At the
start of this section I mentioned the first run with the car was on May
4th at the Don Maynard Memorial meet. At this
meet the hot
cars were pushed onto the track just behind the
finish line to be push started. I was just off of the
track next
to run after the Mike
Marinoff Willys. I am strapped in ready to go watching the Willys
come down the track. Just before
the lights, something happened and
the Willys became airborne. It rolled a
couple of times before stopping on the track in
front of me. Now
picture yourself
strappedin a new untried dragster and and having a car roll in front
of you. This could
almost make you want to pack up and go
home and bring the new car out next week instead.
We stayed to make one
run and found the windshield was to low causing
me to be almost blinded by an oil leak from the back
blower. Back to the
garage to remake the windshield for next
Sunday.
This is
the first action picture of the car that I have. This was the Top
Eliminator run at the
Des Moines Dragway in Des Moines, IA on August 4, 1963.
Yes I
did win!!
Oswego
Dragway, Oswego, IL during the 1963 season.