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...'Rootie, 15ASedan quoted you in the last post as saying, "Don't ask me to explain because......well....I can't!" And, that's the best attitude...
...Wow, Dr Dirt, thank you for the beautiful shot of the great Johnny Soares! Obviously, you had to be great to be driving for the guy that...
...'1929CDAN, that is a "gold mine" of pictures you posted. One of the best posts ever on this site. So, thank you for that. Actually, your...
...'Yeah Roy, not only is it not Rich but, it's Chuck Gurney in the Dan Pool Cosworth-Vega #9. And both of the other cars are VW's with the...
SUHRsc, 'Sorry I can't help you out with pics of "Four Bits" but a lot of us are still upset with Billy Coy for his accident that killed Happy...
.....'Don't mean to stick my nose in someone else's business but, Glenn, knowing your taste in vintage race cars, I'm sure any one of us would...
.....'noresore, You're right, #4 is Jud Larson. But, Don Branson was not #1 in 1966. Johnny Rutherford was #1 in 1966, but for only the first...
.....'First of all, Rootie! It is SO good to see you back on the HAMB! 'Believe me, you were very conspicuous by your absence on here. 'Hope...
.....'MarioFanKri, Everything's pretty accurate except someone steered you wrong on the pic of Mario seated in Wally's sprinter. That pic is...
.....'Jim, Excellent tid-bits and trivia of great midget racing history of a great era. I hope you keep it up. 'Checking the record book, in...
...'pullmyfinger, Billy Felts and Ace Noffsinger were prominent names in southern California midget and sprint car racing in the 1960's-1980's....
.....'I apologize for not including all of the details of the photo but you guys have covered it. It was a USAC National Sprint Car race at...
.....'sideways27, 'I wouldn't have any qualms at all about bolting on a second roll-bar if I were you. I just happened to be sifting through a...
.....'Came across this picture of IMCA racing in an old copy of a 1970 issue of "Racing Pictorial." One of the drivers in the picture is the...
.....'Nice! You guys are doing a great job of deciphering all this info into layman's terms! So, thanks for that. But all very, very...
.....'DocF, 'In fact, racer5c and I were discussing this car a few weeks ago and I scanned a portion of the program for Roy from the Oct. 1966...
.....'DocF, 'Thanks for that bit of info regarding "Alex's Offy." 'Without checking my history books, that might be the car that Alexander...
.....'The answer was noted back a ways and I can vouch for KingOLawn; that is Jimmy Oskie in the #28 and Wayne Weiler in the Peat Bros. #71 "T"...
.....'Thanks a lot, Bill. 'Those are clear and brilliant. I happened to be sifting through some of my stuff tonight for racer5c and came across...
.....'Oh no, not at all. You have made so much of this a lot of fun. I thoroughly enjoy all of your dedicated research, your ability to reach...
.....'Hey monkaz! There is one simple answer: And you actually answered it in one of your previous posts. There was more than one car! Before...
.....'The ex-Fike Plumbing car when it was owned by the Pestana-Lang racing team. Before Sherman Cleveland bought the car for the 1966 season, he...
.....'Hey monkaz! 'Here we go again! But I don't think we'll have as much trouble with the old Fike Plumbing car as we did with Leonard Surdam's...
.....'Spike, when you say that the Bogar car was built by Camp, do you mean the KARS sprint car driver Barry Camp or a relative of his or what?...
.....'The name Bill Chadbourne might not resonate with a lot of guys here today but as soon as I saw the name, I immediately thought of the...
.....'Those are excellent pics. As DocF mentioned, that's Mel Kenyon in the Thermo-King Offy #1 in the front row along side George Snider in the...
.....'OK, Danny (Flubyu), As for Karl Hokanson. I can vouch for what Bob Rosen said; I personally talked to Karl last August and he did just...
.....'And that's exactly why Porter Goff used them on the front nerf bar of the Easter Egg for Mike McGreevy. But it didn't stop little Mike from...
.....'Jeff (JeffC800) it is really great to see you on here and an even greater pleasure that you're participating. I was a huge fan of your Dad...
.....'Of course the Wynns #1 is in the background. After Rutherford broke both arms at Eldora early in the year, Andretti moved into the #1 car...
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