last hurrah at MATS

I was priviledged to drive my buddys 71 Demon in the PRO class at Mopars st the Strip. We had nothing but problems which I can blame on 2 things. 1. I am not used to a reverse pattern shifter and 2. The distributor had a bad pickup coil causing it to shoot ducks at the top of second and all through 3rd. We finally found the problem and fixed saturday PM.
On Sunday I cut a terrible lite but my competition did not lift so he broke out. Round 2, I was determined to cut a better lite. Did too good and red lit by .008 and started in second. 11.40 and 118 is not to bad for starting in second. At 69 after 5 major surgeries in the last 18 months, I think I should stick to my now 13 second Barracuda at Fallon NV, TopGun Drag Strip. I hope I can still drive it with a forward pattern shifter. Age has no mercy on a die hard racer.