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Yeah, that's right. I just wished I had rode it with the injectors, Fringer was good but I knew what he was doing that kept it back from going a greater number. Fringer also turned 180 with the injectors, in fact the first night he rode it was at Orange County Raceway and he ran a 187 at a 7.98 but no back up. Plus it was no special race, just a regular race weekend. Orange County had a real bad bump just in front of the first light, there was a wash drain tube that ran under the track and it sunk over the years, my single use to get in the air right there. I loved those bikes........
Add on: The first 180 was at Ontario because it was at the time the first at that raceway and the first for a Harley. I was told just recently that TC did it someplace about the same time. It was a big deal that day because I ran three runs over 180, best being 183. I think I had MPH that day and RC had ET.

Freight Train Dragster

To my friend Frank,

This Jerry/John said it was the Frieght Train and yes it had a small block Chev but only the back engine, the front was not in the car. It had injectors on it the night I drove it. If it was truly the Freight Train? It looked like the Freight Train? This was around 1972. They called it the Freight Train over the loud speaker. You damned old Historian!!!!!!!!!!

Driving a Dragster

Whoa, yes the night at Fontana Drags. I can't remember the guy’s last name, Jerry I believe was his first name, and he owned some kind of engine building place in Pomona CA. He had bought or some how had the (twin engine) Freight Train dragster. (Hey Frank) and we use to joke about trading rides. This was the night I showed up with the Pete Jackson injectors, one on each head, when we were still running a four inch drag slick. The power the engine put out was great, erratic actually more than that slick could stand. I hadn’t ridden the bike but a couple times and was just getting the hang of it when it blew the engine right in the timing lights. Jerry had just made a run and was down at the end of the track, had watch me get control and not fall down, when I got off the strip I pulled up behind his car. I took off my helmet and said to him, this would be a good night for that trade because you won’t have to ride the bike. Later back in the pits he walked up to me, handed me his fire suit and said OK come on. I guess he felt pretty safe because it was the night the car only had one engine it, doing some testing. They took me to the return road out of the way and I fired it up and got the feel of things, made a couple almost burnouts, he talked to me about how you shifted the trans (two speed), it was a lever close to the steering column, you pulled out. At Fontana in those days the dragsters fire up by being towed toward the end of the strip, fired, made a u-turn, came back and made another u-turn and start your staging The guys in the little timing tower Fontana had was really talking it up about me driving the dragster. Every thing went pretty good and I made a good burn out. They did have to push me back to restage after I rolled past the lights trying to stage, got the green and was way out in front of the other dragster went to shift and missed, finally got it in gear and he past me right there, I lost the race. When Jerry came to pick me up, he was excited about how I got off the line and got such hole shot on the other car. I told him I did just like my bike, let the clutch out first and follow up with the throttle. I only drove that one time, it was an experience and Jerry ask that night if I wanted to start driving for him, of course I turned it down, I already had a ride.