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Thought I would chime in on this one, the 24 Jelly Car is now I believe in Wisconsin or Minnesota , unless the gentlemen who I cannot remember his name has sold it, he emailed me a while back asking me if I knew anyone who would be interested in that part of the country since that is where the car ran, He bought the car from Paul Martens in Fairview I believe and he seen pics of it on Warren's site and emailed me about it and I got pics of the car without the hood and a close up of the motor and inside the the drivers compartment as well as a bunch of other cars , like I said at 12 to 14 yrs. of age was curious how these cars worked so what better way to learn than to take a pic and try to study it and now I am glad I did that , it seemed to have helped him with the car plus got pics of the hot pieces that were run back then , the in/out boxes and all that.

That 90 car of Dale Looper from Dallas came up to Lawton some , notice in the back ground is James Mclreaths car Blue in color and I believe that is James walking with the hat on behind it. I heard Lanny Edwards say back at Lawton in the 70's to us one Sat. night after James had come to Lawton and just dominated the A main, that with his name and talent James would be one of the greatest racers to come out of this area. But that was not meant to be and how about that pic with the sun high up in the sky, an actual day race at Lawton Speedway, sure miss those day races on a Sunday afternoon, I was at Lawton practice last March on a sunday afternoon and I believe that is the first time I have been to Lawton to watch a race car run in the middle of the day since back in the 70's

Yes David the 23 is Steve Young car and the Modified by it is Dwayne Howell who ran his dad Buddy Howell Modified at Lawton for many years and even tried the Super Modifieds for the last years they were in existence at Lawton with not much success in that class but had pretty good success in the Modifieds as I remember , I believe they were from Waurika,Ok. , Heck now Dwayne son Chad Howell from Waurika runs a USA Modifed at Lawton still, Superman32 knows him as he was a teammate to him for one season in a sprint car back 6 or 7 yrs. ago.

The beige/tan car on the other side of the 49 looks like Jackie Ashlocks car , I know it was Orange with a blue 4 for a long time but I thought he changed it one year.

I remember the blue 7 in the far background and just cannot remeber who drove the car and the 1 car on the other side of it , is that Aaron Maddens car?, and the car on the other side of it looks like the 25 car of Doran Raine from Iowa Park , Tx. reason I say this is Doran, Is that this pic was taken from the Grandstands on the south end looking towards the pit gate entrance at Lawton and I remember Johnnie Stinnet use to get pissed at Doran for parking in his spot right next to the pit gate entrance as Johnnie needed to be close to the light pole for an electrical outlet for his battery charger, remember Johnnie telling me that story one time, Always wondered why Johnnie just did not go buy a longer extension cord.

Sure miss parking up by the entrance to the pit area , dam sure more convienant but I guess you can't push them off in that small of a push off area but sure miss pitting over there.

Jim , I read Bob Mays column and thought it was really a nice write up about that Hutch race.

Brian , Was looking at pics last night and kind of got side tracked by many programs from the mid 70;s and to the late 80's that i have stashed in a cabinet for preservation(but will stay at it) and got to looking at all the pts. standings and names and was pretty amazing Bubs Fenner #67 American flag colored car and I.L. Smith #63 from Burkburnett, Tx. and Tommy Sims who ran a Super Mod only one year and quit and went back to Factory Stocks and then Late Models and heck i see him adveritising in Papers down at Lawton now, he is now a Lawyer.

David , I can talk to the guy at Round Up this week and see if they would reserve a table or 2 for us in that back room if you all would like that place?, just let me know, as for the date , how about the 22nd then or ?.

Man looking through those old pics and programs just never gets old.