Let’s hear a 340 story

Another 1975 Dyer st in El Paso Tx, story.
The local street racers would get together at Dennys on weekends after the races.
There was another 340 Duster in the gang. It alway beat me by .10-.50. The main differance in his car and mine were he ran 4.56 gears and a taller and wider slicks. His motor had the 2.02 heads and a .523 cam both cars were 4 speeds. I don't know if his heads were ported or not. Mine weren't.
We both were in the Army at Ft Bliss at the same time, then I got out a few months ahead of him an went to work at the speed shop. Back to the race.
A kid(like 16 or 17 year old) pulls in to the Dennys parking lot in a 72 or 73 Nova. An it was hitting on all 8 hard. After awhile we get around to talking street race at the lights in front of Dennys where it was 3 lanes each way.
So I'm in the sidewalk lane, the Nova is in the middle lane and the other Duster is in the fast lane. We time the red light so we are all sitting, waiting for the green light.

The green hits and me an the other Duster are gone. I'm thinking Where is that Nova?
I turn my head slightly to the left and there is the Novas front wheel just outside my drivers window. He is wheeling down the street while the 2 Dusters run off an leave him.

We get back to the parking lot and get to talking. Every other words out of his mouth is "I can't believe I got beat by a Duster. Not 1 but 2 differant ones".
His uncle had built him this 454 Nova with a Ford top loader 4 sp and a 4.88 12 bolt.
It was a torque monster.

We just laughed.