It was a gas......
A little girl asked Ben Donhoff (owner and current driver )of the Mopar Missile for an autograph. She not only got the autograph , but Ben had her climb in the drivers seat of the Missile.
Joe Pappas and Dick Oldfield were the men that took care of the Missile. Both were on hand for autographs and share their experiences with Don Carlton and the rest of the Missile crew. As the pictures relate, Joe also spent an enormous amount of time discussing the many lightweight innovations of the famous "wire car" destined to be the next Mopar Missile had NHRA not forced Chrysler to pull the plug on their highly successful factory Pro Stock effort.
On a side note... I spent a lot of time grilling brats with a special onion/mushroom "pookey sauce"....after all , we had our own private outhouse.