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Lets see how many drivers drove for Bob or drove cars built by Bob.

Steve Kinser

Doug Wolfgang

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Tim Green

Chuck.....

Shane Carson,Rocky Hodges, Randy Smith, Bruce Drottz, Max Dumesney...not in any particular order...

Billy Dusenbury

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Dick Sutcliff , Ron Perkins - This list could go in the hundreds.

you are correct keep a eye on it maybe Bob will chime in and give some more names.

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Some of the newer guys that have driven cars owned by Bob would be Adam West, and Stevie Walsh through the KIDD program at Knoxville.

Also, if we are talking about Bob's cars that he built, Matt Kreiger is still running a Trostle at 34 Raceway in the 305 class. I didn't believe it until I saw the "factory ID plate" that Bob put in each one stating in fact that it was "Born in a barn".

Just in the years 1979-1984 I have photos of the following drivers in the 20 Trostle Car;

Shane Carson, Bill Robison, Steve Kinser, Jan Opperman, Johnny Anderson, Larry Gates, Mike Pickney, Rick Ungar, Brett Lacey, John Walsh, Kramer Williamson, Randy Smith and Cliff Woodward

Mark Wilson

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YES and MATT tied for the seasons points also this yr.

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Jeff Gordon, Dick Fries, Earl Wagner, Jan Opperman, Lee Kunzman, Bob Evans, Dick Sutcliffe, Roger Larson, Roger Rager, Doug Wolfgang, Shane Carson, Steve Kinser, Kramer Williamson, Tim Green, Jack Hewitt, Brett Lacey, John Walsh, Bruce Drottz, Randy Smith, Max Dumesny, Rocky Hodges, Terry Gray, Tod Bishop, Danny Lasoski, Jaymie Moyle, Mark Wilson, Jeff Tuttle, Garry Brazier, Kevin Frey, Larry Weeks, Jon Agan, David Murcott, Adam West...

There are many more...

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A shorter thread would be "Who Didn't Drive for Bob Trostle".....

Savage

Denny or Bill Moyer SR in the 60's in Topeka Kansas

Larry Weeks wrote a great article on this in the 1990 Knoxville Nationals program. Here's a few names not yet mentioned: Dick Kettles, Sonny Helms, John Babb, Don Brown, Roger Larson, Jim Grafton, and I think even Hawkeye Strobel got 1 night it the #20.

Eric Arnold
Social Media Manager & Track Historian
Knoxville Raceway

Garry Rush drove the Vise Grip #20 back in 1979 or 80 I think it was.

1980. He qualified a back-up car Wed. of the Nationals because the rear end was destroyed on the "good" car Tuesday night racing somewhere else. So the "good" car was laying around for Bob, Steve, & Karl to put together to race on Thursday.

Eric Arnold
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Knoxville Raceway

And he ran the car at Eldora too, the John Sawyer story on Garry Rush in Open Wheel had a picture of him at the big E.

Roger Rager and Roger Larson were known as "Roger & Roger" they were both kind of crazy and wild back in the early 80's and for a time, they both drove for Trostle. I remember one night at North Star Speedway in Minneapolis when they both flipped & totaled both of Trostle's cars qualifying. I was down in the pits and I looked over at Bob Trostle and his wife, and he was sitting on an old milk crate with his head in his hands trying to decide whether or not he wanted to kill those two or load up and go back to Des Moines ! ! ! ! !

Back in the day, it would take less time to put who didn't drive 20 car!?!? Don't mean that in a bad way, but alot of drivers sat in that seat.

Here are a few more drivers that drove Trostle cars: Jr. Gutknecht, Dwight Snodgrass, Ron Salaman, Terry Alexander, Mitch Alexander, Jeff Haines, Steve Wares, John McCoy, Stacy Redman, Wayne Redman