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Was digging around in the bottem drawer of one of my file cabinets last night and found a couple of items which may or may not be of interest.
First thing was a NASCAR News Bulletin from about this time of year and I am guessing it would have been issued in 1970.
The bulletin concerns the second annual Northern Tour of the NASCAR Grand American Division, sponsored by STP. (The Grand American Division was similar to the original Busch Series or the old LMS division but used so-called pony cars. Sort of like the SCCA's Trans Am cars only running on ovals instead of road courses.)
Interesting in that there was and added $10,000 point fund and qualifying heats were used to determine the starting line-up. Line ups for the heats were by season point standings. The additional monies for the point fund came from STP ($5,000) and the track owners ($5,000) and the winner was to receive $1,250, second got $950, third was worth $800 and last place paid $200. If a driver won every race, including the qualifying heats he could win as much as $7,250 for the five race Tour.
Tracks participating were Holland, NY, Catamount Stadium in Milton, VT, Bryar Motorsports Park in Loudon, NH (site of today's NHIS), then the half-mile dirt track at Flemington, NJ and the last race was back on the pavement at International Raceway Park in Ona, W.Va on a 7/16 mile paved oval.
Tiny Lund was the division points leader at the time of the bulletin and Jim Paschal had won the Grand American title in an American Motors Javelin the previous year (1969).
The second item was a press release from an IMCA stockcar racer early in the 1968 season.
This driver was running for his 9th title that season and had amassed a total of 212 wins and 112 second place finishes in 545 races since 1953.
A little digging turned up something over 300 feature wins (no one knows for sure as most of his records were lost in a fire) in career which ended in 1977.
His first championship came in 1953, claimed four straight beginning in 1959, lost the 1963 and 64 titles to Dick Hutcherson (this name should be familar to NASCAR fans) and then won the next seven titles in a row for a total of 12 IMCA National titles.
For the younger fans, IMCA is the oldest sanctioning body in the United States and at that time, along with USAC, had as much or more, national recognition as NASCAR.
Anybody know who this driver was?
And no fair looking it up!
First thing was a NASCAR News Bulletin from about this time of year and I am guessing it would have been issued in 1970.
The bulletin concerns the second annual Northern Tour of the NASCAR Grand American Division, sponsored by STP. (The Grand American Division was similar to the original Busch Series or the old LMS division but used so-called pony cars. Sort of like the SCCA's Trans Am cars only running on ovals instead of road courses.)
Interesting in that there was and added $10,000 point fund and qualifying heats were used to determine the starting line-up. Line ups for the heats were by season point standings. The additional monies for the point fund came from STP ($5,000) and the track owners ($5,000) and the winner was to receive $1,250, second got $950, third was worth $800 and last place paid $200. If a driver won every race, including the qualifying heats he could win as much as $7,250 for the five race Tour.
Tracks participating were Holland, NY, Catamount Stadium in Milton, VT, Bryar Motorsports Park in Loudon, NH (site of today's NHIS), then the half-mile dirt track at Flemington, NJ and the last race was back on the pavement at International Raceway Park in Ona, W.Va on a 7/16 mile paved oval.
Tiny Lund was the division points leader at the time of the bulletin and Jim Paschal had won the Grand American title in an American Motors Javelin the previous year (1969).
The second item was a press release from an IMCA stockcar racer early in the 1968 season.
This driver was running for his 9th title that season and had amassed a total of 212 wins and 112 second place finishes in 545 races since 1953.
A little digging turned up something over 300 feature wins (no one knows for sure as most of his records were lost in a fire) in career which ended in 1977.
His first championship came in 1953, claimed four straight beginning in 1959, lost the 1963 and 64 titles to Dick Hutcherson (this name should be familar to NASCAR fans) and then won the next seven titles in a row for a total of 12 IMCA National titles.
For the younger fans, IMCA is the oldest sanctioning body in the United States and at that time, along with USAC, had as much or more, national recognition as NASCAR.
Anybody know who this driver was?
And no fair looking it up!
