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These two photos are of Stan Borosfky's Brewer built beauty at Knoxville 1972.

Curt Grogan

This is the 72 car I built for Stan Borofsky. He converted it to a four bar for the 74 season. This photo would have to be 72, or 73. I was promoting a weeky program at the Topeka Fairgrounds during this period. For the 1973 Jayhawk National race I included the Pennsylvania All Star Circuit with several cars from that group including Kenny Weld in the #29 car & Jan opperman , I think in the #99 car.

It ran the Tuesday night before the Wed, Thurs, Fri & Sat Knoxville Nationals. Weld won with Opperman second.

The trophy dash was the four fastest, inverted. They were Stan Borofsky in his #92, Dale McCarty in Don Hoenshell's #55, Jan Opperman in the #99 & Kenny Weld in the # 29. Since the two cars on the front row were cars I built, I would give my right arm for a picture of them sitting on the track waiting to push off. I'm sure one exists somewhere.

Luther

Jerry Weld also drove this car at least 3 times. Olympic Stadium, Marshall Mo Track & Jefferson City Track.

Luther

I have e-mailed a question to luther Brewer about a couple of his cars Stan Borosfky had, #6 and #11 built by him and about another car from KC. With his ok here is his reply.

Curt Grogan

I asked if the car Doug Gjermstead was killed in at Belleville Ks. was car # 6 or #11

Curt Grogan

This is the 6th car Brewer built. It's one of two He built for Stan Borosfky of Raytown Mo. This stan with a win at Marshall Mo.

Curt Grogan

Dwane Wolf sent in this photo from the Knoxville, IA Vintage Nationals

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This is the last sprint car I built for Stan Borofsky for the 1972 season. Dave Hoska has restored the car. He even painted it white and trimmed it in Chevrolet hondures red (a color Chevrolet used at the time) Both of the cars I built for Stan & the #7 car I built (Watson 4 bar) had champ dirt car tails that were cut off at the front about 7 or 8 inches. I used a master cylinder from a large earth moving machine (turnapull) that steered with a side brake on each side. The cylinder had an adjustable screw that you could change the pressure by turning that screw in the bottom, inside of the cylinder. Dave found the car in a bard in northern Minnesota and had been working on it for about a year when he tracked me down as the builder. He called me in 1992 and said he was going to be at Knoxville, Iowa at an Old Timers meet & would like to meet. When I saw the car, the first thing I checked to confirm I had built it was the master cylinder and second was the top frame tubes as they were turned down in front of the roll cage to go under the exhaust pipes. They were the same as 20 years earlier. The larger tail was for a larger fuel tank to run the 100 mile races on the 1 mile dirt tracks with, Jerry Blundy did the same thing on the red #33, Floyd Travis 4 bar car he ran. Stan & Whity Harmon converted this car to a cross bar front before the 1974 season. It has been restored as a 4 bar.

Luther

This is the 7 th car I built. It is from an AJ Watson blueprint purchased through an add in National Speed Sport News. It is built of the same 1 7/16 molly tubing that cars 5 & 6 were made of. The 3 inch open tube rear end, the steering, in-out box, front end, master cylinder and radiator are from a mile dirt car that had Bob Harky's name on the side oil tank as driver. The tail is a champ dirt car tail cut of 7 or 8 inches on the front. The large tail was for a large fuel tank to run the 100 mile dirt shows. The sprint roll bar is welded to the frame and a roll cage fits over it. I built this car as a replacement to the car # 5 that I sold to Jack Cunnibgham in June, 1967. I built this car in the month of July and ran it from August 1967 through the Florida State Fair in Tampa in February 1968. I sold it at the end of the fair and built the car # 8 which I ran the 1968 and 69 season.

Luther Brewer