Sorry guys, I figured I would let somebody else get it, rather than jump back on it........
Soap is a character, and for sure one of the pioneers of the sport. Mostly known for his red and white 06 ( some of you may have seen a young kid from Kannoplis posing by his car in the mid 70s at Charlotte motor speedway before he ran the car..... guys name was Dale Earnhardt.
At any rate........ if ya'll want, i can post another question, or we can wait until dad logs back in and he can have another go at it.
btw, if ya ever get the chance, surf around for info on him....... like I said he is quite the character.
I met once years ago..... when I was a kid. He and Buddy Baker were doin an appearance at our local track's open house. I wanted to get their autographs. Buddy infomed me he was "a professional racecar driver" and didn't have time to sign a bunch of autographs....... So as you can imagine, I never cared much for him. But Soap on the other hand, said, aw heck, Im just Neil Castles...... what ya want me to sign. He spent most of the day with us, and became a hero of mine from then on.............
in fact, funny story to do with that..... he set up at dad's table (Luke57) where dad had his models displayed..... he needed to go to the bathroom, so he left a stack of postcards.... Dad asked what if someone wants an autograph while you are gone..... Soap just grinned and said, well, you can spell Soap can't ya.........lol.
