First Car to the Strip

gcasey · 01-08-2021, 06:55 PM

First strip run was at Onondaga 1965 Sunday afternoon. Drove my first car - 1957 BelAir 2dr HT. which was getting me back and forth to Michigan State. The "new" wrecking yard 327 w/cam, headers, 4-spd, etc. dumped me in C/MP against real MP cars, with predictable results.

Losing didn't lessen the joy of later cruising downtown Lansing with the class shoe polish still on the windows and, if lucky, a class trophy displayed in back window tray. Less enjoyable was taking the girlfriend back to her dorm in a wrecker when I just had to show her how to hammer it off the stoplight (broke a lot of parts back then).

Dorm mate was Jon Callendar (Chevairs Racing Team) who won Stock at Indy with his twin to Dave Boertman's K/S. He got me interested in Stock Eliminator and the challenge of making a low HP combo work. (RIP Jon)

Ah, The GOOD OL' DAYS!!!

The '57 is in the shop slowly becoming a FI combo for Stock/SuperStockAssn. racing.

01-08-2021, 06:55 PM	#11
gcasey Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Hastings, Michigan Posts: 33 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: First Car to the Strip First strip run was at Onondaga 1965 Sunday afternoon. Drove my first car - 1957 BelAir 2dr HT. which was getting me back and forth to Michigan State. The "new" wrecking yard 327 w/cam, headers, 4-spd, etc. dumped me in C/MP against real MP cars, with predictable results. Losing didn't lessen the joy of later cruising downtown Lansing with the class shoe polish still on the windows and, if lucky, a class trophy displayed in back window tray. Less enjoyable was taking the girlfriend back to her dorm in a wrecker when I just had to show her how to hammer it off the stoplight (broke a lot of parts back then). Dorm mate was Jon Callendar (Chevairs Racing Team) who won Stock at Indy with his twin to Dave Boertman's K/S. He got me interested in Stock Eliminator and the challenge of making a low HP combo work. (RIP Jon) Ah, The GOOD OL' DAYS!!! The '57 is in the shop slowly becoming a FI combo for Stock/SuperStockAssn. racing.