Quote:
Originally Posted by Myron Piatek
Here is a quote from a May, 1977 Car Craft article by Al Kirschenbaum:
"Years later, when Don's flat-towed '68 Hemi 'Cuda plowed into a tree in a highway mishap, Buddy Martin bought the car and gave him a job driving it. Don's talent at the tree (Christmas, not wood) and reputation as a match racer didn't go unnoticed by Buddy, and Don subsequently did a lot of testing for the S&M team in the year and a half that he was with them."
It doesn't specify a time-line/date, but goes on to say that he went to work for Tom Hoover and Ted Spehar after a 6-week job driving a Billy Stepp car.
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I was at Bradenton Fla. testing with Bill Stiles, the day they put Carlton in the Missel. Watched his name go on the car and make his first run in it.
He was a super shoe!