First exposure to nitro was in 1959[?] up at Montgomery NY drag strip......The man was Don Garlits putting on a show. I believe he set a new ET record on that day in July of 9.73! Camero's do that now a days.......I can recall the tires smoking and the sweet smell of burning fuel as he went by!
I sure do miss the old timers and the things they did for the love of the sport!
It to a big pair of balls to squeeze into the cockpit, sit your butt on a 9 inch and put your feet around the bellhousing of over the limit screaming V-8! Grease, oil fuel and fire possibly flying back into your face! True pioneers.......
But that's just my opinion........
Kolie