Hi Sam. I was born in Los Angeles and my first track was San Fernando Drags in 1961, when I was around 14. I'm 72 now. Have loved drag racing all these years. I like to read about the races and find out about what makes the cars tick. We have some really smart people who post on Nitromater, and I have learned a lot from them. I have been blessed to see a lot of drag racing history over the years. The one that comes to mind is Don Garlits at Lions Drag Strip in 1970. That is where he had the accident that cut his front engined dragster in half; also took off the front half of his right foot. Horrible accident, I thought he'd been killed. I was in the grand stands on the starting line, so saw the whole thing. One year later, Garlits came back to Lions with the "back motor" car, his version of the rear engined dragster. He won Pomona in 1971 with that car and he turned Top Fuel upside down. By 1972, almost everyone had switched and the cars you see today are a direct result of Garlits' 1971 car. I didn't realize then how Garlits' accident would change the sport, but it did. I guess you could say I have a sense of history about drag racing. I know some things about the 1950's, when everything started. Didn't see it, but have seen photos, etc, so I know about things like the Bustle Bomb, Lloyd Scott, who broke the 150 MPH barrier in 1955, and people had thought that would be the final barrier in drag racing. The car was a twin, had an Olds engine in the front and a Cadillac in the back, & Scott sat in the middle. Was heavy, but it was fast. Stuff like that is interesting to me, cuz it shows how drag racing has progressed over the years. Anyhoo, that's my story. Just for yuks & grins, if you go on Google and type in Cliff Morgan Drag Racing, an article comes up that was published by Phil Burgess at NHRA, and it tells a little about me and shows some photos I took years ago. I do give free autographs.