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10:23:27 AM by redbandana
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Posted By: Bkcr on June 18 2011 at 03:53:53 PM
Tim what was your favorite car that you remember your father driving? The 88 that he drove here in Tulsa was one of the sharpest supers around. It looked better as the 88 than it did as the Nance house car. Didn't you say the owners still have the oak rear bumper that was on the 88?
Ray
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What i remember and like the most was the smiles on Drivers and owners faces when they were racing back than.The Pitman and the fans also...I was more of a Driver Fan than i was a car fan.
My favorite car was the car Dad drove for Al Weiland in Topeka and Kc and Belleville during the 62 63 64 years.It is the car they have been talking about on here lately.I have had 2 Races car myself that i copyed the look of that car.That car was home built in a one car garge by the best shade tree mechanic i have seen Al Weiland( That is what Al calls himself].That car was Red and Black .But Al had other cars that were solid red with some black that i liked also.The one in Tulsa in 60 and 61 was cool looking .
I always liked the Open Supermods because they were so much faster like the Sprints were you could make more of a difference in the drivers seat if needed..And the guys up north were alot of fun to be around.They won as if they were used to it and lost as if they enjoyed it for a change.Good Sportsman
But dad drove and won with alot of different cars ,there was one car in Joplin in 1959 and 1960 that was Orange #6, Bud hatch had a twin car to it #87 also orange..Dad had the Road Runner on the Trunk and Bud Hatch had Willie Coyote on his truck.They were both coupe modifieds.Them guys had so much fun racing together.And the Purple #76 coupe he drove in Joplin.
I also like the Layne car Rodster #81 that Dale McDaniels drove in 1969,,i watch that car alot in Joplin that year,I was a big fan of Dale because i seen him drive so many different cars all threw the 60s at Joplin.And Dale was alway nice to me in the Pits around the race cars and his wife Dixie.,i believe they won Joplin that year with that car.It was like the Weld car from the early 60s that Greg Weld drove i liked that car also.I am so glad to see it restored.I seen so many i cant really pick a favorite car when i think about it.
The #88 car in 1971 i liked it alot ,that was the first factory built car Dad ever drove.Dad and the owners was starting to get a pretty good handle on it in a close battle with long time friend Chick Shaddox for the point leed in Tulsa in 1971.And the Johnsons that owned it were fun to race with.That was a good looking car.Ya they still got that wooden bumper that was on the rear of it.
I liked the home made cars because i was around it so much growing up.In Joplin they built alot of Modifieds in the 50s and 60s and Factory Stocks or Late Models from the ground up.And several Supers were built around 67 and 68.And also i was around many of the Supermods that dad ran in the KC area that were built from scratch also..When building a car from scratch part of the FUN is building into a car what makes it Fast..Little differences in angles and mounts can gain alot on a Race track..The building can be as fun as the at the track part of it.Building it into a car and seeing it work on the track,,or driving it and feeling it work while drving it adds to the fun.
But i really respect what Nance did for Racing ,,many people didnt have the time or resorces to build a car from the ground up.So you could go to Nance and have the hard part done where you could buy a car at whatever part of the building process you needed so you could Race.Al Weiland ,,and another guy named Corky Felker a builder in Joplin,,people were and are still trying to copy what they did with there race cars.
One thing we all love about racing is shown in people that have cars that people that Weiland ,or Nance or Edmonds,,or Denny Moore or Layne or the Welds in KC built.There are so many others also that should get some credit..Al Weiland inspired many people and people went to him for help...
Win as if you are use to it.And lose as if you enjoyed
it for a change.Its hard to get to the top and alot
harder to stay there.
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