Memphis trying to kill a Hummingbird

Way back in the 60s, in the small town of Ojus, Fl, we raced at what was referred to as the "midnight drags." It was on a wide two-lane black top near, I believe a school. There was a cross walk light (finish line) that someone would man. Once the bets were placed and the cars lined up, someone would flash their high beams and the button would be pushed. You would bring up your "Rs" on the yellow and launch on the red. Every once in a while, you would have to shut down early because of cross traffic, or haul *** because of a fast approaching "black and white." There were some real bad *** cars that would show up.