Bristol Dragway

And what he also said was, quote, between me, House, and his crew chief, Jimmy Lyons, as well as John Parrish, we had a lot more coming than they expected us to have, end quote.

The car had run well at the IHRA Bristol Spring Nationals that year, making repeated seven oh runs in the sometimes choking atmosphere of Thunder Valley at Bristol Dragway, and it was still seen as a novelty act.

It was also still running the Rodex of Tommy House, a smaller engine with less aggressive parts.

The next stop on the IHRA tour was ATCO Dragway for the Summer Nationals, and let's just say that ATCO in nineteen eighty-six could not have been further away from the Texas Motorplex or Bristol Dragway if it were on Mars.

But House, Stanley, and Jimmy Lyons knew it very well from all their match racing exploits and testing there.

The arrangement was simple between House and Stanley.