Clapshaw & Garlits First 300 Run - Phil Burgess Article (1 Viewer)

I remember this story like it happened yesterday. I remember thinking how cool that was of Gary to offer his ride to Big. I also felt like I was watching history being made when Big and Shirley lined up with Buster starting them. Pretty cool.

I was at Indy a year later and watched Big drive SW34 to 4.76 @ 318mph on his last qualifying pass which put him in the show at #16..... only to be bumped right back out by Yuichi Oyama on the next pass behind him.

I was invited "behind the ropes" in Big's pit by TC Tom Lemmons and I was able to get a good look at SW34. I visited with TC for probably 45 minutes. His stories were great.... like when they showed up at Indy that year and the young girl at the NHRA trailer insisted that he show an ID to receive his credential.... He didn't have an ID... at all. Hadn't had one in years. Lol. Finally someone with the NHRA who had been around for a while vouched for him. Lolol. The way he told the story was hilarious.

2001-02 seems like 2 years ago to me. Where did the decades go?
 
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