[Rich Biebel]

I remember it exactly as you say Terry. Cars were picked and built a lot because they fell right on the weight break. The car was weighed without the driver and the drivers weight was not a factor. We were so "green" in those early years we never considerd the drivers weight! I think you were allowed 5 gallons of gas. We once set the record and had to pump all the fuel out of the car into a can. That run was disallowed as we were too close to the minimum weight. The driver weighed well over 200 lbs at the time!