2006 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS
251 WEEKS AGO I TOOK OVER THIS WEBSITE AFTER IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED
BY A FORMER MEMBER AND I REVIVED IT....I KNEW IT HAD TO SURVIVE...NOW DEE AND
I WORK IT TOGETHER BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE A
FEW PROBLEMS SUCH AS WHEN SHE CORRECTS MY SPELLING...
THERE ARE LOTS OF MEMORIES TO BE SAVED..YOUR WEBMASTER JIM KNAPP
aka JIMMYJEEP AND DEE HOERSTING..
DOT AND JOE FARNSWORTH ARE HARD AT WORK IN HARTLAND, VERMONT RECONSTRUCTING A NEW CAR...WERE WAITING FOR MORE PHOTOS AS THEY WORK ON THE NEW PROJECT..
PHILIP WATKINS FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS HAS INQUIRED ABOUT OUR ZEPHYRHILLS SHOWS AND SENT ALONG A PICTURE OF HIS CAR..
THE JULY 2006 ISSUE OF VINTAGE OVAL RACING HAS ANOTHER ARTICLE ABOUT OUR DAARA ZEPHYRHILLS WINTER SHOW...CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK TO CONTACT THEM FOR A SUBSCRIPTION..
THE JUNE 2006 ISSUE OF VINTAGE OVAL RACING HAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT OUR DAARA ZEPHYRHILLS WINTER SHOW...CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK TO CONTACT THEM FOR A SUBSCRIPTION..
LORI SMITH WHO HAS HANDLED THE DAARA NEWSLETTER FOR PAST YEARS HAS RETIRED FROM THE JOB...
WE AT DAARA THANK HER GREATLY FOR HER DEDICATION TO THE CLUB...
JOE FARNSWORTH SCORED A VICTORY WITH THE NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUE RACERS AT TWIN STATE SPEEDWAY IN
CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE ON AUGUST 12...
MEMORIES FROM THE DAARA FEBRUARY 2006 ZEPHYRHILLS MEET CAPTURED BY PHOTOGRAPHER TOM KENDALL..(Jim & Dee collage)
THESE PICTURES WERE PROVIDED BY BILSTEIN SHOCK REP JIM HILAND FROM UNADILA, GEORGIA....THE PICTURES
WERE GIVEN HIM AND SOME TEXT IS SKETCHY...IF YOU CAN HELP PROVIDE ANY NEW MATERIAL TO GO WITH THESE
PICTURES IT WOULD BE A BIG HELP...JIM
THIS PICTURE IS A BIG CAR RUNNING AT MACON'S CENTRAL CITY PARK SPEEDWAY IN 1938..THE ONE MILE DIRT OVAL WAS
LOCATED AT THE GEORGIA STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND RAN FROM 1920's UNTIL 1938...THE DOME BUILDING IS AN ICON
IN THE MACON AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AREA AND IS STILL STANDING AND NO SIGNS OF THE TRACK EXIST NOW...
GEORGE YETTER IN MACON, GEORGIA
THIS IS BUDDY CALLOWAY FROM MACON, GA. IN HIS KURTIS AIRCRAFT ENGINED BIG CAR...NOTE THE DUEL RIGHT REAR TIRES...
TWO MIDGETS RACING AT HOMER G. WALKER SPEEDWAY IN MACON, GA...DRIVERS ARE SAID TO BE DAN COKER AND TEX KEENE..
DRIVERS DAN COKER AND TEX KEENE..
HERMAN WISE FROM CHAMBLEE, GEORGIA...(1960's)
SPRINT CARS AT THE 1/2 PAVED OVAL AUGUSTA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY (1964-1969)...CARS PICTURED SHOULD BE
ARMOND HOLLEY, RALPH PARKINSON, AND BERNIE GRAYBILL
THESE PICTURES FROM THE OLD MIDDLE GEORGIA RACEWAY IN BYRON, GEORGIA THAT WAS A I/2 PAVED OVAL THAT RAN FROM 1966
TO 1982..A STILL WAS FOUND UNDER THE TRACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 1967 BY REVENUERS..
