A little off topic but does anybody on here remember when (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Trickle won 67 features in 1972 in the purple Mustang? And then in 1975 Tom Reffner did the same thing in his blue Javelin.
A little off topic but does anybody on here remember when (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Trickle won 67 features in 1972 in the purple Mustang? And then in 1975 Tom Reffner did the same thing in his blue Javelin.
i ran a lot of loads in and out of Missouri in the 70's and 80's and Larry Phillips shop in Springfield was an occasional stop when my schedule permitted. He always was more than gracious letting me crawl around his cars and asking loads of questions.
I used to watch the races at the Springfield fairgrounds, Bolivar, Monett and even Branson... lots of great memories from those days.
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If this thread is about late model wins I think Richards would be the one with the most. 26 super late model wins (17 WOO, 6 Lucas, 2 UMP, 1 FALS Draw) and 1 NeSmith crate race.
I was at a lot of the Trickle and Reffner wins, they had to patch there cars and motors together on the road as they traveled a lot to get those wins. I believe Trickle borrowed Bob Gunns car to get some of the wins.
scott... In Father Dale Grubba's book about WI short track racing during the 60's he tells the story about Trickle blowing the engine in the race car, pulling out the 390 from his tow vehicle, putting it in the stock car, winning the feature then hooking a chain to the race car, taping flashlights to the stock car for 'headlights' and towing the pick-up home with the race car... AFTER they made a few stops at the local watering holes. Different times for sure...
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