I remember this car very well, and the car that Jim raced for Jerry Remlinger before this one. Jim had a blue '71 convertible with a wild arrow/stripe paint scheme. Wheeler and Garey(Ron) travelled and pitted together during those years, when of course Ron was running with Norm Chesrown's backing. I was a team member on the Brothers White Pontiac team out of Valparaiso, IN. The Whites were on the factory program along with Truman Fields, Arnie Toftland, Gary & Charlene Wood, and others. We commonly raced against Ron and Jim in the same classes. We would defeat them, they would defeat us, all good, all fun. Both great guys.
Dan Van Koevering, 9th-term President, Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame
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Van Koevering & Son Oldsmobile Stock Drag Racing
Grand Rapids, MI
Driver: U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Andrew Van Koevering
Iraq '04-'05 '09-'10