[John Rogers]

Here's another drag racing story.....We went to see Don Gartlis match race the Green Monster with Art Arfons in '63 or '64 at Atco NJ drag strip. The strip was tight against the entry road so the pits ran parallel to the actual drag strip. You would exit the pits and make a U-turn into the burnout box which used bleach back then. Of course the Green Monster Jet Car did not need a burn out like Big Daddy did and Art pulled to the line and wound up that jet engine to full song and lit the after burner...….Atco had a huge wooden sign where you made the turn onto the strip listing all the national record holders and also to prevent people from stopping on the shoulder to watch (free!). Well the jet caught that big wooden sign on fire and it went up like a bomb had hit it!! Caused a slight delay in the racing for sure. I think Art won 2 out of 3 but that was a loooong time ago.