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here's a great shot of the parker oil cars one with dale reed and i'm not sure of the other driver at belleville.

The car on the left was built for the 1967 season, and was raced until around 1977. This

car was driven by Dale Reed, Davey Ross, Jon Backlund, Jerry Stone, and Jim Harkness

among others. This car won races in IMCA, BCRA, and CRA. One of its most impressive

wins came 1967 when Dale Reed won a CRA race at El Centro, California. This car won

its last major race in 1974 with Jerry Stone behind the wheel at Belleville. It was Jerry's first

win in a sprint car.

The car on the right (41) is the car Grady Wade won the BCRA title with in 1965, when it was raced

with the #43 number. Dick Bloom would later drive this car when it ran with the number #44.

Both of these cars have been restored I believe by Dwane Wolfe.

Pete Forshee, and Grady Wade have told me the earlier roadster looking car was designed

off of the Pete Forshee #3.

Ray C

I did restore the car on the right, that is Dick Bloom he bought the car from Puis. The car on the left is the second year of the car Puis and Bill Johnson restored it back to first year colors.

Grady Wade in the car at Knoxville, Iowa

Harold Leep in 1966, Hutchinson, Ks. Fair BCRA race

Mike Pogue Collection

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Looks like a flying bullet just sitting still.

Tom Burns painted the car every year, Puis never did know what he was going to get as far as paint scheme.

DW,

Hopefully somebody will post one of the pictures were this car had one of those wild paint

schemes, with trees and such in the back ground. It looked like a mural on wheels.

Ray C

Harold won a BCRA race at Belleville in this car before Hutch in 1966. I believe it was his first time

in the car.

Ray C

DW,

I'm so glad you could bring the car to Lincoln for Grady's induction into the BCRA Hall of Fame.

You might remember we took a picture with Grady and his family around the car. He told some

great stories about racing this car in 1964-65, and also when he drove the Pete Forshee #3.

Ray C

Grady Wade at the BCRA Hall of Fame induction Car Show

Grady Wade

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DW,

I remember when we were looking over your handy work at Lincoln, everyone was very

impressed with the job you did. I also remember that the car was one of the wider sprint

cars I had ever seen. This car is unique to me, its like a cross between the Mechanical Rabbits,

and a regular sprint car.

Ray C

Thanks for the kind words that car was very much a labor of love. Their is a very interesting story about finding this car, and what was going on with Puis. Dwane

This is the first car Puis built

Davey Ross may be the Last Hawk Eye in Des Moines, Ia which Davey Won