My dad recently told me a story about when he first met Carl in the 70's. Carl was just starting out on his own and my dad heard about him through a friend. Dad's drag car developed a problem with a valve in one of the cylinders so he took the head over to Carl to see if he could fix it. "Yeah sure come back Thursday" Carl told him. When he went back to pick it up Carl asked him who the hell had done the heads on the car. When my dad named the shop, Carl just said, "that figures, you may as well bring me the other head". When he went back the next week to pick up the heads Carl didn't charge him, saying to my dad, "you are well respected by the drag racers around here, just try to send me some business."
The car picked up about 5 tenths of a second (from 10.30's to 9.80's) the next time at the track. You can bet my dad has been a fan of Carl Wegner's work ever since. If fact, a year or two later they put together a UDRA Pro Stock Vega and went drag racing together. Carl went on to meet Bobby Allison and his involvement with stock car racing exploded.
Now you know why I have a Wegner engine in my car.
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Jeff
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