QUARTER POUNDER
It’s Saturday in September at Santa Pod. Phil Reeves pulls up to the starting area at Santa Pod with nervous excitement. He rolls into the water box in his Zetec turbo’d Fiesta, builds the revs and launches into a smokey burnout. The heat generated warms and softens the Mickey Thompson drag slicks, preparing them for action.
As Phil rolls the car out of a smokey burnout and up to the Christmas Tree starting lights, his eyes fix on the horizon. One thought going through his mind: The next 10 seconds could justify every moment, every penny, he’s ever
