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Understandably upbeat, Ruiz remarked, “It’s an honor to be back at Cordova. We’ve won every event we’ve run this year and every one on the West Coast. Now we’ll see how we compete with the guys in the Midwest.
SERIES QUIZ #1
In 1967 and 1968, the World Series events were truly unique. Freddy Welshman (I think) and Jim Nicoll were the Top Fuel winners, but what was the big deal about the wins.
- Both events were contested at 1,000 feet
- Both cars suffered serious top end fires in winning
- Both beat Chris Karamesines in the finals
- Both drivers were arrested.
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Immediately upon entering the track Martin spied the above creature, jumped out of the car and ran off mumbling something about Cecil the Sea Serpent. When Schramel and Burk finally caught up to the intrepid Martin he was conducting an interview but was puzzled by his lack of a response.
See you in a couple of hours, or a little after seven … whatever comes up visible first.
Next Up Nostalgia
FOTO GALLERY
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We saw this guy and his shirt in the staging lanes and thought it was good enough to pass on. |
This blown big block front motored car. Truly a Cordova special. It ran a 7.64 shutting off.
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