Bob Glidden

[Donnie Bowles]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

For guys too young to remember, we used to all go to the staging at the same time. At pomona when he first ran the Arrow, I overheard a guy ask him how in the heck he made it run that fast right off. Bob said "they all like the same things, makes no difference what name is on the valve cover." One of my favorite quotes.

At Seattle that year, I heard Bob answer the same question with: "I made it think it was a Ford". The reporter followed up with asking him how it ran so fast while dumping the chute between 1000' and the finish line and Bob says " You know that little spring on the pilot chute? When it comes out, it gives the car a big push." The guy just turned around and walked away with a disgusted look on his face.

Classic Glidden!

The Monza had a Jack Roush engine (at least for a while), when John was running Comp with it.