In 1975 & 76 we had a white car. In 77 white/blue and gold in 78. I went street stock racing in 79 in a 66 Beaumont #72 then in the #42 Joyco 64 Chevelle in 80. Then I moved to Oshawa and lost track of Ike.
  I hope I didn't ruin a good memory. If you thought that was your dad's car. We'd built that car from scratch and it was probably our best. Although Fuzz's first car, the white one, was probably the most successful.
  There was good racing back then and it got better for Delaware, when Tony took over in 79. We had 75 street stocks and only 24 made the feature. Young guy's like Steve Robblie, Rob Clark, Bill Rowse Jr. and many more, got started racing veterans like Ron Ling and Doug Purdie and eventually Ike Henry and George Wall. 
    You may be too young to remember the Carling O'Keefe Series, but it and the Export 'A' Series were the start of ASA. Those were the days that the NCTS needs to duplicate. Drivers from the mid western states taking on our best. Big fields and the feeling of something big was happening. 
       

You may be too young to remember the Carling O'Keefe Series, but it and the Export 'A' Series were the start of ASA. Those were the days that the NCTS needs to duplicate. Drivers from the mid western states taking on our best. Big fields and the feeling of something big was happening.

Oh, I remember the Export A series, although through the eyes of a kid. Basically I remember it as those nights when the pits were full of Late Models...we called them "specials" when Ross, Hanley, Biederman etc would come and do like 100 lappers or twin 50's. (The days of Jr and Don coming every week here were still a couple years away...if I recall, Delaware only ran limiteds on a regular basis at the time.)

But I remember a few other cars too, like Brian Setterington and Howie Scannell.

And actually, that old compact class was my favorite, with Shaxon in the purple Gremlin, Ike, and Taze Palmer. (I didn't know it was Taze at the time though...I always thought his name was Wacky Webster  :))

Unfortunately, I don't think they can ever duplicate what went on back then. The racing world has changed too much. If every track was running the same late models like they did back then, then maybe. But I don't ever see that happening. All attempts at re-unification have failed thus far, and even if it had, the money's just not there to bring out mercenary race car drivers who make a living going track to track. And NCTS is insular, and has its own kind of race car, so there's nowhere else to draw from.

But hey, Delaware's got a good program right now, and the SW Ontario racing community is starting to take notice...so I think we're all right down here. It's still the place to be on Friday night.

Those were the good ole days. Guy's like Norm Lelliott' Ed Howe, Bob Seneker, Jerry "the Bear" Makara, Jim Shipway , Mark Martin, Dick Trickle and Benny Parsons and so many more were a pleasure to see and left great memories.
  Remember Jim Fenwick, he died way too young and was one hell of a racer. Then there was Marsh and Grant Manning, Ron Pearn, Ralph Featherstone, Mo Merner, Doug Crocker,  Bill Rowse Sr., Bob Wood and his brother Sam on wrenches and the list goes on an on. They sure were big times!   

Wow......I remember ALL of these names. I lived within a mile or 2 of the track all through my childhood. Mom and Dad both used to race here in the 60s and early 70s. Dad (Bob Truax) drove sportsman and compacts when I started going. He had a red #1 in the sportsman and drove the purple #2 gremlin owned by Bill Robinson from Delaware in the compacts. He also drove a white #2 the year sportsman and compact ran together for Bill Robinson. He had several cars before that but I don't remember them. Mom,(Chris) drove a red #6 in the powder puffs. 4 major events I remember from the early years was Tiny Tim Wilkins going over the wall in turn 2, Butch Fedewa going through the billboard in turn 2 with his super, Bill Galbraith flipping down the front stretch in his limited stock (he took out the string of lights at the finish line) and Leo Koppens bad wreck in turn 1. My favorites from back then were Lelliot in the #57 super late model, McCllroy in the orange # 4 stang in limiteds and Fenwick in the #5 pinto compact. (besides dad of course) Dad and Al Patrick were always good friends and still are and they did a lot of the construction work at the track in the early years. Dad had bulldozers and dump trucks working there. I can remember them putting in the dirt strip in for the tractor pulls one year. (remember the super spook tractor ?). Jim Patrick and I grew up on the hill together. Shadow, we must have been standing in the same line ups at Bert Lauzons souvenir shop back then. HAHA. I wonder if Tim Vogel still has a lot of his old pics from back in the day. I'd love to see them.

Hah..another track rugrat. We're talking the same era so we must be aournd the same age. I remember Butch Fedewas pirouette from the track to the billboard. (and the delay that followed) and I remember that guy flipping down the fontstretch...though up till now I didn't know who it was.

Anyway, thanks for joining up Supermart. Every once in a while we get to yarning, and its good to have another track rat on board.