I was campaigning a 47 Ford coupe occasionally in the drag racing stock classes back in the early 60's when I was in high school, but the primary racing effort at the family shop was a few years earlier, with a 34 Ford 3-window coupe on the local 1/4 mile dirt tracks. Dad built some of the hottest round track engines in Middle Tennessee, running them on alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide. His basic relationship with the drag racers was taking lots of their money while making their ignition systems and automatic transmissions survive all the abuse they dished out.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!