New Smyrna - 1981 Guess Who ??

[ancrdave]

Can you remember these five???

[Jimmy McKinley]

The 84 is Lance Smith, Dumont's son, I believe. I think that may have been one of the last Car 84 Garage entries, although I think Brack or Balough may have driven a Camaro down south not too long afterwards...

[Jimmy McKinley]

OK, maybe it's NOT a Merendino car...Lance just may have used the 84 from his dad's old number...looks like it says "Dumont Smith (something)" on the quarter panel...

[ancrdave]

That is Lance Smith with the #84... After his dad Dumont retired, Lance chose to run the last number Dumont used... Later he drove Budweiser sponsored cars to several track championships...
The first photo is the son of a famous drag racing name from Orlando...
The second was one of those guys who never ran up front alot but was always at NSS every week
The third photo is of a guy who went on to race ARCA and a bit of NASCAR...
The last photo is the guy that Rick Clouser raced nearly every week for the trophy in the Spectator races... He eventually plastered this car against the turn four wall...

[Jimmy McKinley]

I can remember seeing all of those cars at NSS when we went up there two or three times a year. 1981, we were running Tampa and St. Pete; didn't get up to Orlando and New Smyrna much except for the World Series and maybe the All-Pro races and Cracker 200...so I can't really place the names...

[palmbayer]

3rd photo is Dan Pardus...good hint Dave

[palmbayer]

1st photo is Mike Laws .....he also ran 2 cup races in 1986. Finished 31st at MIS and 24th at AMS.

[blue7]

I think the top one is Mike Laws w/ Gary Bramlett and Danny Davis and the second one is that crazy car saleman from Ocoee Don Tindle

[ancrdave]

Good job guys... Mike Laws, Don Tyndall, Dan Pardus and Lance Smith... bet no one but the Clousers and Dicandios know the last one...

[Fourhigh]

Good job guys... Mike Laws, Don Tyndall, Dan Pardus and Lance Smith... bet no one but the Clousers and Dicandios know the last one...

He was berry, berry good for a spectator.

[Jimmy McKinley]

Buzzy Berry....?