Racing the stripe if you have the lead

I've rarely had the faster car, so that hasn't been an issue. LOL Back in the 70's, I had a 72 Barracuda 340 that was the most confidence inspiring bracket-car car I ever owned. It was slow [15.30's], but ran the same number pass after pass. Whatever the weather or track condition...whatever it ran on practice runs, was what I dialed it at. It would always run within 1-2 hundredths of the dial...so all I had to do was kill the tree. So many guys at the end of the night with fast cars, had to run me down. I raced it in DRIVE, and let it do the work. If I knew I had a good light, I'd laugh as the really fast guys would be on and off the gas to keep a 1/2 fender on me. I saw lots of guys throwing helmets in cars at the time-ticket shack. I was in the points for the whole season, always took money home.....and was in National Dragster a couple times.

Like an idiot, I wanted to go faster the following season, and added parts. It was horrible. Mid season, I put it back to stock. The magic was gone.