03 Aug 97 11:18, Puleeeeze Brer Bill Clark, Dooooon't trow 396 in dat der 
Briar Patch!
 BC> On (01 Aug 97) Roy Witt wrote to Jack Schwendener...
 BC>
 RW>> One nite, he challenged me to another go.  As his tail lights
 RW>> disappered in the nite, I heard the valves of my little 265 just
 RW>> banging away.  When I looked at the tach, it read 7000rpm (still
 RW>> have that tach) and I shifted into second. I'll admit that I was
 RW>> fortunate to have an engine left, but the thing did rev to that rpm
 RW>> without harming it what-so-ever.
 BC>
 BC> You were even more fortunate to have your feet and all your toes left
 BC> in OEM condition.
Probably!  And in those days, ignorant to the whys and wherefores of clutch 
shrapnel...
Ya know, in all the years I've been behind the wheel of race cars, I've never 
experienced a clutch blowing up.  And some of those engines revved past 8 
grand.
... I've got a firm grip on reality, now I can strangle it.
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