I had a bunch of races on tape from the 90s but just looked and could not find them, maybe tossed in a tape cleanup session.
found them , late 90s early 2000's
I would LOVE to get my hands on some of those
I was there, all three years, yeah I'm that old. Got some info stashed away somewhere, will try to find some of it. Ran the year of Pettys' fan appreciation tour and painted my car up like his as my own Petty appreciation tour.. Racing on that track was a blast, have to thank Tony for making it possible for a hick town boy like me to race at the Mecca. We astounded the crowds by starting the quick cars to the back, which they had never seen, no freight training there! The track is almost twice the width of Delaware, so running three wide didn't bother us much, but gave them good old boys heart palpatations.
One night was so cold the water in the rads of the Florida cars was freezing at speed! Had the good old boys comin around buyin anti-freeze from us Canucks cause we had it for the trip in and out of Canada! Lots more stories in this old head, but they take time to recall.
Bring on the stories Rebel! ;D ;D
First year we went, nobody knew what gear to run, some of us got lucky and scrambled to the wreckin yards for some 9" rears. George Wall was runnin the 50 car and just couldn't get a good gear. Good thing we only ran 3 races that first year cause I think he hurt three engines. The next year I took two complete engines and a short block. Had another guy build my priimary engine, 7 laps into practice it started smokin out the pipes, that was at 3pm, locals couldn't believe it we lined up for time trials at 5:30 with back up in and the guys pouring coolant in it while I strapped in, qualified 7th! Thought we sucked an intake gasket on the good engine,. replaced it in am and dropped it back in. Same result, same fix, that really freaked em out, they told us we changed engines like they change tires. Turned out the "engine builder" used anti seize on the head bolts instead of loctite, last one he did for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Think I got some pics of the engine adventure if I can figure out how to post em. We took up two pit stalls and nobody bitched, I think they found it too entertaining!
interesting ,what car # are ya,I was there also for all the florida races#75.had a blast