First Drag strip visit

So here is the magic question.... What was the name of the very first drag strip you went to, Who took you there and what kind of car did they have? .

My first drag strip visit was 1972 where a guy named Robert Shipp from Ingleside Texas invited me to go with him to The Edinburg Texas dragstrip in the Rio Grande
Valley of Texas which is now known as ERP now (Edinburg Raceway Park). No Christmas tree......Hand drop start only
Robert had a 1970 LS6 450 HP Chevelle SS that he bought brand new.....as a family car. The best time i ever saw that car run was a 11.68
quarter mile pass on the slicks we bolted on at the drag strip on a cool winter evening. Yes that's where the bug bit me...... Texas Red