MIDDLE GEORGIA RACEWAY IN BYRON, GEORGIA LOOKED LIKE A NICE FACILITY
EVERY SPRINT CAR RACE NEEDS A PUSH TRUCK AND ALL TYPES ARE HERE INCLUDING THIS OLD CJ-5...
MANY TIME IMCA CHAMPION JERRY RICHERT IN #63
OHIO'S DARL HARRISON'S #44
#00 OF ZEPHYRHILLS FLORIDA DRIVER WAYNE REUTIMANN..
#6 DEFINITIVLY A LATE FIFTIES KURTIS INDY ROADSTER..
BROWN ROADSTER BEHIND THE BLACK UPRIGHT MIGHT BE THE OLD DOWKER CHEVY
FROM MICHIGAN...?...THE #11 ROADSTER SURE IS NICE, BUT IT'S NOT SANITARY ENOUGH TO BE ONE OF DON BROWN'S
"MECHANICAL RABBITS", THAT BECAME FAMOUS IN USAC..
REMEMBER ZEPHYRHILLS IS NOVEMBER 9-12 SO PICTURE YOURSELF IN THIS JIM & DEE COLLAGE OF TOM KENDALL PHOTOS..
DID YOU KNOW DAARA MEMBER JIM WORK, SHOWN HERE IN A JULY 4th PHOTO, IS A RETIRED CHIEF PETTY OFFICER, MACHINIST MATE, QUALIFIED IN SUBMARINES,AND A DEEP
SEA DIVER QUALIFIED TO 1000 ft...HE WEARS TWO LEGION OF MERIT AWARDS...
NEW MEMBER GIG SMITH FROM OCALA...
RAY LeCLAIRE AND HIS WIFE VALORIE WITH THEIR NEW SCTA MVOT CLASS RECORD HOLDING
#714 OFFY MIDGET...RAY SET THE RECORD AT THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS WITH A TWO WAY AVERAGE OF 131.13 MPH....
BILL WENDT ASSISTED RAY AND GOT A RUN IN AT OVER 129 MPH AFTER THE RECORD HAD BEEN SET...
SPEAKING OF BILL WENDT THIS IS HIS RAT ROD "SKANKY" HE BUILT AND HAS DRIVEN OVER 1300 MILES TO THE NHRA
NATIONALS IN INDY THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND FOR BILL'S 50th YEAR OF ATTENDING THE DRAGS THERE...NOTE THE
SHOPPING CART SEATS, MAIL BOX AIR CLEANER, '59 CADDY TAIL LIGHTS, ETC...
JOHNY CLAY CALLED SATURDAY TO REPORT THAT HE SAW BILL WENDT AND HIS RAT ROD "SKANKY" AT THE
JAMES DEAN FESTIVAL IN FAIRMOUNT, INDIANA THIS PAST WEEKEND...
BILL WHO HAS LOGGED OVER 2,000 MILES SO FAR THIS MONTH IS ENDING HIS WORLD TOUR SAID THAT HE WAS PLANNING
TO BE AT THE DAARA SVS SHOW AT NORTH FLORIDA SPEEDWAY THIS COMING SATURDAY...THE PICTURE ABOVE IS FROM ONE
OF THE NUMEROUS CAR SHOWS HE HAS ATTENDED AND A CLIPPING FROM THE NHRA NATIONAL DRAGSTER NEWSPAPER DURING
THE PAST MONTH..
NEW DAARA MEMBER BILL McPEEK SENT IN HIS 1935 FORD SEDAN #14 PROJECT HE HOPES TO HAVE READY FOR ZEPHYRHILLS...(JimmyJeep collage)
ONE OF OUR YOUNG GUNS BRANDON WORK WHO PILOTS THE WORK FAMILY OWNED #39 N HOLDING GRADUATED THIS SPRING FROM HIGH SCHOOL
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JIM KASERMAN'S #21 FORD ON DISPLAY IN FT. MYERS, FL. AFTER A WELL DESERVED CLEAN UP FROM ZEPHYRHILLS...(Jim Kaserman photo)
TONY LAYTON'S #11 ON DISPLAY AT THE TURKEY ROD RUN THANKGIVING WEEKEND AT DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY...(Jim Wollman photo)
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