History Stock-S/S-F/X 1959-1966

Picture of the Jackshaw car at the first race it ever attended and the flier for the event.

 

The peppermint Express is now owned by Bucky Hess and will be driven by Victor guilmino at upcoming NHRA races

 

Congratulations Victor. There is lots of history behind the Peppermint Express. I saw it running at Quaker City for many years.

 

Les was in Glendora CA ran his car under his name - He prepped most of the fast Fords in SoCal. He got killed at Fontana in 66.
Bob Ford a dealership ran a car that Len Richter drove.

 

Different spellings of last name. Les Ritchey and Len Richter.

Edit: fixed typo, as 1320 Fan posted, Les was Ritchey. not Ritcher.

 

Les Ritchey owner of Performance Associates in Glendora was killed at Fontana in a match race with Hayden Proffit. He was also a Ford sponsored driver.

 

Royal Bros car is coming along nicely.

 

I've been compiling all the national events, class winners, records from 1959-1971. The 409/380-4v was dominant in the B/S=9.50 class during 1963-64. I suspect a lot of them had the late year "service replacement" parts (?) so they were effectively 409/400s but rated at 409/380, a huge advantage in class.
Great combo, not quite the Beach Boys "409" car but an equally impressive record of national wins/records in class.

The W/P=9.50 class kinda turned into the "Muscle Car" class as C/S=9.50 in 1966.