Trans am was pretty much over by the time I could really appreciate it. My dads house was right across the highway from Brainerd international raceway. So I grew with fuel cars. Still love nitro in the morning! But I am also saddened by the continued support of them only running 1000’. Another time maybe.
I always wanted to make my Camaro into a pro street car, but after spending my first 30 odd years in drag racing, pro touring seemed like a much more “practical” way to go fast. I can still embarrass plenty of street cars from light to light, but also rip the on ramp to the freeway at 80mph!
I got pulled over on the freeway onramp lol. I was doing 65, the limit, and happened be getting on just as a cop was rolling from the opposite cloverleaf. This onramp is a long, double apex turn that is fun to hit. He sped up and got RIGHT on my ass (no overhead lights), it was night so he just looked like any other a$$hat and I gassed it. About 90 and pulling away from him, he put on his lights and pulled me over. First he said "Do you know how fast you were going?" To which I replied "65, the speed necessary to enter a freeway". He fumbled for a second, then he asked why I sped up, and I said I thought he was messing with me. Young cop, he had an attitude, whatever, he got me clear and free anyway so not much I could say. I took off, he took the ramp and went back around and it looked like he sat where he was again. We went to dinner and when we came back, there he was with another person pulled over in the same spot, so he's just targeting that spot.
