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his lifted 1987 Nissan pickup along with the $3500 he still owed on it to buy the Chevelle that same night. It is a very powerful thing when a young man not only finds his dream car but makes a sizeable sacrifice to buy it. Scott was raised by his mother Jeanne who is actually the person
who introduced him to drag racing, and she did so the very next weekend after he purchased the car. Jeanne was a longtime bracket racer and figured if she taught her son how to race safely on the track, he would stay off the streets (and that worked…for a while). That weekend, the Chevelle, now called “Sally,”
made her first pass with Mom cheering them both on. Scott’s first trip down the track resulted in a very modest 14.80 at 93 mph. However, it forever hooked him on drag racing. Scott and his mom worked hard making Sally a reliable street/ strip car from that day on. After losing his
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU, MOM Once a street car that got Embley into hot water with the law, “Sally” was transformed into a race-only machine. The wheelie bars and parachute are parts of that transformation as are the decals carefully placed alongside “In Loving Memory Of Mom” on the rear window of the Chevelle.
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