WHAT ELSE THE FANS REALLY WANT
Jeff, your article "race on Sunday, sell on Monday"
was outstanding. I used to go (I went last year to the Fun
Ford Weekend) to the Cordova drag strip in the '60s and
I got to witness Arnie "the Farmer" Beswick go
toe-to-toe with the Chevys, Mopars, and my beloved Fords
in match races it seemed like every Sunday. God, did they
stir up the stuff with the fans. Arnie was a beast. I hated
him and his Pontiac in an adoring sort of way.
My 2000 Mustang GT with a Bassani exhaust system has a beautiful
exhaust note just as the 327 Chevys did back then. I wanted
the Chevys to get beat, but I sure did love their sound.
Almost wanted to make me go out and buy a Chevy, which I
think is your point. Yes, racing regular cars would sell
them on Monday.
Thanks.
Mark Schafer
DETROIT MEMORIES
Chris Martin: I remember the Orange Baron well. He came
to Detroit Dragway with a Chevy Monza and they said he was
going to beat the Snake's track record. He made a solo pass
and got loose and went through the grass a little bit. The
crowd went crazy. I can't tell you how much I miss those
drag racing days at Detroit Dragway.
I've enclosed a few pics from Detroit back in the day.
Rick Rzepka
Clinton Township, MI
P.S. Your site is by far the best on the web!!!!
EVERYBODY WAS AT THE CELINE DION
SHOW?
Just wondering if you had an explanation as to why there
was so few spectators at the Vegas race on Sunday. I have
been attending since the inaugural race, and it seemed to
me that Sunday was the least attended of all the races.
Bill Cunnison
Riverside, CA
