Seeing your 1st Mopar 'Upset' a Chevy

True Story,

Part I

{Very Late} October 1966

Dover Drag Strip, Wingdale, New York

Some young 'rich kids' were running their brand new 1967 Camaro Rally-Sport 327/275 HP in 'D/SA'.

It was a 'Fancy Boy White' with Cragar S/S Wheels. A nicely detailed and lettered car from 'Curry Chevrolet'.

They had been at the Track for 3-straight weeks, and were running 13.90's, and had won their Class '3' times
in a row, as they had run away from the competition.

And they were not afraid to brag about it.

But on this Sunday...........

An 'old man' with a 1960 Plymouth Savoy, an ugly 'Gray' painted beast with a 361 showed up. Ugly as Hell
with painted 'Pink' steel wheels.

To look at it, you wouldn't take the Savoy for nothing, and would not want it nowhere near your neighborhood.

During Time Trials, the 'Old Man' lumbered that Savoy down the Track somewhere in mid-16.00's, harming not
a Fly in it's way.

Part II

During '1st-Round' Class Eliminations, the 'hot' Camaro 327 was the heavy-favorite. And it did not fail, as it easily
took down a 1966 Ford Fairlane 390 GTA.

The 'old man' in his 1960 Savoy got lucky, as he drew a 'Bye Run'.

Between Eliminations

Somebody had snuck on the old man's Savoy, and with white shoe polish, wrote 'Ugly As Sin' on the passenger
side rear tail-fin.

Class Trophy Run

The Camaro wheeled up the Staging Lights, with another expected win as the 'lumbering' Savoy inched up to the line,
with the lettering 'Ugly As Sin' on the tail fin.

Then, the sleeping giant woke up.

The old man pulled a 'Holeshot Galore' with the Savoy, and put down a 'dead nuts' 14.00 Run, as the late-starting Camaro
ran a quicker time {13.88} but could not overcome the late start.

The 'old man' sand-bagged them.