What happened to gasoline in the mid 1970s?

So this is all about the difference between "well respected" vs. "probably one of the most well respected" ?
Does it make a difference to the history of how gasoline changed?
Not one bit.

Crapped if I know. All I do know is, he asked who my Uncle is. I showed him. He started runnin him down. If that's why he asked, that makes him a big asshole, IMO. I just wanted to get that in before this gets flushed to N&P.