Seeing your 1st Mopar 'Upset' a Chevy

When I was a senior in my very small high school, there was a kid that had a late 70's Z28. It was all original with low mileage, 350 4bbl (L82 vette motor supposingly), auto and 3.42 gears. His dad built drag cars and runs a speed shop to this very day. I had a '72 Demon with a 318 that I added a cast intake and 600 holley. I had a auto with 2.76 gears. On paper, I was out cubed, out geared, and out tuned (his tuned by his dad). The guys all thought I was nuts for wanting this race, but I begged for it. It only took one run. We went from about a 15 mph roll to about 85 mph. My Demon pulled away from him the whole way, and no rematch was needed. I "shocked" my little high school "gear heads" and the kid was very honest and confessed.