You hit it right on the head man.....we would work all week, get paid on friday,cash our check,load up the car,buy some beer&food,grab the gill and tool box and head to the track,race sat&sun,if somebody at the track needed a part or a hand everybody pitched in...from 1979 till it closed in late 80s(then reopened)I was at Byron Dragway,if not there then great Lakes Dragway,or US 30,it was a different era for sure.

did some 'dark side' dancing with this Monza Funny car....partner&crewed...bought as a roller....finished it in 30 days....

was a Ron Colson driven Hawaiian (Roland Leong) Nitro Car,before we got it.

84 to 85

1987 , yes it was more fun back then, less electronics

I ran my Cuda like this from 79-82. 440 ported 915's, TRW piston with a dome actual 10.9 compression, crane commander hydraulic 528/552 and I think 246/252 @.050, torker with a vac. 780cfm, hooker 1-7/8" super comps.,727 with a 10" converter and 8-3/4 with 4.56 gears. best ET/MPH 11.78/117

In 82 I had the car back halfed and a roll bar added in preparation for a 500" short block I had acquired. Took a little weight out and with the same drivetrain it went 11.64/118. Unfortunately I ran into various problems putting the 500" short together (top fuel crank)and by the time it was together I was getting married then starting a business. Racing was on a hold and I sold the complete engine and that guy never finished his car. As far as I know the engine is still sitting and has never been run.

69 Dart Swinger 340 4 speed, 484 MP cam, 391 rear. At 16 this was a lot of car. Never went to the track but street raced a lot back in late 80's. Lots of 5.0
Mustangs got to see tail lights.

Raced at OCIR in Irvine, CA with the following cars -

1980-81, drag raced a stock 71 383 Challenger
1982-83 drag raced an ex-Jr. Stock 340 Duster, went 12.39 best.

Moved to TX in 1988, at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, TX I raced a stock early production 71 340 Duster that actually had a factory installed T/A block.