Then vs Now - What Happened?

[Ed Wright]

Your right Bill, you had to actually be fast enough to outrun the other car. I don't remember for sure which guy won which, but the Nationals were at Great bend KS (1956?), the next year they were at OKC, I think 1956 was the year Jack Zink won with his 1956 2X4 bl Pontiac, '57 or '58 Jerry Weiderman with his 1957 283" FI Chevy. Zink went on to win the Indy 500 and several locat circle track championships, Jerry got Tulsa's only 1961 409". 1962 anybody could buy one, not so in 1961. Guess you had to know somebody. Red Biscayne 2 dr sedan. I thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.

Todd, I would post Pete's picture, but I don't know how. I'm old. I think that was the car David & Buddy borrowed the engine from. Those are all good guys. I still miss Buddy and Lee. They were all helpful even though I was doing all my own work. Too poor to buy engines. Did have a set of Lee's heads on my last car, 292" C/SM '69 Camaro. David and Bruce Allen have been very helpful to me with advice and catching up with the new stuff that has come along since I quit in 1979. Ditto Allen Patterson. Probably should have stayed quit. Not sure which is going to cause me stop this time, the economy or arthritis. Both have slowed me down a lot.