Where can this thread go today ? lol You had to get me started, didn't you?
When my friends and I were 17-18, we never missed a Saturday night at the short track. The closest one to us is about an hour away, and we'd be there rain or shine. One week, we were running late, and we were leaving home a half hour before the first heat. My buddy had a (and still has the same) 77 vette, and we were determined to make it on time. Long story short, we were almost there, and had a spot to pass coming up, so he pulled out and kicked it down. We passed 12 or 13 cars, and the needle was climbing past 140 mph as he pulled back in front of the line... just as a car pulled out of a sideroad ahead. He stood on the brakes, and we barely avoided rear ending the poor old guy. Not an 1/8th of a mile up the road, the guy turned off. To this day, there's an impression of three of my finger tips in the dash pad, from me planting my hand when he hit the brakes.
The same guy had a 78 grand prix with a 455 in it. It still had the highway gears from the stock 301. I borrowed it once, and got a 40 over speeding ticket...in second gear. I blew a line of cars away at a traffic light, and raced up the hill to the end of the merge lane...the first car coming the other way over the hill was a cop. lol I hate how every one you just passed has to honk and wave at you when you get pulled over.