ZEPHYRHILLS FEBRUARY 18-21, 2010--PHOTO GALLERY ONE
WORDS WE LOVE TO HEAR: I just wanted to say how much my grandson, Brodie (3 1/2 yrs), and I enjoyed your races last Friday at the Zephyrhills dirt
track..He and I have been attending this event in both February and November for about 2 years..He really looks forward to it, so much so that now
we don't really see much else of the antique cars on display or the rows of vendors..He just wants to watch the "midgets, the sprints, the speedsters,
and the stock cars". Believe me, he does know the difference!..Please give one driver, a lady I believe named Janis Strickland, the "Back Track Racing"
#60 black sprint car driver, our thanks....She asked Brodie to sit in her car and then gave the little guy a beautiful trophy....He did not turn loose
of that thing for the rest of the night, then got up ate breakfast with it and watched cartoons on Saturday morning with "his racing trophy" by his
side...We saw some really fun races, and made some good memories, thanks to the Daytona Antique Auto Racing Association (DAARA). Thanks to you all
for keeping these memories alive for some of us other "old tiimers"...Bert Thomas Brandon, Florida www.bertthomas.com
BRODIE HOLDING HIS TROPHY IS SHOWN HERE WITH JANIS STRICKLAND..HE ALSO HAD SOME SEAT TIME IN TOM TIERNEY'S MIDGET AND DAN CARLSON'S MODIFIED...(Thomas photo)
FROM THIS PICTURE TAKEN AT HIALEAH IN 1965 CAN YOU PICK OUT A DAARA MEMBER AND A PERSON WHO WON THE 1980 SUPER DIRT WEEK MODIFIED RACE WITH THE "BATMOBILE" AT SYRACUSE..?
SECOND FROM THE LEFT IS RICHARD BOWSER IN THE WHITE DRESS SHIRT..
THIRD FROM THE LEFT IS GARY BALOUGH A GREAT DRIVER BEFORE HE GOT IN TROUBLE..
RICHARD COULDN'T FIND A HAT TO WEAR TO BED WHEN FLORIDA HAD THE BAD COLD SPELL..SO WE GAVE HIM A NEW DAARA ISSUE HEAD COVERING
AFTER HE TOLD US WHAT HE HAD USED DURING THE FREEZE..HE DID SAY THEY WERE CLEAN SHORTS AT THE TIME..(Knapp photo)
SUNDAY MORNING WE HELD A POWDER PUFF RACE FOR THE LADIES..FROM THE LEFT IS PAM, KRIS, REGINA (Richard Bowser's twin sister),
SAMANTHA (aka Space Racer), NANCY, MARY, AND SHIRLEY..BILL MCPEEK SAID "WE TRIED TO KEEP THE RACE HONEST BUT WE THOUGHT RICHARD'S
SISTER NEEDED TO SHAVE HER MUSTACHE..WHEN WE FIGURED OUT IT WAS RICHARD IN DRAG I HAD JOSH GIVE HIM THE BLACK FLAG..ABOUT THAT
TIME RICHARD THREW OUT HIS WIG AT THE FLAGMAN..IT EMBARASSED THE CLUB AND I THINK WE NEED TO CALL FOR A CLOSE PERSONAL INSPECTION BY MARK
REARDON WHO WE SAW WINKING AT REGINA"..(McPeek photo)
DAARA'S "MOUTH OF THE SOUTH" SAM MORROW HELD COURT FROM HIS ANNOUNCING THRONE IN THE BLEACHERS..FROM THE LEFT IS ROBERT CAMPBELL,
SUE YAHNKE, SAM MORROW, ROY CAMPBELL, AND ROGER HERBACH..(Jr Platt photo)
BILL MCPEEK THOUGHT MARLON BRANDO WAS STILL ALIVE BUT IT TURNRED OUT TO BE GARY RICCIO DRIVER OF THE #03 MODIFIED..(McPeek photo)
FRED AND JANIS STRICKLAND BROUGHT SOME GREAT TASTING ORANGE AND STRAWBERRY TRAYS..(Arlene Kopshe photo)
ROY CAMPBELL LOOKS LIKE HE IS ENJOYING THE FRUIT..(Arlene Kopshe photo)
WALTER AND SUSAN MORAVASIK MADE SOME GOOD COFFEE FOR THE CREW..(G. Lacer photo)
GETTING PICKED ON BY BILL WENDT FOR RUNNING SO GOOD BILL HILGNER REPLIES TO BILL WENDT DURING THE DRIVERS MEETING..(Arlene Kopshe photo)
SUMNER DEWOLF WASN'T SURE HE WOULD GET OUT OF THE NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TO GO TO ZEPHYRHILLS..SO HE TAUGHT HIS DOGS HOW TO WRITE IN THE SNOW
AND SENT A MESSAGE TO DAUGHTER KIM IN FLORIDA..ONLY PROBLEM HE HAD WAS TEACHING THEM NOT TO EAT THE YELLOW SNOW..
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