Evernham's roof number is upside down.
Evernham's roof number is upside down.
"An emphasis was placed on drivers with road racing backgrounds which meant drivers from open wheel, oval track racing were at a disadvantage. That led Tony George to create the IRL." -Indy Review 1996
I can't help but think of the 82 Dogwood 500 at Martinsville seeing that photo of Ray and Tony racing together.
"If you don't do it this year, you'll be another year older when you do"
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1988 Race of Champions at Pocono Raceway on the 3/4 mile track
Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it but it's true they say
He's the master of going faster. -George Harrison
Did Kevin Harvick, Sr. dump her?Originally Posted by stasis096
Here's a photo of Sara Christian's car turned turtle. Think this took place in 1950, anyone have more info on this crash?
From the great book series Forty Years of Stock Car Racing Volume One the beginning this crash took place at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta. The date is either November 13 1949 October 23 1949. Both races took place after the end of the 1949 season and were not officialy NASCAR races but Big Bill France offered to help promotor Sam Nunis I'm sure clearing the way for NASCAR drivers to compete. Christian collided with B. C. Speig and flipped her Oldsmobile on to the roof. Also involved in the wreck were Carson Dyer, Allen Terrel and Olin Allen. Injury report is Christian suffered a bruised chest, Dyer head and hand lacerations, Speig a broken left hand, Allen minor cuts and bruises with Terrel escaping injury. Records show Sara Christian ran one more race in 1950 finsihing 14th at Hamburg New York on August 27th 1950. Her husband (Frank Christian, or Father possibly) later fielded cars for several drivers winning races with Hershel Mcgriff and possibly others.Did Kevin Harvick, Sr. dump her?
Harry Reeds #55 Asphalt Modified lined up at Wall Stadium in New Jersey in 1989. That red modified behind the 55 is a Truex car.
Yes same family
Did they only use winged stockers on superspeedways? Did they ever run on short tracks? Great pics by the way!RAMO STOTT....1970
Ran sometimes in NE Ohio (Cloverleaf, Lorain County, and I think Sandusky).
Occasionally someone would run a winged car on a short track, particularly in USAC (Indyjohn.......wanna get in here?), but, in general, the long nose would get in the way in the close quarters of short track racing. I recall on some West Coast short tracks, a Mopar or two (Dick Bown, I think) with the wing still on the back but the nose replaced with standard Plym front fenders & grille.
Thanks for calling on me, Beentherebefore. I can't recall seeing a winged Mopar in any ARCA short track race I flagged, nor a Torino Talladega. As you say, the nose got in the way.
<a href" target="_blank"><img src="http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/v...ictures009.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> I'm fairly new to this board but this is a picture of Leonard Basham's figure 8 car from the Jeffersonville Sportsdrome in 78 or 79 and could it be the same car as the Watson Fairlane?Here's one of Bobby lookin straight into the camera. For comparison.
According to the Forty Years of Stock Car Racing book from 1970 Buddy Baker drove a Neil Castles Dodge Daytona at Ona West Virginia and dropped out with brake failure. www.racing-reference.info lists Baker in a 69 dodge (the web site does not show Daytona or regular dodge) and went out early with brake failure. This race was before the Martinsville race and 6 drivers including Benny Parson were listed out of the race as quit. Last place Raymond Williams made $200 and 9 place Ron Kesselowski made $340. Could this have been the start of the "park out"? Also in 1970 Dave Marcis is listed in a Daytona in the fall Martinsville race. The deal about that race is the independents staged a "Park Out". Twelve cars listed the reason out of the race as quit. I beleive it was over purses as Neil Castles finished last and was paid $525. J. D. McDuffie finished 10th and made $875. Could the independents want more money on 5th to 15th where a lot of them finsihed if they ran the whole race? Some of the drivers listed as quit were Neil Castles, Dave Marcis, Cecil Gordon and both of the Jabe Thomas/Don Roberston cars. If anybody can lay hands on the Forty Years book (mine may be loaned out) maybe you can check it for sure. Note the forty years book lists Daytona/Superbird or just plain Dodge/Plymouth.
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What is the story on this car, Indy? Owned by Joy Fair? His Colors and number.Marvin Smith in the Fort Loramie Racing Club ride...
Bank Teller in the backround probably don't know how Legendary this Picture is! WoW!!!MARTINSVILLE PROGRAM...1985
It's not a Joy Fair car. I can't find the original .jpg, but I think (CRS, y'know) Don Wilbur identified the driver for me as Marvin Smith. The photo is definitely from the southern Ohio area - Shady Bowl, Kil-Kare, etc.
That is Marvin driving. Fort Loramie Racing Club fielded quite a few cars over the years is southwest Ohio etc. They also helped crew Jim Coyle's Riverside Auto Parts ARCA cars. I don't really know any of the history of their club other than they were a bunch of people from around Fort Loramie, OH who loved racing.
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Ex ARCA, ASA and local bullring crewdog. I remember when racing was really racing and the Talladega Express!!!
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