Photo by numbers....

[Frasson118]

Here are two guys with totally different driving styles:

Don O'Neal will bounce off of everything on the track, including the pace car and the water truck... but he bounces all the way to a LOT of checkered flags. This guy stands on the gas ALL the time.

On the other hand, Billy Moyer is known as Mr. Smooth. When you least expect it, and in very quiet fashion, he'll race past you to get the win. He has won every big-time DLM race, at least once, and recently got his 600th win.

He's another guy I've always been jealous of... he's never had a real job in his life!

[Frasson118]

Three generations of the Rudolph family, from Ransomville NY:

The old man, Jim, was a highly successful Modified racer, which was very tough to accomplish, running against Troyer, Evans, Hoag, Roger & Merv Treichler, and many more.... every week. The competition was fierce, yet Jim found a way to win a few times a year.

Charlie took a different path... he raced both Dirt AND Asphat every week, doing very well in each of them. Most of his dirt cars were home-built, and did a hell of a job against the Troyer Mudd Busses, the Tobias cars, the Olsen Eagles and the Bicknell cars. He eventually moved into the Busch North series for a while, and even had a few starts in Nascar with a sponsor new to the sport. Sunoco sponsored Charlie Rudolph in their first Nascar involvement.

Youngest of the 3, is Erick, shown here in an SST Mod. Still only 17 years old, he has won in Micro-Sprints, TQ Midgets, Dirt Sportsman cars (at Syracuse no less, in his first ever time in the car, and first time on the track)
DIRT Mods, SST Mods, and recently won his first Nascar Modified Tour victory at Spencer Speedway.

I spoke to Charlie last winter about coming down for the Reunion, which he politely declined. His reasoning was very good though. "I don't feel comfortable about Erick missing that much school. His grades and education come first...THEN racing"

In an age where too many parents are shoving hteir kid out to be the 'next Joey Logano', here is a father who realizes that there ARE other things more important than being a successful race driver. Erick IS a success, and will continue to be one for a long time to come. But for now, education comes first!

This kid WILL BE going places... and you heard it here first!

[Jimmy McKinley]

Here's a pic I just found - a FOUR-DIGIT NA$CAR race car, from one of the early Southern 500's: no name, no story...just a cool pic

[ancrdave]

The picture is of Lloyd Hulette's '53 Buick at Darlington in 1953... He started 29th and finished 17th... Hulette was from Cincinnati, OH and this was his one and only NASCAR GN race...

[Kerrmintor]

Rusty Wallace

[Frasson118]

Phil Barkdoll's Winston Cup car. I love the sponsor for this ride, as well as the Stooge influenced number itself (73-1/3).

[Frasson118]

A combination of the old & the new looks.

Bob Seelman in the 74, in a Leffler Chassis traditional style Sprint car. Todd Gibson, also known as the Flintstone Flyer, in the offset Supermodified #0

[ModelCarMan]

Dave Dunkin



Bruce Griffin



Robert Hamke



Dave Pletcher

[Jim Fenton]

Staying with the #71, both of these articles with photos are from the November 20, 1975 edition of Florida Raceweek.

I believe Dave Dunkin’s #71 featured in this “revenge” article is the same car posted by ModelCarMan above.



This is a great “Looking Back” article by J.L. VanLandingham featuring a photo of Dick Joslin’s #71 Coupe from back in the 50’s.

[Jim Fenton]

From the Master of sequence shots back in the ‘Day’, here’s a 3-shot sequence taken of some action during the very first lap of the qualifying heat prior to the 1975 Florida 200 Governor’s Cup Race at Golden Gate from Bobby (5 X 5) Day.

Rodney Combs in the #75 gets into Harry Gant in the #77 Nova coming off of turn #4 and starts him around as a result of running into as well as climbing completly up on the back deck of Hamke's #174 first in the outside lane.




Rodney continues the deed as he goes by Gant on the outside.




Gant’s Nova is left sitting half on and half off the track coming off the corner. All this chaos was caused by everyone checking up to avoid Bobby Brack in the #57 Chevelle who spun in front of everyone on the first lap. The race was consequently red-flagged and completly restarted as a result.

[ocalasp76]

Hey......

been waitin' a long time to jump in here. I know the #76 is a rare number,none in NASCRAP nowadays, so here is mine.
Last year Ocala was asphalt, 2007
-JIM-

[Jim Fenton]

Congrats Jimbo on the win pictured.

Please forgive the stupid questions (I don't get out much) but do you still have and / or race this car?

All I've seen is the NAPA ride-along car which of course is way kewl also.

[ocalasp76]

Hey Jim....

Yuppers I still race this car. Finished 2nd in points at Bronson this year too.
Blew 2 motors and waiting for a new one to be finished now. One motor was 6 years old and pulled a wrist pin. The other spun a bearing. It has ben a great ride,for a 13 year old car. One of Dickie Andersons old cars I was told.
Just putting the heads back on the NAPA car after blowing a head gasket. Did those rides at Columbia in August with a blown gasket. That's why it kept overheating.
-GYM-

[Jim Fenton]

Mega-Props to you Jimbo.

Racers luv doers, not talkers.

[Frasson118]

The bottom car is the Oswego Supermodified owned by the famous Turner Brothers, and driven by Dutch Hoag in this shot. Together, they won tons of Modified races all over the Northeast, and were almost unbeatable at Langhorne PA., with their number 18 car (at Oswego, the #18 was taken, so they went with #78 instead).

The Turners actually had 2 different Supers... sort of.

The original Super (the White one), was actually a Vega-bodied Modified, with removable body panels. It could (and did) run on Fridays and Sundays as a Mod, and as a Super on Saturdays.

This one was purpose-built as a Super. The team never had the success in the Supers that they did in Mods, but all 3 are in the DIRT Hall of Fame, and I'm sure several others

Don Turner and Dutch Hoag have both made it the first 2 Reunions. Unfortunately, Ray Turner left us during 2008.