I was at the mopar nats in like 1990, and everyone was making passes. Back then there were a lot of hemi cars making passes, 440-6 cars, etc. People weren't as afraid to drive them back then compared to now. I was watching the racing and my buddies and I were marveling at 15 and 16 sec hemi cars going down the track. Then, Ken Pappa came to the line in his stock appearing car(what it would be called today) and laid down an 11.0 or so. I had to see this thing up close, so I found him in the lanes messing with it and I complimented him on how fast it was running compared to all the other cars. He replied, it's not running right, should be faster. I was like HOLY CRAP!
I know, I know, 'cool story, bro'.