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At the start of this section I mentioned the first run with the car was on May 4th at the Don Maynard Memorial meet. At this meet the hot cars were pushed onto the track just behind the finish line to be push started. I was just off of the track next to run after the Mike Marinoff Willys. I am strapped in ready to go watching the Willys come down the track. Just before the lights, something happened and the Willys became airborne. It rolled a couple of times before stopping on the track in front of me. Now picture yourself strapped in a new untried dragster and and having a car roll in front of you. This could almost make you want to pack up and go home and bring the new car out next week instead. We stayed to make one run and found the windshield was to low causing me to be almost blinded by an oil leak from the back blower. Back to the garage to remake the windshield for next Sunday.