A bad day at the race track many years ago

BVoelzke said

Charlie.. do you remember the late great Jimmy Harrington driving Angelos Econoline at Island.. losing control off the line in the right lane.. taking out the tree and ending up in the fence in front of the refreshment stand?

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I knew Jimmy well. I was not up at Island when Jim took out the tree. Angie was a really good friend. We worked on our cars together at his house/shop. Do you remember the altered wheelbase 68 Merc Cougar (Mousetrap)? Angie and I built that together (not the car) but the drivetrain. Would go 10.80's with a junkyard 440 Mopar engine. I ran that car, and two 65 Valiants, one with a 170 slant six, the other with a 273.
You know Angie died a few years, ago. I talk to his wife once in a while, on the phone.
PS: Last I knew (about 3 years ago) Angies Econoline pickup was in a auto museum in Las Vegas, renamed the "Draggin Wagon"