It was a warm, sticky summer afternoon at Maryland’s Capitol Drag Raceway back in the mid-1970s. I was fresh out of high school when a ’63 Chevy II roared up into the staging lanes for a smoky stage.

Dont worry, it happens to everybody. Bumps and scrapes, that type of thing. Were not talking about your ill-advised attempt to ride your sons skateboard; were talking about your race car. If you think ...

We've probably all heard the old acronym KISS. For those who haven't, it stands for Keep It Simple Stupid, which is a reminder not to get paralysis from over analysis (one of my other favorite sayings ...