BACK IN 1961 WHEN I WAS IN THE AIR FORCE AT SHAW I USED TO RACE A 40 FORD COACH WITH MY BUDDIES WE WOULD GO TO A LOCAL SALVAGE YARD AND GET AN OLD FLAT HEAD MOTOR,PULL THE HEADS,CLEAN IT OUR AND RACE, IF IT BROKE WE WOULD GET ANOTHER AND START OVER AGAIN.WE WATCHED ALL THE EARLY NASCAR SUPERSTARS RACE THERE REX WHITE,RICHARD PETTY,FRED LORENSEN, I TOOK A PICTURE OF RICHARD WITH MY BUDDIES THERE THEN 30 YEARS LATER I HAD HIM AUTOGRAPH IT WHEN HE WAS HERE IN MICHIGAN HE EVEN RAISED UP HIS SUNGLASSES TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT AND GAVE ME A BIG SMILE. I REMEMBER WHEN THE BIG BOYS CAME TO RACE BY THE TIME IT WAS OVER THEY HAD A 2 FOOT DEEP GROVE WORN INTO THE TURNS. I REMEMBER ONE RACE I LOST MY WATCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACE, AFTER THE RACE MY PIT CREW AND I WALKED THE TRACK AND FOUND IT EMBEDDED IN THE TRACK IT WAS A TIMEX AND IT WAS STILL TICKING WITHOUT THE BAND. A GUY AT THE WESTERN END OF TOWN USED TO SPONSOR US WITH SHELL GAS AND PARTS AND WOULD EVEN TOE US TO TOWN AT THE END OF THE RACE WHEN WE BROKE. I HAVE PHOTOS STASHED HERE SOMEWHERE .

 LARRY BLASCYK