Certainly was when Bob Glidden was racing his 351 Cleveland.
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“..Certainly was when Bob Glidden was racing his 351 Cleveland....”
Glidden was one of my absolute favorite NHRA Pro Stock drivers back in the day. I was at the U. S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park (I think it was 1985) for the final round of Pro Stock. It was Glidden/Ford Thunderbird against the Rher-Morrison/Chevrolet Camaro (driven by Bruce Allen, I think). I was down in the pits and watched Glidden drain all the fluid out of the transmission and rear end just to make this final pass as fast as he could. He sacrificed the rear end and tranny for the win....and win, he did, by mere fraction of a second!!! I think Glidden was considered borderline insane in the drag racing world....LOL. They didn’t call him “mad dog” for nothing. One heckuva racer though. Always loved to watch him race.