Mike edwards / modified eliminator

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

Lee Shepherd car was a small block chevrolet(288).It was maybe the Cross and Corzine car.I dont think it ever had a ford engine.He tapped the wall with it at Indy in maybe 73,or 74 trying to keep from going too fast..The next year he raced the Corvette.Lee's first modified car was a '63 Nova wagon.He was runnerup at the NHRA Springnationals in Columbus in 1972.

The Maverick that resulted in the coming together of the R-M-S team started out as David Reher's street car when he was in college with Buddy Morrison. Buddy Had a 350hp-327 engine, four-speed and 12 bolt rear end out of Chevy II and they got together to make a sleeper to do some Saturday night racing. They ended up racing the car some at the Kennedale dragstrip that lee frequented with his Chevy II wagon. The three of them decided to put the engine and trans out of Lee's box wagon into the Maverick for some real class competition. They made quite an impression on lots of folks. Car Craft did an article on the car and called it the "Texas Suckermaker".