" another forum member cleared that up here, you may have missed the post. answer: Bill Drevo sorry you did'nt make it Steve. but i understand. you added some names i forwarded but i'll probably stop submitting because i dont think i know the criteria. just kicking out names of guys i know who ran stockers. Bob Walker Jr. " <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> Thanks Bob, I somehow missed that post! And please don't "stop submitting" names, the only 'condition' is that the racer's car was active 'around' the time that the catagory was refered to as Junior Stock. I'd bet 'Tex' Miller, Vic Guilmino and Harry Huntzberry ALL had 'Junior Stocks' during the 1962-72 time frame we seem to be using. <!-- / sig -->
Bill Drevo raced his Z28 Camaro in IHRA Pure Stock,where he set many records. He bought that car new . Before that, I believe he had a Modified Production type car, ..so he wouldn't be considered a Jr Stock Racer.The X-II Citation was another one he bought new, to race in the new (early 80's) NHRA FWD classes. Linda Sherman's car was a four door, base model ,not an HO. I have not heard from Bill in several years. He had some health problems at that time. I hope he got through them okay. First I remember Tex Miller, he had the Torino, running in the new (1972) version of NHRA pure stock. If he ran a Jr Stocker, I'm not aware of it, but could be. Remember, NHRA forced the Jr Stockers into Super Stock in 1972, so the Jr era officially ended in late '71.
Pretty cool. I saw a pic of that car at the Glastonbury meet coverage a few weeks ago. How in the hell did you get in there?... the back way, like when we would sneak into the drags when we were in high school? That's a damn shame about the whole situation there . Let's throw Frankie (nightclub man) Jr under the bus and blame it all on him. We'll feel better about it
Back in the Sixties, it seemed every gas station had a race car on the property. Now, you can't even find a real gas station!
Speaking of old drag strips ... see this (from http://www.lakelandraceway.com/the_end.htm ) ... yet? *Web site 'discovered' by 'DOWN SOUTH RACER'
Mark, He stuck with that color for a long time. He and his son Randy built a B/SM Sunfire and guess what, it's painted silver! Bob
Bob, thanks for posting these photos and turning me on to this web site, Great to see all these old pics, and to see all my old friends. This is great, I will foward this post to Norm and Carl Bennett. Thanks.
*'The List' *Racers and their cars that were part of the NHRA Junior Stock community from 1962 to 1971 Bill Abraham (65 Pont) Joe Allread (57 Chev) Fred Anderson (57 Chev) Ken Andrews (69 Chev) John Archambault (57 Chev) Bob Bales (57 Ford) John Barkley (57 Chev) Johnny Bartlett (53 Buick) LaVerne Benner (55 Chev) Keith Berg (50 Olds) Ed Beyer (56 Pont) Tim Bishop (57 Chev) Dave Boertman (59 Chev) Burkhardt, Obert & Graham (61 Plymouth) John Burkholder (55 Chev) Bob Burkitt (62 Dodge) Hubert Buttry (62 Chev) Jon Calander (59 Chev) Gene Calhoun (60 Pont) Callahan & Sulc (62 Dodge) Caruso Brothers (57 Chev) John Cesareo (57 Chev) Richard Charboneau (67 Ford) Phil Chishoms (62 Chev) Coletti Chry-Ply (71 Plymouth) Terry Clark (67 Chev) Dave Conners (67 Chev) Bill Cornelius (58 Vette) George Cureton (56 Chev) Lou Cuvilleo (57 Chev) Garley Daniels (57 Chev) Joe Delorenzo (57 Chev) Troy Dennis (56 Chev) John Dianna (56 Chev) Jack "Doc" Doughtery (57 Chev) Bob Dwyer (55 Studebaker) Tom Elk/Elk’s Head Service (68 Chev) Ronnie Evans (62 Chev) Everett & Tindall (55 Chev) Jim Fagan (57 Chev) John Feistritzer (57 Ford) John Frith (57 Ford) Burl Froelich (56 Chev) Norm Fryer (66 Chev) Ron Garey (68 Olds) Frank Good (57 Chev) Goodson Bros (57 Ford) Gunning Bros. (57 Chev) Max Hall (57 Chev) Ed Hamberger (56 Pont) Jay Hamilton (58 Pont) Charlie Hampp (55 Chev) Ted Harbit (52 Studebaker) Dempsey Hardy (55 Studebaker) Don Harris (56 Chev) Val Hedworth (56 Chev) Keith Hodge (52 Olds) John Hoffman (61 Chev) Dennis Hogue (55 Chev) Tommy Howes (66 Chev) Frank Iaconio (57 Chev) Bill Izykowski (66 Chev) John James (66 Chev) Alex Jarrell (56 Chev) Wayne Jesel (56 Chev) Dallas Kelly (67 Ford) Andy Kish (57 Chev) Jim Kronenbetter/Bare & Kronenbetter (60 Chev) Krutz & Calderhead (57 Chev) Dan Kyle (69 Chev) Bob Lambeck (57 Chev) Dave LeBrun (69 Camero) Gary Ledbedder (56 Pont) Lischke & Ballinger (57 Chev) Tom Longnecker (57 Chev) Ramon Lowe/Lowe & Easley (58 Pont) Bob Luck (57 Chev) Lumley & Sanders (61 Pont) John Mackey (57 Chev) Malone, Rodiquez & Kennedy (57 Chev) Marshall (57 Chev) Jack Martin (57 Chev) Matthews & Bender (57 Chev) Paul Mayo (71 Olds) Ed McGlawhorn (56 Chev) McMasters & Gunning (57 Chev) Doug Mentzer (57 Chev) Merowchek & Shirley (55 Chev) Cal Method (57 Chev) Jack Mullins (52 Olds) Harry Neide (57 Chev) Tom Neja/Neja & Disette (57 Chev) Tim Neja (55 Chevy) Jim Nelson/Brock & Nelson (55 Chev) Gene Norris (50 Olds) Al Olster (63 Plymouth) Parham, Payne & McDaniels (57 Ford) The Patrick Bros. (57 Chev) Perrault & Stevenson (56 Pont) Pat Riccardi (57 Chev) Joe Righthouse (69 Chev) Marv Ripes (57 Chev) Fred Robinson (53 Studebaker) Jack "Doc" Robinson (71 Olds) Carmine Rotundo (55 Chev) Bud Rowe (57 Chev) Santangelo (57 Chev) Ojars Smiltnieks/Racing Head Service (50 Olds) Ivars Smiltnieks/ Racing Head Service (52 Olds) Bill “Spider” Spanakos (55 Chev) Jere Stahl (57 Chev) Jerry Stein (63 Plymouth) Stensland (57 Ford) Don Stephenson (57 Chev) Sam Stockwell (50 Olds) Fred “Wingnut” Suloff (55 Chev) John Thropp (56 Chev) Tinsley & Culley (56 Chev) Ann Towes/LAW Automotive (58 Chev) Tritak &Morgan (62 Dodge) John Troxel (56 Chev) Ralph Truppi/Truppi & Kling (57 Chev) Turner (57 Ford) Arlen Vanke (65 Pont) Lamar Vaubel (55 Chev) Jim Waibel (57 Chev) Larry Walker (57 Ford) Wayne Walker (57 Chev) Warren & Register (57 Chev) Westburg & Westfall (55 Chev) Jay Wheatley/Wheatley Bros (57 Chev) Ron Whitney/Price & Whitney (57 Chev) Gordon Williams (62 Studebaker) Worrel Bros (50 Olds) Ed Wright (56 Chev) Joe Wright (57 Chev)
Dave, I sent this post to your dad today, I'm glade to see you got it also. He had told me you have alot of his old photos and are sort of a historian. John ps, I doubt if you remember, you were so little but he would bring you to my gas station in your motor home with the open trailer, it was the Gulf station in Neptune just down Hwy 33 from you dads VW dealership. NOW THAT GOES WAY BACK. JM
Great to see "The Banana Peel" again Dave ... now it's not so 'lonely' in here! By the way, why was Ed in J/SA then? I remember it as an I/SA, and after the (1970?) NHRA weight-break 'change' ... N/SA
I don't have any photo's of the Pontiac with I/SA lettering. I just asked my father and he only recalls racing the car in J/SA until '69. He went right into the Duster in 1970. -Dave
I was young, but I remember a bunch of it and have the photos and video to back it up. I still pass by that old VW dealership a few times every month. There was nothing like growing up in the back of a camper or ramptruck towing a race car around the country during that era of racing. -Dave
"I don't have any photo's of the Pontiac with I/SA lettering. I just asked my father and he only recalls racing the car in J/SA until '69. He went right into the Duster in 1970. -Dave" Thanks for checking with your dad Dave ... say 'Hi' to him for me -- he sold me (cheap!) his 'early set' of '4-tube' headers off of the '56 ('around' '68) ... he'll remember!
" ... I just asked my father and he only recalls racing the car in J/SA until '69. He went right into the Duster in 1970." Dave, here's a picture of your dad in 'Super Stock Mode.' I took it @ Englishtown, June '74 (I think'). Sorry for the 'quality'(no scanner), its a picture of the original that I snapped. That's Ed 'gettin dirty,' not sure who that is 'overseeing the operation.'
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