Went to Phoenix with the staff of Car Craft Magazine. The plan was to bring your bucket at Car Craft HQ in L.A., leave for Phoenix, drag race, go home.
A fun week end opportunity, a good way to test what's left of my Formula. 32 year old car, 100,000+ miles, still with the stock engine, stock trany, stock rear end ... none have been rebuilt, not even re-tuned.
The car made it there, having to add 1 to 2 quarts of oil at each re-fuelling stop. To my surprise, the engine even survived the drag night, a dozen of burn outs for demanding crowds, and the way home.
I have to give it up to pontiac, 32 years later, unrestored, the car pulled a 15.04 at 92 MPH at the 1/4 mile. My first time drag racing, even my girl friend tried it, she ran 15.1 @ 90MPH. God nothing like a chick burning rubber:D
Had a great time, felt good to leave L.A. for a desert road trip ... Canonball style. We met a lot of good folks, Car craft guys (and gals) were super nice (even when they had to babysit me on what to do)
