I wasn't much into drag racing other than following it in magazines. I didn't even go to the local track, but in the 60's I voraciously read about all the greats. My local hero was George Montgomery, "King of the Gassers" from Dayton and I always look for him in these videos. A few years ago I got to meet him and we became good friends. I wrote a book about him and sat at his feet while he related stories of the halcyon days of drag racing. Boy, does he have stories.
There is a fantastic vintage drags event in Bowling Green, KY in the summer. I went down with George to do a book signing and he introduced me to some of the greats. Here is a picture of MrsWD and I with George and Don Garlits. It was taken by Don's girlfriend, who is like 40? years younger than him. (George says and it's not sitting well with his family).
