I grew up a poor white kid in the SW suburbs of Cleveland and while attending both Thompson and Dragway42 as a teen I never had a car I could take down the quarter mile
. That was in the 60s. Fast forward several decades and the first ever ride down a quarter mile track was in a 1962 Red on Red Impala convertible driven by Jim (of Phantom 409 fame). It was at the Blue Suede Cruise in Norwalk, Ohio. What was that, around 2005?
First time I ever I was piloting was at KCIR around 2006-7 in what is now the 1962 Belair "Salt Shaker", but it was Ermine White at the time and had a 1965 656 passenger block with a Turbo 350. I think I was around 15 seconds at 98 MPH. I remember going up against a 9 second 1962 Ford Galaxie that came roaring from behind and wiped my butt
.
That's why I now leave the driver's seat to James, who enjoys it wayyyy more than I ever will
.