Some Bryan Wescott pictures

[Jimmy McKinley]

Bryan is in the black car, re-numbered with his III (in duct tape...LOL) when he first started driving for us (taken at Sunshine):



Bryan in our "Silver Bullet" for the 1985 Gulf Coast Classic at St. Pete:



Bryan, with my dad on the left and car owner Bob Kirk on the right, with a St. Pete feature win:



The original Silver Bullet in the driveway at home in Vero Beach:



The Silver Bullet in the pits at Inverness:

[Jimmy McKinley]

The Silver Bullet at Inverness with Pletcher in Mitton's #21 behind us:



In the infield at Bradenton after the Coca-Cola 200, 1985:



In the pits at St. Pete, with Jimmy Cope's #58 next to us:



Bryan kneeling next to the car in 1986 (probably my favorite of Bryan with our car):

[Trash Inturn4]

Jimmy, wasn't it the red '12' Bryan was driving the night he hit the pit wall at Sunshine ?. I was sitting on the top row of the pit stands that night, the impact was the hardest i had ever seen, and it scared the hell out of me, you could of heard a pin drop while they tried to get him out of the car. If i'm not mistaken wasn't Bryan in a coma for about 30 days as a result of it ?.

[Bigbuck]

Jimmy.....

Another dumb question. Is sunshine speedway still open?

[Bigbuck]

Sorry

I just found out on google it closed in2004. A shame

[Jimmy McKinley]

Jimmy, wasn't it the red '12' Bryan was driving the night he hit the pit wall at Sunshine ?. I was sitting on the top row of the pit stands that night, the impact was the hardest i had ever seen, and it scared the hell out of me, you could of heard a pin drop while they tried to get him out of the car. If i'm not mistaken wasn't Bryan in a coma for about 30 days as a result of it ?.

Yes, Bryan was in that red #12 when he got hurt. He came off of four in the middle of a three-wide battle about mid-pack, bounced off the outside car, then off the inside car and into the pit opening, hitting driver's side first (nearly identical to Lindley's crash at DeSoto). I have a link to the video (you were probably sitting very close to whoever shot the video - I know it was someone from Jimmy Cope's crew), and pictures of the car after Dad got it home (but out of respect, not gonna post 'em here). E-mail me if you want 'em. JimmyMack12@aol.com

Unfortunately, I wasn't there that night. I know that Bryan was laid up for a while, but don't recall if he was in a coma (I do remember that he broke and fractured a bunch of bones, though).

Sunshine was very good for us We won a BUNCH (probably most of our feature wins) at St. Pete. No matter who we had in the car - Scarborough, Pletcher, Billy Gill, Wayne Reutimann, Childers, Ernie Bass, Moyer, Randy Warren...), Dad could get that car to the Winner's Circle

[Trash Inturn4]

Those drivers are some of the finest Late Model chauffeurs ever to sit in a race car, although i didn't know him personally back then, your dad and his equipment must of been well respected that drivers of that caliber would want to drive for him, you should be proud.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Trash: sent ya a PM

[MRK]

Thanks for posting. In the picture at Sunshine with Jimmy Cope parked next to you, are those a couple of the A team Mustangs? Miss watching those figure 8 guys. Great to see Charlie Meyer still going at it at Citrus along with a new generation of Meyers.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Thanks for posting. In the picture at Sunshine with Jimmy Cope parked next to you, are those a couple of the A team Mustangs? Miss watching those figure 8 guys. Great to see Charlie Meyer still going at it at Citrus along with a new generation of Meyers.

Yep, the green car is Charlie's #A2, and the dark red one is the #A8. Don't remember who drove it, but it was the only one that didn't have the white roof.

I have Denny and Charlie on my FaceBook...LOL...