I have had many great memories. But a big one for me was standing in for Arnie Beswick at the World Series of Drag racing. Arnie was in the hospital after his terrible fire. He was booked to race Animal Jim and his Mammoth Mercury at Cordova. Talk about David vs Goliath! The Grocery Getter beat him 3 out of 3 runs at that sold out event. The place went absolutely wild! Eric drove perfectly and the car was flying. Animal Jim was so stunned, his 730 Cu. In Ford fell to a traditional Pontiac with 200 fewer cubic inches, he actually changed his rear axle gearing for the final run. He would have beat us too, but Eric nailed a near perfect light and although Jim was gaining on us fast at the big end. He had failed to change the rev limiter to account for the stiffer gearing. He hit the rev limiter and we won by a fender. It was great night. Shortly after this event Arnie came out of his coma and the first thing he wanted to know was if we won!
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