▁over ▁pay , ▁and ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁Chap ar ral . ▁ ▁Em ery ▁briefly ▁drove ▁the ▁V ega , ▁owned ▁by ▁F uel ▁Alter ed ▁rac ers ▁L ero y ▁Ch ad der ton ▁and ▁Glen ▁Ok az aki ▁( the ▁car ▁later ▁rac ed ▁in ▁Britain ▁as ▁Glad i ator ), ▁turning ▁in ▁one ▁pass ▁at ▁ 6 . 9 9 ▁with ▁the ▁car ▁on ▁fire , ▁after ▁a ▁val ve ▁lif ter ▁failure . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁I H RA ▁World ▁National s , ▁Em ery ▁qualified ▁Gene ▁" S now man " ▁Snow ' s ▁V ega ▁# 5 , ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁elimin ated ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁by ▁# 1 ▁qual ifier ▁( and ▁event ual ▁event ▁winner ) ▁D ale ▁Pul de . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁Em ery ▁and ▁“ Big ▁Mike ” ▁Bur kh art ▁worked ▁together , ▁making ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁N H RA ▁C aj un ▁National s , ▁where ▁Em ery ▁lost ▁to ▁B ead le . ▁The ▁du o ▁also ▁had ▁peculiar ly ▁bad ▁luck ▁against ▁Mc E wen . ▁ ▁Em ery ▁w reck ed ▁Bur kh art ’ s ▁silver ▁Cam aro ▁fuel ▁fun ny ▁car ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁U . S . ▁National s . ▁Though ▁track ▁mar sh als ▁had ▁to ▁cut ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁car , ▁Em ery ▁suffered ▁only ▁a ▁broken ▁b