I have to say when I went to Norwalk each year, I really enjoyed seeing the fastest cars, well before I began working on one. Marty was an inspiration, when he was in a class by himself. Then there was Arnie Beswick taking on all competition, from modern pro-stock of the day to pro-mods. Then there was the yearly challenge of Butler's door cars vs the Kauffmans dragster. A few "outlaw" cars and independent entries from far away, like Steve Dale, the Dirty Bird, John Welter and others. Mike Cooper has always been a consistent top performer and he is the class of the fast door cars now for sure. Would like to see more cutting edge cars get back to the track. It does take tremendous time, energy, commitment, and some $$$. At the level I describe above, you are doing this strictly for the passion of speed and Pontiac. There is zero financial reward. How do you make a million dollars drag racing ? Start with 3 million dollars! We all know that.
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