DAARA 2008 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS PART THREE

JIM KASERMAN'S PIT CREW FROM YEARS GONE BY..SON RICK ON THE LEFT IS NOW AN FORTY-SOMETHING AND ON THE RIGHT IS SON JIM, NOW 39..THEY RACED BOTH PAVEMENT AND DIRT IN THE OLD 61' CHEVY IMPALA BUBBLETOP (ACTUALLY THEY WRECKED 11 OF THOSE IN A FOUR YEAR PERIOD, DRIVING UP THEIR COLLECTABLE VALUE)..REGARDLESS OF THE TRACK SURFACE, THE BOYS WERE NEVER THIS CLEAN FOLLOWING A NIGHT AT THE RACES..

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT JOE AND DOT FARNSWORTH WILL ROLL OUT OF THEIR TRAILER WHEN THEY SET UP SHOP FOR THE WINTER IN FLORIDA.. THIS YEAR IT’S A MULTI-USE NORTHEAST MODIFIED. SOME PARTS WERE BOUGHT, SOME WERE TRADED FOR, AND SOME THEY HAD LIKE THE COUPE ROOF, DOOR PANELS..THE HOOD (THAT HE CUT DOWN AND BENT) IS FROM AN OLD CAMARO.

THE CAR HAD BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM A MODIFIED TO A 4 WHEEL DRIVE MUD RACER WHEN JOE GOT A HOLD OF IT. JOE HAS RESTORED THE 2x4 FRAME AND INSTALLED A FRONT STRAIGHT AXLE WITH A SPRINT STYLE STEERING BOX. THE FRONT AXLE HAS THREE RODS AND A PANHARD BAR IN FRONT WITH REAR STEER AND A SPRINT STYLE STEERING BOX. HE HAS INSTALLED SPINDLES, HEIM JOINTS, MATCHING ROTORS, WIDE 5 HUBS, AND HOWE CALIPERS. IT HAS COILOVER SUSPENSION ALL AROUND AND A QUICK CHANGE REAREND.

IT HAS A 107” WHEELBASE WITH A CENTER SEAT AND STEERING WHEEL. THE REAR AXLE HAS 2 RADIUS RODS, TORQUE ARM, AND A PANHARD BAR THAT CAN GO TO THE LEFT SIDE FOR DIRT OR TO THE RIGHT SIDE FOR ASPHAULT. THE POWER WILL BE SUPPLIED BY A 350 CHEVY THAT WILL RUN ON HIGH TEST GAS. IT WILL BE HOOKED TO A TH350 AUTOMATIC TRANNY..

WHEN THEY GO BACK NORTH, THEY PLAN ON LEAVING THE CAR IN CARE OF THE DAARA TO USE AT EVENTS. IT WILL BE USED AS A PUSH VEHICLE FOR THE MIDGETS AND SPRINTS AND THEN RUN IN THE V-8 STOCK CAR CLASS. HE TRUSTS IT WON’T BE ABUSED AND WILL BE REPAIRED IF SOMETHING IS BROKE.

SGT. PATRICK BOWSER SON OF DAARA MEMBER RICHARD BOWSER HAS BEEN IN SE BAGHDAD WITH THE 988th MP CO OUT OF FT. BENNING, GA..THEIR MISSION WAS THE TRAINING OF 300 IRAQI POLICE OFFICERS..THAT MISSION SUDDENLY CHANGED RECENTLY, AND THE ENTIRE 988th IS ON THE MOVE NOW..

HAPPY FACES OF THE 163rd FIELD ARTILLERY NATIONAL GUARD FROM EVANSVILLE, IN WHO JUST RETURNED HOME FROM IRAQ IN TIME FOR THANKSGIVING..

THE FINAL CHECKERED FLAG FOR THE "ONE ARMED BANDIT" CHUCK AMATI..THIS PHOTO OF CHUCK WAS TAKEN FEBRUARY 1974 IN FLORIDA..(Dave Westerman photo)

USAC SPRINT CAR DRIVER CHUCK AMATI PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 18, 2008..THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN AT THE WOO SHOW AT PADUCAH SPEEDWAY THE SUMMER OF 2008..(Knapp photo)

THIS WAS NOT ONLY THE KASERMANS HALLOWEEN WEAR BUT IT IS ALSO PART OF THE SOUTHERNMOST IN FLORIDA HOOVER-MASSILLON RIVALRY..JIM WENT TO MASSILLON (CLASS OF 1960) AND SARAH JANE WENT TO NORTH CANTON (CLASS OF 1958)..THIS WEEK THEY HAVE BECOME A SPLIT FAMILY AS MASSILLON PLAYS AT NORTH CANTON HOOVER IN THE OHSAA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS..

BEFORE THERE WAS THE TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS WE RACED WORLD OF OUTLAWS IN THE SUNCOAST DOME AND PITTED IN THE PARKING LOT..JIMMYJEEP AND THE "WORK'N WOODY" WORKED THE SHOW..(Gene Marderness photo)

FEBRUARY 1992 AND THE TEAMS HAD TO USE A LOT OF STAGGER ON THIS FAIRLY FLAT TRACK..THE SECOND NIGHT NO ONE GOT PAID..(Gene Marderness photo)

TERRY MCCARL ON THE WOO INDOOR TRACK AT ST PETE 1992..(Marderness photo)

PRESENTING THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES WINNERS

DAARA'S IRONMAN 73 YEAR OLD DAVE JARRETT..HE MADE ALL THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES RACES..HE WON THE SPRINT CAR POINTS, OVER-ALL POINTS AND THE PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD..(McPeek photo)

GENE VITIELLO HAD SOME GREAT HELP AND WON THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES V-8 STOCK CAR CLASS..(Jim Jones photo)

RICHIE IVERSEN WON THE POINTS IN THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES 6 CYLINDER/FLATHEAD CLASS..(Knapp photo)

BILL WENDT WON THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES FLATHEAD MIDGET CLASS..(Marderness photo)

DALE MILLER TOOK THE HONORS IN THE 2008 SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES OVERHEAD VALVE MIDGET CLASS..(Marderness photo)

CLINT HAMILTON WON THE THREE RACE STOCK CAR GEORGIA/FLORIDA CHALLENGE TROPHY..(Rockney photo)

BILL MCPEEK AND JOE BYLES AT NORTH FLORIDA SPEEDWAY..(Rockney photo)

GENE VITIELLO, JASON LENHARDT, AND FRANK LENHARDT AT SPEEDWORLD..(Vitiello photo)

JAN OPPERMAN AT THE OLD PLANT FIELD IN TAMPA 1975..(Marderness photo)

JERRY PAQUIN HAS BEEN DETAILING HIS CHEVY II POWERED #10 1965 EDMUNDS MIDGET

JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN DAARA BOARD MEMBER JIM KASERMAN HAS A STORY FOR YOU TO READ..CLICK HERE TO GET IN SPIRIT FOR HALLOWEEN..

IN OR OUT...NOW WHAT DO I DO..?..IS THAT YOU AJ...?

RICHARD YUREWITCH IS BROUGHT TO THE INFIELD BY JIMMYJEEP AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD..(Jim Jones photo)

MIDGET OWNER DON FARNUM AND JIM KNAPP AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD..(Jim Jones photo)

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