Post your best racing related memory!

I was trying to get my small block 4sp 57 chevy into the twelves, a best of 13.01, at the OLD Irwindale, many years ago. It just wouldn't do it thru the mufflers. So I finally decided to uncork it, for the first time. Ended up running against an Earl Wade tuned Boss 429 mustang in the other lane.
I got to the finish line first, ran 12.96, and beat a tuned Boss mustang. Win/win. (The Boss blew by me AFTER the finish line like I was tied to a tree)
Even after winning a few races, going three seconds faster, that is still my most cherished memory (so far).