History Historic Stock Car Photos

A very early Jack Bowsher ride...

 

This is the BEST thread ever. I regularly show my dad these photos and the stories just come out. Keep'em coming. He never talks about this stuff till he see's these pictures.

Kevin
Ooltewah Speed Shop

 

I have this 56 olds parts car,and I'm getting an idea....

 

Ooltewah, you can PM for my e-mail and send me any of those stories. They make great fodder for my "Driven to the Past" column on Frontstretch.com, and I'll always give credit to who gave them to me.

 

Found this on another website, courtesy of Wayne Andrews. I don't know where it was taken, but those 55s sure made neat looking race cars...

 

Rusty 4 doors work good too, this one was built in one month! Just weld the doors, and move the post back. Strip of sheet metal on the bottom and viola

 

That's great, Brian! Thanks.

 

Lee Petty and the 54 Chrysler in which he won the ONLY top-level NASCAR race ever held in Kentucky at Corbin Speedway in August of 1954 - the week before Darlington.
Even if Kentucky Speedway gets a Cup date, they ain't first...

 

State of the art hauler, Petty Enterprises 1972...