Fast Cars

This blogger tells of a youthful drag racing experience in his Chevy fast car classic.

It was 1973. I had a '56 Belair 2dr. w/a 265/170 with a Powerglide and a 3:55 gear that my dad had bought new. I bracket raced the well worn Chevy at the local dragstrip. With recurved distributor, 18.70's were the best it would do. It was common practice to bring along a portable 1 gallon water sprayer to cool the intake & radiator between rounds. At one Saturday race, a highschool acquaintance was behind me in line behind me in line with new Cuda 340. He borrowed my sprayer and used all the water .It just so happened we got paired up together at the starting line. With the handicap, I had about a 4 sec. head start. My lights came down and the '56 was off and running .When his came down the Cuda sputtered, backfired and barely moved. He evidently had sprayed his ignition. Anyway ,I was told the crowd cheered wildly as the rusty old Chevy half-tracked the new 'Cuda.

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