Interstate 95 thru Richmond opened in 1961. Back in the early sixties any of you from the north that were headed south for vacation, could have been held up briefly while a drag race took place. 200 or more people would stand on the Bryan Park overpass which was desiginated as finish line. Several cars would stop on 95 blocking all lanes long enough for several cars 2 by 2 to race. Some real good races were held there for several years if you could dodge the cops. One of those times I wasnt sucessful and lost my permit for 6 months. If you tried that today,you could easily have a 200 car pileup.

One of my friends with a bad 55 chevy was suckered into a race with a 4 dr plymouth with 4 men in it. Pea shooters,blackwall tires and all.They told him it wasnt necessary for any of then to get out of the car for weight. The race was for 50 bucks and back then that was a lot of money. The Plymouth ran away and left him so bad that he tried to jumb the divider and get away . They caught him anyway . By then he was glad to pay the 50 to save him from a bad butt kicking.
This is another time that this old guy can say, dont do as I do ,do as I say do, because I have done some real dumb stuff and You shouldn't go there.