Folks Of Interest Oval track hot rodders? Can it be? Just ask Rick Hendrick (Hendrick Motorsports)

Despine the current option there is a long history and connection between hot rods and oval track racing!

Rick Henrick founder of Hendrick Motorsports left



Dan Gurney



Family friend Bud Hinman

Bud 1947 in Cal.


Bud's hotrods


Bud reunited with his model A


By 1961 Bud changed over to oval track racing, the first stock car built



Bud and his Super Mod


Bud cut up the 34 and built a "Bug" which he won the 1969 Mid-State speedway track championship!


Bud in victory lane at Mid State Speedway Morris NY


Bud in victory lane at Watertown 1972 track championship

 

Skip Hedrich
https://www.hotrod.com/news/a-journey-from-salt-to-the-brickyard-and-back/

 

If I would have been 10 years older, my start in hot rods would have been dirt track racing those old coupes. As it was, the coupes days were well gone, so my starting point for the dirt track was with a 69 Plymouth Road Runner. My biggest achievent was to provide a competive car as a starting point for several new drivers to move up into the Late Model class at our local track.

 

I went to the Hendric collection and was surprised he didn't have any early to mid thirties cars. I wonder if he still has that coupe somewhere?

 

I found out Rick still owns the coupe and has it restored.

 

Unfortunately it hasn’t been restored it has been modernized and Tech-NO! Rodded.

 

Luckily Gene Winfield's custom car building skills were better than his driving skills.

 

The Justice Brothers

 

Awesome thread thank you.

 

Andretti

 

Hot Rod Magazine

June 1949


February 1950


June 1950


July 1961 (top left inset)


July 1966

 

Great photos. Thank you.