Street Machine

TAKING FLIGHT

THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE LOCAL AIRPORT’S HANDY STRETCH OF BITUMEN IS THE RESULT OF A STACK OF EFFORT BY THE MID COAST DRAG RACING ASSOCIATION

WELL, this is pretty freakin’ cool. It’s a warm, sunny Saturday morning. It’s my birthday. I’m seated in my just-finished, restored-with-patina ’68 dak-dak that I’ve been spannering on during those long chilly winter evenings, and I’m about to take it for its first real drive. And it gets better: I’m peering through my helmet at two white lights, waiting for the orange lights to drop to green for my first-ever run at the

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