This includes the once-revered Antique Nationals as well as the 25th Anniversary NHRA Calif. So I have been rudely thrown out of “Vintage” drag meets at three tracks, and denied entry to a couple others. But there was no way I was going to fit under the well-built roll cage hidden under the hand-formed aluminum tail. I was very lucky to alter a couple of minor things just so I could get in the car and operate it. The problem? I should have gotten it done much sooner. I even added further to some of its noted safety features. So I spent a considerable amount of time meticulously and accurately restoring this car to the way it appeared on the cover and in an unprecedented 5-page photo feature, titled “Mark of a Craftsman,” in the Jan. After a couple of very successful seasons with the dragster, I traded it straight across for what had been the Ike Iacono GMC 6-powered rail, figuring (a) this was a significant piece of drag racing history–certainly the most famous inliner–that needed to be restored and preserved, and (b) it would go slow enough and certainly be safe enough for me to drive myself.
But most of you know that I was an avid and active supporter of Nostalgia Drag Racing from its beginning, participating with a Hemi-powered A/Altered and then a Top Fuel dragster, neither of which I had any desire to drive myself. Yes, I will admit to having a bit of corncob embedded in a certain portion of my anatomy.
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