I got started in "RACING" when i was asked to help pit for my nieghbor a classmate of mine in high school. It was left turn racing but racing none the less. We where at the track every Friday night all summer long. I chopped up a Nova body in shop class one year as a shop project. We ran a 427 3 duces on alcohol. Then it progressed into a group of guys from several small local towns (They were all small towns around there) started racin' street rods on weekends. I got hooked on drag racing cuz' you could race what ya' brung'. Did a fair amont of street racin'. Back then in rural Iowa you might not see a car go by fer hours, so it wasn't like we were racin' in traffic. I was out of it for awhile. Then my son bought a camaro & I got the bug agian. Also, a few years ago they opened the new Rt. 66 raceway just 15-20 min. from where I live. That's kinda' like puttin' a bottle of Jack D. in front of an alcoholic.