Here's another video from the same weekend (you'll wanna ffwd to about 0:50)... that's my pops setting the tree/announcing from the track. It was his first time doing that with jets.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...type=2&theater
(sorry about the links... IDK how to embed here, or if it's even possible?)
And this is one of his best friends, Barry Macken, who frequents the Grove, Atco, Beaver and other local tracks with his '65 Corvette. 9 1/2-second car at its best. My dad is a welder full-time and has done a lot of work on this car. He even gets to drive it sometimes, as Barry's getting up in years and drives less and less...