This pic actually was my very first pass in '84. '73 Chally at Polar Raceway (now Alaska Raceway Park)in Palmer AK. I was stationed at Ft Richardson in Anchorage and a buddy of mine talked me into taking it to the track and the rest, as they say, is history, I was bit HARD! Car ran a blistering 15.46. Had a warmed over, and probably really poorly tuned 318.

1965 273 2 bl baby blue Plymouth Barracuda with a black 66 type racing stripe in 1966. Ran I/SA pure stock at 17.40's (later got her down to 17.20's) at Pittsburgh International Dragway at Cecil Township in SW PA. Won the class trophy but did not even know I could stay and run eliminator. Won three more class trophys and once made it to the last run for Pure Stock Eliminator. Got down to the last foot or two of the strip before a 66 red post coupe Plymouth Belvedere II w/ 383 4bl caught me. Love those Plymouths, it was so close, just a great memory. It was a great strip at the time and invited or paid many big name Funny Car and top fuel drivers to come in. Those were some special days. Still have some slides of many beautifully painted 65 Plymouth and Dodge Hemis including the one with the honking goose on the side (can't remember the real name or the driver's name of that white Dodge if I can remember that much).

In ~ 1970.

...~1987.

First time was with my 70 6pak Cuda. All stock with 3.23 gears went something like 14.6's or 14.7's.

Garth

1964 impala ss w/327 2sp auto.WHAT A DOG!!!!!!.It actually ran pretty good once you got it rollin.that was in 1965.

well we had fun, my nephew went 14.48 @98 mph. not to bad, and he did cut a .027 light. I think he's hooked.

I made my 1st pass in a 73 Duster when I was 16 - I made 1 pass in the 12.7 range and got kicked out for having no helmet, no loop, no catch can, and no cut off switch. I ended up running on the street for a few years because it was closer to home and didn't have a tech god giving me crap.

My 2nd pass was when I was 19 in my daily driver 74 Toyota - 120ci 4 cyl/5 speed/3.70 gear - cut a 16.6 @ 83mph, I started going back after that, the 2 local tracks had new owners and were friendly to street cars, when I went the first time if you didn't have a bracket car with 14x32's they didn't want you there.

1971 Plymouth Barracuda. I put a 360 out of a 78 cop car and thought I was fast just because I could beat 5.0 mustangs.It went 15.1 @ 92 mph at out high elevation LACR track. That was back in 1993. I wish I still had the car!!

Made my first ever pass in the summer of 72.

I had bought a 69 Green 340 swinger from a spoiled rich kid down the street who had beat the urine out of it since his parents bought it brand new for him in 69.
Bone stock 3.23 geared 340 with a set of headers on it and a shift kit.
I ripped off a 14.31 with it

Paid 1200 for it, and 3 years old it already had big enough holes in both quarters to roll a baseball through.

It later got stolen outside philly, while i was inside working in a shoe store as an 18 year old.
Never got it back and went in the service a short while later.


Later, in the service,(1975) at that time stationed in San Francisco, i spotted a b5 69 340 swinger in the parking lot of the barracks. Long story short i got it( sweet car with 4 speed) even up swap for an older Honda 450 i had. Great deal

had that car quite a while.

Converted it over to an auto, transferred to Norfolk, Virginia, and campaigned it several seasons at old Suffolk dragway on Sundays.
that car ended up running 12.20's and was a blast.
It had an unfortunate demise as well.

Went on a 6 month cruise overseas, and slowly, after about 4 months being gone, my buddies wife sent him letters on our ship saying people had stolen the tires and wheels off it in the apartment complex parking lot where i had left it. next the top of the motor was unbolted, and when i returned, water was standing in all the bores.

I was mighty stupid and sold it for 500 bucks

I dont know if i am any smarter today, but i sure would like to have that mint bodied swinger for 500 now.

my first timeon a track was about 1977 on an oval track.
we ran 2 car drags around Freeport speedway oval every sat night.
it was in my 73 4 dr Newport 440+6.
it always did well cause it was heavy and I took it easy on the curves. no idea on time cause it was just first across the line.still have the car.

They opened the track in 1980. I still remember driving my 70 Challenger R/T with the swapped in 426 Hemi to the track. I wasted quite a few dedicated racecars after opening the headers and airing down the street tires a bit. I lost the final by cutting a poor light though.

Sheldon

My brother's 57 Dodge D-500,I was 14 years old we dragraced on the dirt track at Heildalberg on the front straightaway near Bridgeville Pa.

My first time down the track was in 1988 when I was 16 in my '68 383 4-speed GTS......With a bone stock el-cheapo rebuild it ran 15.30's @ 99MPH on street tires, granny shifting........

Sears Point Raceway near Napa, CA. It was a real beater '68 Charger. 383 with purple shaft, stock 4bbl & manifold, X brand headers, and 3:91 gears. First run was crap as I was a little scared, but my best run that night was 14:23. Don't remember the speed.

I made my first 1/4 mile pass in my 65 Barracuda in the fall of 2000 at New York International near Rochester, NY. I went 14.97 sec at just over 98 mph, backed it up with a 13.92. Had some ah,ah, driver trouble on the first pass .

My first passes was in my first car when I was in high school, a then 3 year old 1975 Duster with a 318 automatic. Car was a 21,000 mile cream puff when I bought it. I put headers and duals on it, and it went a "blistering" 16.10 @ 82 mph.