Unused race cars, too

Mike Pearson · 01-20-2020, 03:45 PM

Recently we have lost quite a few super stock cars here in FL. All retired from racing and sold their cars. Eddie Diaz, Pat Clifford, Rebel Kid, Kenny McCoy just to name a few. Merril Schrimsher has his beautiful 66 Chevy II up for sale. Paul Forte has not run his car in quite a long while. My buddy Jay Slane has had some health issues that have kept him from racing much for the past 3 years. He is recovering from knee replacement surgery right now and hopes to be back out racing some later in the year. Haven't seen John Douglas racing in a few years and he was a die hard racer. Not sure what happened to John. Tony Conte still has his SS/AS Camaro but he has not been racing much either. Probably close to retiring seeing he is in his late 70's.
I am sure it is similar in Stock but I don't keep up with them as much.

rx dealer · 01-20-2020, 03:57 PM

About those 63-67 Corvettes or even 57-62 i bet many of them got turned into Super Class cars with with tube chassis and what every part left over were sold in swap meets and in the hands of "collectors".

GTX JOHN · 01-20-2020, 04:46 PM

My boy finished in top 5 in Superstock and won a Divisional with Kenny
McCoy's old Duster our here in Div. 7. Kenny and his family came out
and ran it last year at Vegas Divisional and hopefully will get out again and run
it this year! He is a great guy and the car went to a good home.

Jim Wahl · 01-20-2020, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GTX JOHN

My boy finished in top 5 in Superstock and won a Divisional with Kenny
McCoy's old Duster our here in Div. 7. Kenny and his family came out
and ran it last year at Vegas Divisional and hopefully will get out again and run
it this year! He is a great guy and the car went to a good home.

Kenny is one of the nicest and talented racers you could ever know and we miss seeing him race down here in D2. I hope he is doing well. His car was one of our favorites too!

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GTX JOHN · 01-24-2020, 02:35 AM

[QUOTE=Jim Wahl;606547]Kenny is one of the nicest and talented racers you could ever know and we miss seeing him race down here in D2. I hope he is doing well. His car was one of our favorites too!

Kenny has a very busy work schedule and I am sure it is hard to go to the track after losing his father.

Stephen & Horace Johnson · 01-20-2020, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Pearson

Recently we have lost quite a few super stock cars here in FL. All retired from racing and sold their cars. Eddie Diaz, Pat Clifford, Rebel Kid, Kenny McCoy just to name a few. Merril Schrimsher has his beautiful 66 Chevy II up for sale. Paul Forte has not run his car in quite a long while. My buddy Jay Slane has had some health issues that have kept him from racing much for the past 3 years. He is recovering from knee replacement surgery right now and hopes to be back out racing some later in the year. Haven't seen John Douglas racing in a few years and he was a die hard racer. Not sure what happened to John. Tony Conte still has his SS/AS Camaro but he has not been racing much either. Probably close to retiring seeing he is in his late 70's.
I am sure it is similar in Stock but I don't keep up with them as much.

john Douglas quit racing and sold his car years ago....

Mike Pearson · 01-21-2020, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen & Horace Johnson

john Douglas quit racing and sold his car years ago....

Thanks I figured that was the case. Hope he is enjoying life.

cgall · 01-21-2020, 07:09 PM

My overhead door guy told me last summer he sees more race cars mothballed in garages than those that are still being campaigned

Frank Castros · 01-21-2020, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cgall

My overhead door guy told me last summer he sees more race cars mothballed in garages than those that are still being campaigned

Barn finds.

gfbdiesel · 01-23-2020, 10:58 AM

that's what I'm looking for is a barn find chevy ll wagon 66-67 super stocker.

01-20-2020, 03:45 PM	#1
Mike Pearson VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,443 Likes: 613 Liked 1,915 Times in 574 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too Recently we have lost quite a few super stock cars here in FL. All retired from racing and sold their cars. Eddie Diaz, Pat Clifford, Rebel Kid, Kenny McCoy just to name a few. Merril Schrimsher has his beautiful 66 Chevy II up for sale. Paul Forte has not run his car in quite a long while. My buddy Jay Slane has had some health issues that have kept him from racing much for the past 3 years. He is recovering from knee replacement surgery right now and hopes to be back out racing some later in the year. Haven't seen John Douglas racing in a few years and he was a die hard racer. Not sure what happened to John. Tony Conte still has his SS/AS Camaro but he has not been racing much either. Probably close to retiring seeing he is in his late 70's. I am sure it is similar in Stock but I don't keep up with them as much. __________________ Mike Pearson 2485 SS

01-20-2020, 03:57 PM	#2
rx dealer Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lake Orion, Michigan Posts: 337 Likes: 12 Liked 53 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too About those 63-67 Corvettes or even 57-62 i bet many of them got turned into Super Class cars with with tube chassis and what every part left over were sold in swap meets and in the hands of "collectors".

01-20-2020, 04:46 PM	#3
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,728 Likes: 2,783 Liked 2,462 Times in 694 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too My boy finished in top 5 in Superstock and won a Divisional with Kenny McCoy's old Duster our here in Div. 7. Kenny and his family came out and ran it last year at Vegas Divisional and hopefully will get out again and run it this year! He is a great guy and the car went to a good home. __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock

01-24-2020, 02:35 AM	#5
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,728 Likes: 2,783 Liked 2,462 Times in 694 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too [QUOTE=Jim Wahl;606547]Kenny is one of the nicest and talented racers you could ever know and we miss seeing him race down here in D2. I hope he is doing well. His car was one of our favorites too! Kenny has a very busy work schedule and I am sure it is hard to go to the track after losing his father. __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock

01-21-2020, 07:09 PM	#8
cgall Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 36 Likes: 0 Liked 23 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too My overhead door guy told me last summer he sees more race cars mothballed in garages than those that are still being campaigned

01-23-2020, 10:58 AM	#10
gfbdiesel Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 10 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Unused race cars, too that's what I'm looking for is a barn find chevy ll wagon 66-67 super stocker.