KAREN DUNN HAD A RUN IN WITH A PIGMY RATTLER AND HAS SPENT A FEW DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL..SHE IS NOW ON THE MEND..
Carroll Higginbotham from Ocean Springs, Mississippi writes that he will be bringing his newly rebuilt #55 1934 Ford Vicky
Modified to the DAARA U.S. Vintage Oval Track Nationals in November..He will take a tropical storm like Lee any day, than see
another Katrina..A good day to lock himself in his shop and work on his old cars..(Higginbotham photo)
BILL WENDT IS ON ANOTHER OF HIS WORLD TOURS..HE IS SHOWN HERE AT THE 2011 FROG FOLLIES IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA WITH "SKANKY"..(JimmyJeep photo)
PHOTOGRAPHER GENE MARDERNESS SHOWN HERE WITH HIS WIFE SUE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME..GENE HAS PROVIDED PHOTOS TO DAARA OVER
THE YEARS..(Marderness photo)
CHAD FREEMAN WAS ON THE HIGH BANKS OF WINCHESTER THIS SUMMER..(Freeman photo)
DON BIGLOW WRITES HE MADE EIGHT RUNS ALL OVER 300 MPH ON THE SALT..HIS FASTEST WAS 313.2 MPH WHICH WASN'T FAST ENOUGH TO BREAK THE RECORD OF 314.6 MPH..THEY
WILL TRY AGAIN NEXT YEAR..
DON BIGLOW HAS BEEN RUNNING ON THE SALT AT BONNEVILLE..CLICK HERE FOR THE SCTA WEBSITE AND CHECK HIS PROGRESS IN THE AA CLASS..
GLENDA LACER'S 1939 FORD STREET ROD..
I RAN INTO BUZZ HAHN AT SALEM SPEEDWAY LAST WEEKEND ALONG WITH HIS FRIEND FRED HIGHT..(G. Lacer photo)
BOBBY HALL WAS THERE AND I FOUND OUT HE HAD SOME HEART SURGERY EARLIER THIS YEAR AND IS NOW UP AND RUNNING..(G. Lacer photo)
BELOW ARE THREE COLLAGES OF THE MIDWEST OLDTIMERS WHO WERE PART OF THE SALEM SHOW..(G. Lacer photo)
MICHELE HESS IS WORKING ON A NEW DAARA CLASS..THE MODIFIED 4x4 CLASS..(Hess photo)
BUD WILLIS LIVES OUT IN THE COUNTRY WEST OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER NEAR DELAND..THIS IS WHAT HIS LITTLE DOG PUT IN A TREE NEXT DOOR TO HIS..(JR photo)
This is Sarah Kaserman's cousin Louis Chenot from Joplin, MO..Click here to check out the
website for his 1932 Duesenberg with a 12 cylinder Dusenberg engine all in 1/6 scale..Click here to
view the YouTube video to see the beautiful work and engine actually running of the priceless 12 cylinder Dusenberg engine..
IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE PRAYER BY PASTOR JOE NELMS DELIVERED FOR THE NASCAR RACE IN NASHVILLE CLICK
HERE TO HEAR IT..
FLORIDA LOST A GREAT DRIVER WITH THE PASSING OF DAVE SCARBOROUGH..SHOWN HERE BEHIND THE WHEEL OF BOB LUSCOMB'S #5 SPRINT CAR AFTER BOB RETIRED FROM DRIVING..
FAMED SPRINT CAR ENGINE BUILDER EARL GAERTE HAS PASSED AWAY..
STEVE MILLER STOPPED BY THE NASCAR HALL OF FAME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO FELLOW NEW YORKER RICHIE EVANS..(Miller photo)
CASEY JONES AND ONE OF HIS TOYS..
NEWS FLASH...The winner of the raffle for a full set of M&H midget tires was Larry Fisher from Horton, Michigan..
