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Hello etboy97! I'm new to the game (almost). Haven't posted in a long time. I'd like to talk with you off-line about Clark, but don't know how...
Watson built two roadsters for the 1959 racing season -- Ward's #5 and Jim Rathmann's #16. Right out of the box, Jim won both Daytona races,...
The 11X car in Rootie's photo (May 1964, Winchester?) is the former Watson/Hopkins/Rathmann "Simoniz Spl." Following five years on the...
A few more Stapp pics for you, BZNEIL. This was Steve's house car, 1964-1966. Later owned by George Snider, Jerry Mann, Charlie Chariot, Bobby...
There are many excellent, large-fomat period photos of the champ cars recently discussed in this thread in Scalzo's "The Americn Dirt Track...
At least one -- the #2 Dowgard Spl., driven frequently by Tony B., formerly owned by collector Leon Hurd, and now sleeping in the basement of the...
Nor mine, Bob. But I would enjoy learning more about the trail Steve is following.
Which old Lindsey Hopkins car are you referring to?
Thanks, fms427. You're right. The future of the C4R Continuation cars got tangled up in the unfortunate fate of the still-born C-7. Bob Lutz owns...
Check out the Bonhams Auction web site. A surprising amount of Cunningham stuff is being offered at auction on October 8th at the Simeone...
For more information on the four Cunningham C4R Continuation cars that were built 1997-2001, go to http://www.briggscunningham.com/. I own the...
Thanks, Stan. I'll collect that photo at your next party! My memory of the Watson incident at PIR is crystal clear -- I was sitting in the...
That was the second roadster spin in 45 years. Someone I know spun an original Watson roadster after loosing the left rear wheel at a Phoenix...
I can't confirm #32, but the other car in the photo, #11X, is the former 1959 Watson "Simoniz Spl." that won the April 1959 Daytona race and...
I'll be there with my #16 "Simoniz Spl." Watson roadster.
It's a miracle! Miniutes after I write my little note I hear back from Luke who was involved in the construction of these cars. Thanks Luke! I'll...
New guy here. I own the first of the four Larry Black/Briggs III "continiuation" C4R roadsters built by the revived Cunningham Motor Co. during...
Hi Moe#69. No -- but close. Your most recent post shows the 1958 Zink/Reese/Watson #16. I was refering to the 1959 Hopkins/Rathmann/Watson #16...
Here's a photo of Mario in Steve Stapp's #4 sprinter at Salem on July 4, 1965. Gary Congdon drove the heat races, Mario drove the feature,...
We're all having fun with this one -- it's a great topic. Generally speaking, I believe the frame is the car -- but you better have more than 50%...
Originally Posted by wynns #1 [IMG] Does anyone know where Larry Pfitz can get a wheel [Novi] like the one on the LF in Al's photo at #11033?...
Hi Doug, I'll arrive late Sunday at the RR Inn with my 1958 Lesovsky/Hopkins #3/Joe Hunt #99 Champ Car. Will leave home early Wednesday morning....
Right on, B99 and Rootie. In 1968 Joe Hunt and Gary B. agreed to honor Tony B. by painting the Hunt dirt champ car identical to Tony's famous...
Vic owned #99 at the time the photo was taken (mid-'80s, not long after he bought the car from Joe Hunt, who died in 1985). And that's Pat...
I'm going to pat my friend Steve Bonesteel on the back, because he would never do it himself. Steve is just like most of the rest of us -- loves...
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