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MYRONARL1119 · 03-03-2015, 11:53 AM

Ken, I can maybe give you a little more info about Lamar. He as I recall raced several 55-56 chevy back in the 70s. He lived just a short distance from National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio(he actually lived in Buckeye Lake). He was a very sharp guy that had some of the sharpest cars in their day and held national records also. He was very respected and once you got to know him, he would give you pointers that always seems to help performance wise. I was running a 1963 Chevy II convertible at either the 1972 or 73 U.S. Nationals. Our ets were off and after talking to Lamar, he suggested that I needed more rear end gear. At that point he said to take one of 55-64 "punkins" and try it in our car. Helped our car greatly and I always remember Lamar as a "teacher" from then on. He was taken way before his time and left a void in the National Trail family.

03-03-2015, 11:53 AM	#10
MYRONARL1119 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: COLUMBUS,OHIO Posts: 59 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: lamar vaubel Ken, I can maybe give you a little more info about Lamar. He as I recall raced several 55-56 chevy back in the 70s. He lived just a short distance from National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio(he actually lived in Buckeye Lake). He was a very sharp guy that had some of the sharpest cars in their day and held national records also. He was very respected and once you got to know him, he would give you pointers that always seems to help performance wise. I was running a 1963 Chevy II convertible at either the 1972 or 73 U.S. Nationals. Our ets were off and after talking to Lamar, he suggested that I needed more rear end gear. At that point he said to take one of 55-64 "punkins" and try it in our car. Helped our car greatly and I always remember Lamar as a "teacher" from then on. He was taken way before his time and left a void in the National Trail family.