KEN BURIAN FROM LADY LAKE, FLORIDA SEND ALONG THESE PICTURES OF THE CARS HE DROVE AND SOME HISTORY ON THEM..
THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN 1941 IN WESTERN NEW YORK..IT RAN IN THE BUFFALO CIVIC STADIUM & OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY..A STEEL BODY
CAR WITH A SHORTENED FORD FRONT AXLE, FORD SPINDLES AND FRANKLIN STEERING..REAR BRAKES ONLY WERE HYDRAULIC FORD..A V/8 60 FORD ENGINE
"FULL HOUSE"..LATTERIO CAM, HARMON COLLINS IGNITION, EARLY EDELBROCK HEADS, AND EDDIE MEYER INTAKE ON GASOLINE..IT RAN OVER 100 MPH AT
LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE..(Burian photo)
THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN 1955 IN SPRINGFIELD, MA BY TED BLAIR AND RAN URC AND IN INDIANA AND MICHIGAN..DRIVEN BY TED BLAIR, EARL HALIQUIST, KEN
BURIAN AND BERNIE HART..EARLY HEMI WITH CHET HERBERT CAM AND A TRIPLE WITH 3 STROMBERG 97 CARBS..SECOND IN POINTS IN URC IN 1959..THE CAR RAN
IN THE LITTLE 500 RACE IN ANDERSON, INDIANA..(Burian photo)
THIS CAR WAS BUILT IN 1961 IN SPRINGFIELD, MA BY TED BLAIR..IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT WITH A ROADSTER ON DIRT..IT HAD
A HEMI ENGINE AND WAS FAST ENOUGH THAT HE WON A COUPLE OF RACES IN IT..THE HANDLING AND BRAKES WERE NEVER RIGHT
SO HE ONLY RAN IT ONE SEASON..THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AFTER THE FEATURE RACE IN HAMBURG, PA WHERE HE FINISHED 5th..THE
CAR IN THE BACK IS ANOTHER HEMI OWNER BY THACKER..THE #10 CAR WAY BACK WAS A 4 PORT RILEY..A VERY LIGHT CAR AND ALSO FAST..(Burian photo)
CLICK HERE FOR THE SPEEDSTER RACE WITH BILL STELCHER AND RICK SANDERS AT CITRUS COUNTY
SPEEDWAY..
Pet Therapy..Jim Kaserman Writes..Had our photos taken with Lucky today when we went to HealthPark Elder Care facility on Wednesday..This is a wonderful program and is so meaningful to the patients who meet, pet, and talk with Lucky..Everyone loves her! As you can see, we are in complete uniform, with embroidered Lucky dog on our chest..(Kaserman photo)
JIM HEILAND HAD TO RESCHEDULE HIS ANNUAL RACERS PREVIEW UNTIL NEXT SATURDAY..CAN YOU FIGURE OUT WHY..STOP IN IF YOU'RE IN THE ARLINGTON, MINNESOTA AREA..
IN FLORIDA NEIL REYNGOUDT HAS A NEW CAGED GAMBLER TO WORK ON..(Reyngoudt photo)
UP NORTH IN WISCONSIN BUTCH ERMER ALSO HAS A CAGED GAMBLER SPRINT CAR WHICH LIANE IS PAYING FOR..(Liane Ermer photo)
RICHARD BOWSER SHOWN WITH HIS SON PATRICK (upper left) WHO JUST GRADUATED IN THE FIRST CLASS FROM THE ARMY'S NEW DRILL INSTRUCTOR SCHOOL AT FT.
JACKSON, SOUTH CAROLINA.. PATRICK IS SHOWN WITH HIS BRIGADE CMDR. (upper right) WHO FLEW IN FROM FT. LEONARD WOOD, WHERE PATRICK IS ASSIGNED FOR
THE NEXT TWO YEARS AS A D.I..PATRICK (bottom center) IS ONE OF THE 64 GRADUATES, 99% ARE COMBAT VETERANS, WITH NUMEROUS CITATIONS..(Bowser photo)
J.T & KAREN DUNN, DON FARNUM, AND BONNIE & HANK GOODRICH REPRESENTED DAARA AT THE ALE HOUSE CAR SHOW IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA APRIL 9, WHICH WAS
PRESENTED BY BOB HELMICK..THEY SAW GREAT CARS, HAD A GREAT MEAL AT THE ALE HOUSE AND TOLD A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THE CLUB..(Dunn photo)
OLDIE BUT GOODIE..THE PERSON ON THE FAR RIGHT IS "ROCKET" ROY CAMPBELL..
WAYNE AND BUZZIE REUTIMANN..(Gene Marderness photo)
IF YOU HAVE WONDERED WHERE DAARA PRESIDENT BILL WENDT HAS DISAPPEARED TO WELL HE IS IN TEXAS..HE IS SEEN WITH HIS SON LEONARD AT THE LONE STAR ROUND-UP CAR SHOW IN
AUSTIN..BILL DROVE "SKANKY" OUT THERE BY HIMSELF....(Dan Carlsen photo)
DAN CARLSEN CARRIED ON THE DAARA TRADITION OF LETTING KIDS SIT IN HIS CAR AT THE LONE STAR ROUND-UP CAR SHOW..HE WAS WITH A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF HIS VINTAGE
TEXAS OPEN WHEEL CLUB AT THIS CAR SHOW WHICH HAD OVER 1000 CARS..THERE'S A CHANCE HIS CAR WAS THE ONLY ONE KIDS COULD SIT IN..(Dan Carlsen photo)
THE "SPIRIT OF 76" MIDGET FINALLY FIRED TODAY.."BRONCO" BILL McPEEK AND DON "BULLDOG" FARNUM TRIED FOR THREE DAYS TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE WEIRD SETUPS WITH A
MAGNETO..DON FIGURED OUT IT WAS 270 DEGREES OUT AND THEY RESET THE BELT AND IT SOUNDS GOOD..THE WAIT WAS TO MUCH FOR "BULLDOG" AS HE TOOK HIS TEXAS OUTLAW
MIDGET FOR A RIDE DOWN BILL'S STREET....(Bunny McPeek photo)
JIM HEILAND WRITES THAT SPRING HASN'T RETURNED TO MINNESOTA QUITE YET..HE ALSO SAID HE HAD TO BABY SIT GRANDDAUGHTERS SADIE & THEA SO WHY NOT PUT THEM IN A
$13,000 CAR AT HIS LIBERTY STATION BUSINESS WITH THE HELP OF POPEYE..(Heiland photo)
MEET KEN SANDS THE NEW MANAGER OF VOLUSIA SPEEDWAY PARK..
