed standard shift on column,3rd peddle still in it ,had 4spd in it when it was on street,i broke 3 muncie,s,i wanted to run a stick but a nice T-10was big bucks

[Mike Schwartz]

In 1976: a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu coupe 307/200hp automatic. I remember that Englishtown classified it in P/SA to run in the Cups eliminator. Surprisingly, it is still classified by NHRA as an O,P,Q/SA car.

I had no idea what I was doing. The best it ran was 18.23; by the time I moved on to something else it it wouldn't get out of the 20's.

[SGSST109E]

1968 Chevell Malibu 250 straight 6. 18.55 at 85 mph at englishtown in 1971.

[Bret Kepner]

First post here in many, many years. In July, 1976, I took my Citron Gold Metallic 1966 Plymouth Barracuda "UnCommando", (using the 180 hp 2bbl 273 and TorqueFlite), to the original St. Louis International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, to race in K/SA and won class but got my head caved in in the first round of the eliminator. That car kept Badger Pistons Company in business for a while while I got it down to the point at which, on one wonderful, cool evening, it ran within a solitary hundredth of the class record...and then the AHRA hung ten horsepower on the combination. I then starting throwing my money into a 4,000-pound, 120-inch wheelbase bonfire resembling a refrigerator-white '70 Plymouth Fury II, (with the 290 hp 2bbl 383 "Commando" engine and TorqueFlite), running in O/SA "because nobody had ever done it". I soon discovered why.

[Kent Pascoe]

Long time no post Bret, nice to have you back.

BTW My 1st pass also at St. Louis International in my '73 Gran Torino Sport fastback w/a 429 with a 2.73 rear gear 15.80 86 mph.

[Floyd Staggs]

1960 or 61. 1954 Ford, 312 .30 over, Speedpro pistons, tri power with 97's, Harman Collins cam, Ducoil ignition, 3 speed with floor shift. Ran Pomona in C/G. Broke the low/reverse slider almost every time I speed shifted. We still had the flag man back then.