[John Rogers]

Today you can go through the pits and stand behind the funny cars and top fuel cars as they warm them up after the engine freshen up. For a while the NHRA stopped that but now you can. Back in the 60's we raced a 1955 Chevy D-Gas small block in the mid Atlantic states and during qualifying times all the cars would be mixed together in the starting lanes. The 1964 super stock and the first "funny cars" were totally wild to be standing behind as they did burn outs and then went for timed runs. Probably the wildest was Phil Bonner's Georgia Frog bright green Ford Falcon with one of the 427 side oiler big blocks leaving the line at 8000 RPMs! Yep, that weekend will be something she'll remember forever!