Look up Don Roberts on any drag racing website and you'll find pictures my old friend Don in various rails and funny cars up and down the East Coast. He broke many records 'in the day' one of which was 175 mph in the 1/8 mile at Norwood Ma. back in the 70's. His racing career (and it was a colorful one) ended when he had a horrific crash and as a result, lost a leg. Look up "famous quotes of drag racers" and you'll find Don's quote made sometime after that crash where he states "After the third flip I lost control."
He and I worked at the same Shell station in the mid-sixties - I had a '65 GTO and he had a 305 Honda Scrambler. We would swap vehicles often... Kathy rode with me on/in both - Great days those were.
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