So right Steve, a set of wets makes/made a big difference, remember similar with you at BP it was wet and I had just been doing normal in practice. let air out of old slicks with some grooves (useless). Got hold of some slightly worn wet fronts from Steve Millen/Pacific and mate did that shake a couple up when we took off from arse of field on race day. Steve, the best thing i think was us smaller guys dropped about 1 to 2 seconds in wet and the big boys dropped 4 or more, Ah the wet loved it.
Also Jim, in handicap races back then you would have been off front.