Who has raced the same car the longest time

[bill dedman]

Does it have the aluminum front end? Can I have it (be a shame to waste that rare part to the corrosive nature of plain old dirt!!!)???

[Mike Carr]

I would guess Dave and Ben Wenzel would be the winner, or close to it.

On a related topic, how many out there/on here are racing cars that they are one-owner cars of, and/or cars that are being raced that have been racecars pretty much their whole life?

A few that come to mind (to the best of my knowledge, I could be wrong on a few, and I apoligize if I'm wrong):
-Bill Davis, current SS/D record holder, has owned his Camaro since new, and only saw the street for a brief period of time before being turned into a SS/G Camaro and raced in the early 1970's, after a pair of big block stick Chevelles.
-I believe Bill Davis, and his then-partner the late Ricky Metz, had a B/S '69 Camaro that is now Doc Watson's SS/DM Camaro.
-I thought I read once that Red LeBlanc is a one-owner of his current SS/G Mustang.
-Maybe Ken Montgomery's Triple Nickle SS/B '65 Plymouth?

Any other good stories to share?

[Gary Smith]

'65 Mustang dad bought new in Dec '65 started racing it in '74, '89 Mustang I bought new in Oct '89? Surprised I haven't been approached by classic car journalists yet.

[John Leichtamer Jr]

Everett Hill In the old Mustang has to be close to the longest time.

Hammer

[Evan Smith]

My father-in-law, John Bender, has been racing his '67 Plymouth in Stock and Brackets and in Stock again since his then-girlfriend, and now wife, Peggy, bought it new.

[Rory McNeil]

A couple of NorthWest MoPars I can think of have been around "forever".
Dave Wren still has the aluminum nose 63 Max Wedge Plymouth that he was runner up at the 68 Winternationals with.
BC racer Jim Isherwood has been running his SS/EA 67 WO23 "Super Stock Package" Plymouth Hemi Belvedere since 1978 or 79. I believe that it has been a drag car all its life.
Also, although he sold it a few years back, Buck Kinneys orange 71/72 Chevelle convertible was racing in Super Stock when I first started racing in the mid 70`s, and looked virtually identical the entire time, it was sold at Barrett-Jackson 2 or 3 years ago.

[will prater]

My money is on Div. 4 Super Stocker James Lee and his 55 chevy. I remember seeing him and Ed Wright racing in Tulsa back in 1973 when I was in high school and I'm 54 now.
Sorry Ed. haha

[Jack Matyas]

Raced my 73/74 Ventura / GTO from August of 1973 to a few years ago .........Sure wish I had it back - best racer I ever owned .

[Randall Klein]

Jack: first off...nice hair!
anyway, the Winners Circle (congrats) shows billboard with Wally's, but by your car is a different trophy....were Wally's restricted to Eliminator winner?

[Jack Matyas]

Originally Posted by Randall Klein

Jack: first off...nice hair!
anyway, the Winners Circle (congrats) shows billboard with Wally's, but by your car is a different trophy....were Wally's restricted to Eliminator winner?

Randall -- Forget the hair ......just check out the sneakers ! ! ! As for the trophy -- I 'm not sure they even had Wally's in 1974 ................

PS -- And I still have that much hair .......but its a different shade now.