My dad (electrical engineer) worked with Al Corda at Marathon Electric for years. Not sure what Al did, if he was an engineer or worked in the shop. I remember seeing him (Corda) driving around in his '64(?) Plymouth every so often when we were out cruising back in the early '80's. In fact, the block in my dad's '62 Fury came from Al Corda's drag car. He bought the original 318 out of the car from before it was turned into a race car. It was have the original engine in the '62 Fury (200,000+ miles) bored out or use the VERY low mile block from Corda's car, which only needed a light honing and it was like brand new. Yes, my dad still has the numbers matching engine for his Fury. All we have for 1/4 mile track here is an oval. It used to be out in the toolies, now its surrounded by sub-divisions and things like that. Sometime's you hear about people complaining of the noise but it's basically "you knew there was a race track there when you bought the house so,,,,,,,,,,,,,shut up and stop complaining about it!" It's one Thursday a week from 6pm to 10 pm for maybe 4 months of the year and also the occasional Saturday race during the day. Sheesh! I mean, it's like buying a house at the end of an airport runway and then bitching about the jets making noise when they take off. But I digress.
Haven't been to Kaukauna for years, TOO many years. I mean like 25 and I want to, no,,,,,I NEED to get back over there again soon. Not to race, but to watch. I need the sound of open headers, the smell of tire smoke and also to have a tire patch on bun, a.k.a. race track hamburger. Life doesn't get any better than that!
