the things you find....

[Head Wrench25]

I always collected drivers wives.

[25 Jay 53]

Yeah, no biggee, just thought I might have missed somethin... used to love watching him race!!

Yep. Me too!

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Yep. Me too!

Good stuff Jay. All your posts on this thread, really good. Especially about the license plate.

[chupp n bloomer fan]

These are 2 of my most prized racing related possessions. I bought the white T-shirt when Jack was running a Ford engine in this dirt late model and was on the front row (that is until ol' snort bloomquist turned him into the wall before the first turn of the first lap and broke Jack's wrist!!!) of the very first Eldora Dirt Late Model Dream.

The black T-shirt was the car Jack drove on Eldora Million weekend. Jack was leading his heat race by about 1/2 a straight away and the engine let go with about 5 to go. There were a bunch of disappointed Hewitt fans (myself included in a big way!!) in the Eldora grandstands that evening!!

I had them both tucked away deep in a closet and had forgotten about them. The wife found 'em and showed 'em to me. Almost brought a tear to my eye.

Cool shirts. Only remember Jack at Eldora and he came to Expo in NE Ohio on a weekday to race a late model in the mid 90's. He was in the 21 JW Hunt car very similar to the one on your shirt. Hope to see him again, obviously he doesn't race, but I don't think I have his autograph.

[25 Jay 53]

Good stuff Jay. All your posts on this thread, really good. Especially about the license plate.

Thank you!

[zyoung25]

I feel like these things are a part of the past. Not many drivers hand these out anymore. I believe Feger and Owens do....I know Feger always has a stand beside his car where anyone can grab one and he'll sign it. Moyer and Francis ones were found in my closet. The Moran one was found in the bottom of my Micheal Jordan basketball card collection inside a boss mustang model car box, like I said before Moran was my hero as a kid haha. I found a few more I'll post them later on.

I really liked that Moyer car.

[25 Jay 53]

A never worn World 100 shirt from 1994, a never worn Eldora Million shirt, and an autographed card from Josh Richards.

[25 Jay 53]

And finally an autographed card from Justin Allgaier

[chupp n bloomer fan]

I feel like these things are a part of the past. Not many drivers hand these out anymore. I believe Feger and Owens do....I know Feger always has a stand beside his car where anyone can grab one and he'll sign it. Moyer and Francis ones were found in my closet. The Moran one was found in the bottom of my Micheal Jordan basketball card collection inside a boss mustang model car box, like I said before Moran was my hero as a kid haha. I found a few more I'll post them later on.

I really liked that Moyer car.

Always liked the GVS car. Wether it was Freddy, Moyer, or Babb?, nice cars. Can't picture Freddy or Billy using bass tubes.

[SuperEight]

Here's probably a rare find. I'm not sure...do they even make this magazine anymore?

That was a great magazine, I loved it. No, they went belly up in the late 90's. I think I have just about every issue they put out, even the jumbo over sized ones. Thanks for sharing that.

[CIRF]

Here are 3 more antique T-shirts.

The Dirt Track World Championship T-shirt is from 1991 when the DTWC was still at Pennsboro, WV.

The Eldora Million needs no explanation. I have our ticket stubs from the Eldora Million stored in a fireproof safe. I also had a Sprint Car Eldora Million T-shirt but it was sadly enough inadvertently destroyed.

The Ascot Park T-shirt is not dirt late model related per se but probably the most prized of the 3. Ascot Park was the most iconic dirt racetrack West of the Mississippi River, with due deference to Manzanita Speedway, both of which, sadly, are long gone.

I fear when I'm long gone all of the racing stuff I've accumulated over the years will be merely a nice bonfire for whoever has to sort through it all. LOL!!

[dirtrace09]

This is a really good thread. I still have my Kodiak hat that Ken Schrader signed at Spoon River Speedway in the late 80's. I was just a kid and was so excited to have him sign the hat my dad had bought me. Fast forward to the early 2000's and I was lucky enough to race against him several times.

[zyoung25]

Here's my Eldora million seat tickets, I believe my dad has the ticket stubs. An old Moran hero card from I think 93 or 94. The Freddy Smith card I got when I bought a shirt. It's a 25th anniversary of dtwc.

Funny story about the million, it made us feel dumb then but we can laugh about it now. We went to Eldora on the original date of the race....showed up and there was no one there. My dad is hard headed and wouldn't listen that it had been canceled cuz we figured ol earl would get it in...even though it was cold. Drove 4 hours to sit in the cold and shoot the chit with a few guys who drove down from Minneapolis. We burnt up all of theirs and our wood and then headed back home. We was the only rv in the parking lot that day. Made some new friends though haha.

Does anyone remember if they changed the dates on the tickets after they rescheduled it for June?

[zyoung25]

CIRF will probably like this one. I always thought this Hewitt car package was pretty cool to look at, anyone know where they took that pic at? On the Mark Kinser car I also had Karl sign. The Dale Blaney card was another one I found in the box of cards.

Not sure why some of my pics are coming out side ways but you guys will figure it out lol...sorry for that.

[zyoung25]

but d o you have th e 2nd 13 th ANNUAL JACKSON100

Considering I wasn't even alive of during the 2nd jackson race I highly doubt I'd have it. I've been Brownstown several times but never to the Jackson. I only keep things like this that I've been to or seen.