What did I leave out?
A agree, despite the fact it started out life as an AA/FC, it's now an AA/FA. Anyone here remember the modified roadsters of the mid to late '60's? Nothing more than a few pieces of 'glass T roadster body hung on a dragster chassis.
Made a straight and true shot to the 330. Looks like it put a hole out on the left side about 250 feet, right side shortly thereafter.
I saw Larry Sr. run what I remember to be a modern version of the Fireside Inn car at Sears Point maybe 20 years ago at a Goodguys race. It ran real well in the morning, then came back in the afternoon to make another pass. While backing up from the burnout, something came loose and the whole rear axle housing came loose in the chassis! Had that happened during a run, we may have one less member of the Dixon clan.
EDIT: Of course my memory ain't what it used to be. The car I saw break was a "street" roadster, complete with windshield and headlights. Had I taken 10 seconds to post, I could've googled the car first rather than later.
It went 2.41 to 330 and 3.46 to the 1/8th on lap 3.
There is a group of people (us included) that want to be the first AA/FA to go 4.99 @300 so maybe that was his motivation...Not 100% sure on that. Maybe because they are freakin cool !
There is a new series that Ty Baumgartner is trying to get off the ground in the midwest for big pump nitro fuel altereds. If it happens and I think it will it will be one awesome booked in show !