In the 60's my cousin use to give me and my older brother a ride in his cyclone 289 4speed. From there I bought my first car. 1967 Camaro and ran 12.70's on Casler retread slicks. The tread was hard as hell and my camaro smoked the tires through first gear. I have a replica of that car today.
But you could say my cousin got me started wanting to race cars on the street and at the track when we went for a ride in his cyclone. Can't remember what year it was maybe 1964 or 65 ?
My older brother taught me everyting I know about building and fixing cars. I was fortunate to have an older brother that liked speed and racing.
We still do it together today