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Yeah Lynwood, I went to a few about the same time in Tulsa. I remember sitting in the stands and picking little pieces of rubber off me every time The AA fuelers made a pass. They smoked the tires from start to finish! My first car was a 64 Plymouth Belvideer with a 426 4 speed and 4:56 gears. Drove it like the 16 year old idiot I was. Got 4 muffler tickets and an excessive acceleration ticket in the first year. Sold the Plymouth and bought a 65 Triumph Spitfire and drove it the same way, the cops never noticed it! Was more fun to drive, got no tickets, and 30mpg instead of 8mpg. Still miss the thunder of the big V8 though. I lost a lot of (but not all) interest in drag racing when you could go to quick and loose the race. Automatics and electronics diminished drag racing just like fat tires hurt road racing, for me anyway, others obviously disagree! For sure, you are right about today being the good old days. Sure going to miss them when they're gone!
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