Dick,
I know the feeling of coming from behind. When I was running the 1/4
mile with the Desoto powered roadster, I always had to play catch up. I
usually did, but it sure irritated the competition for they thought I
was sandbagging. The Desoto was too heavy to compete off the line with
the Chevys and the flat heads, but it stormed on top.
Tom
Dick J wrote:
>
> --- "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
> wrote:
> > Ed,
> > Thanks for the info, it confirms that I am not
> > imagining things. It is
> > good to have a reality check ow and then to
> > certify memory. I had
> > remembered his running both the '56 and '60
> > Fords. There was an ad, by
> > Latham Supercharges, in the Bonneville programs
> > referring to his running
> > their product. I don't remember that at
> > Bonneville, maybe it was at
> > Daytona. Does anyone know?
> >
> I don't know if he ran a Latham at Bonneville,
> but I know he did at Daytona. Lathams were all
> over Flordia back then and were part of the local
> folk lore. At the time I was driving my dad's
> '57 Chrysler 300C in Super Stock drag racing.
> Every time I got to final eliminations for top
> steet eliminator (or whatever they called it back
> then), I got up against Latham's own test bed
> Pontiac and he got the trophy every time except
> twice. Oh how I wanted a Latham! Everybody loved
> that Chrysler 'cause it was just a little slow
> off the line (5,500 lbs??), but about half track
> it caught and passed whatever was in the other
> lane every time, except when that damned Pontiac
> was theren and we always made sure that was only
> at the end of the day!
>
> =====
> Dick J
> in east Texas
> ECTA #72 FX/GMR
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