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When I was growing up in Akron, Oh back in 70 - 71 a friend of mine had a brother that ran a 70, 440 Cuda on a cercuit called "The Great Lakes Jr...
The Arfons were from Akron area
I've seen this car on 2 wheels before, but it was the rear ones. Great pic
When I was in High school back in the mid 70's I used to hang around Arlen Vanke's shop. After Arlen had sold his last Pro Stock, ( A 73 Duster...
Gil Kirk. a successful businessman who lived in I beleive Blacklick, Oh ( Outside of Columbus)... Also I beleive that Blacklick is also the...
I had heard that he got into doing etched glass work in the later part of his life. I also heard that he did the mural of the fishes and sea...
I was chatting with Chuck Wright who ran the Tiretown Rat Camaro Pro Stock back in the 70's.. Nostalgia fans might like to know that he owns the...
For those of you who wondered why the "Queen Bee Pro Stock didn't run that evening, and got there after qualifying runs were made. The car smacked...
In regards to Arlen Vanke......... Drop me an e mail at KJW9701@YAHOO.COM and I will send you his number..... He is now living in NM, taking care...
Mark was involved in an accident a few years back, which I heard made it difficult to turn his head as needed in stock car racing. So he now runs...
Mark....... Capt Sizzle.. Brad. Capt Crunch.
We raced a few times against Tony at Midvale Speedway.. One of the ideas we stole from him was to place the hinges to the hood up so to let air...
The blue Ford at the top is Jody Ridley I beleive.
I worked on a stock car at Barberton in the 70's........ And later I went to work for Guy Klapp who raced there as well. Barberton was great memories
Hello all... My name is Karl and I'm glad to have joined.
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