The same was not true in 1959, when someone itching to rule the stop light drag racing scene or his local road race activity only had one viable choice. To be the leader of the pack he had to make a beeline for his nearest Chevrolet dealership and order up a fuel injected Corvette.
    Of course, there were some credible and even a few incredible foreign sports cars available back then, but they were far more expensive and troublesome to buy and own. Road & Track summed this sentiment up in the january 1959 issue when they said of the Corvette: "It probably has more performance per dollar than anything you could buy and parts are obtainable without sending to Italy, Germany, or England."
    Rochester Products’ mechanical fuel injection system first became