Your First Time Drag Racing

[Quadroflux]

my first race was in my cobra at gateway. i lined up with a rusted camaro i'm pretty sure was a LT1. i messed up by waiting until the light was green and the camaro was about 2 cars out on me. i reved the piss out of mine and still wasn't pullin on him until i saw his left tire smokin pretty bad. i just about caught him but still lost. he ran a 13.70 to my 13.59 and i frickin lost. when i came back to the pits he and his buddys came over and started laughing at my cobra and called it slow for a 32 valve car. i told him them they were a chevy version of the tcstangers in minnesota

[Bluetcster]

My first time was at the rock with the Cobra, 13.10 was the best it would do bone stock.

[Eric N.]

Opening day,Minnesota Dragway,1972. Canceled because of snow.Damn! The next weekend,Twincity. The car was a 1965 Ford Fairlane,289 4sp 2bbl,4.11 gears open rear end. Stuck me in Q/S. First time trial,missed 2nd gear! ET 17.77 at 77mph. Shifter mount counter sink bolts came lose on the Hurst shifter mount. Fixed that,and ran a 16.1 at 89mph. Won class,and set record and got a trophy! My eldest son was born 2 days before. He turned 39 last week.Taking him home from the hospital, St Johns just off of 7th,I got in a street race with a yellow 68 Firebird 326 going down 7th.Kicked his butt,wife was not happy. She got over it,I think.