My old drag car won last night

[cbodybob]

Around 10 pm last night I got a text msg from Allen Spence that he was down to three cars. Excited as heck for him. I stayed up waiting, hoping & at 12:30 another text. He had won his first ever drag race driving my old 69 Plymouth Satellite. I bought the car out of a local junkyard in August of 86. I think I was 22/23 years old. Just a kid. Got it fixed up & drove it on the street 3/4 years when I could afford to put gas in it. Got busy with the career thing & life. 3 moves & the car was put in storage for a decade. Built a shop & brought the car home & decided I wanted to go drag racing with it. Turned in to a drag car. Took another job that required a move so car back in storage & never raced. Built another shop. Brought the car home this time determined to get it on the track. Finally did. Raced it about 9 years picking up two wins & 3 runner ups. Several top 10 points finishes. I got bored with the car & wanted something else so like a numbskull I sold to Allen Spence from Mississippi on Facebook marketplace. Allen also busy with career & traveling working as a rep for Kawasaki didn’t get out much with the car. The engine wiped a cam so he built a LA 360 for it. A few outings last year & this year. Told me the car was good just needed some seat time. Well Saturday night it all came together for him. And both of his sons were there to see it. Allen is Mopar through & through. So fellas join me in congratulating Allen on his first ever win in a cool ole car that was saved from the crusher. First pic is my first win ever also & in this car way back in 2008. Second pic is Allen the day he bought the car from me & third is the latest taken last night of Allen in victory lane at his home track

 

[yella71]

thats cool, great history for that car.....should be called junk yard dog

 

[440Coronet500]

Nice story about the car and it's history. Great to see it's still making runs all these years later! 440'

 

[WileE]

Awesome car & awesome story ! Congrats to him !

 

[cbodybob]

thats cool, great history for that car.....should be called junk yard dog

True

 

[cbodybob]

Nice story about the car and it's history. Great to see it's still making runs all these years later! 440'

Thank you 440

 

[cbodybob]

Awesome car & awesome story ! Congrats to him !

Thank you Wile

 

[Ironbuilt]

Congrats to Allen!!

 

[Budnicks]

cool to see an old car win something
even when you don't own it anymore

congrats to the new owner too

 

[cbodybob]

Congrats to Allen!!

Thank you.

 

[cbodybob]

cool to see an old car win something
even when you don't own it anymore

congrats to the new owner too

Thank you. I messaged with him today. He’s still on cloud 9

 

[66Satellite47]

Great looking car. That first win is sure something special. Takes a while to learn how to win, but much easier after that first one.

 

[twinscrew698]

Congrats!