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Land speed record racing ... Home Introduction There were two experiences early in my life that led me to become an incurable motorhead. One was doing an indicated 150 mph on a deserted highway in rural Alberta, Canada in a friend's 1959 Corvette, with the top off and the headers uncorked. I was ten. The other was at our local drag strip, Keystone Dragway, just outside Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where I allegedly grew up. Keystone was a fairly informal place. Phoenix Raceway Park, just north of Phoenix, Arizona, had a similar feel. Everyone seems to know everyone, and everybody is there because they want to be. One summer afternoon when I was about 14, I was at Keystone having a ball. When the Top Fuel cars started running, I walked down to the "big end" of the track, right by the timing lights at the finish line. When nobody was looking, I crawled on my belly through the tall grass beside the track, and got as close to the track as I could without being seen. I knew something pretty wild was about to happen, but I didn't realize how wild. Now we've all had some great experiences that involve fast cars. I've stood against the safety fence by the finish line at the Charlotte Motor Speedway while a pack of ten Winston Cup cars whoosh by at 180 mph. It was neat. But they're still not Top Fuel cars. | |
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