How about Big Daddy!

[Mike Pearson]

I can only hope that I can still be racing and competitive at Big Daddy's age. Same goes for Bobby Warren. Both of these guys are iron men in my opinion. "Big" always brings alot of attention to stock when he is at an event. I wished he would run more of the divisionals and even some SSSSA events in Florida. Might just put a few more butts in the stands.

[treessavoy]

For those of you not so old......Big started out as a class racer in Stock.

He and his wife raced a 1962 Max Wedge Dodge, in fact, they drove it from FL to TX and won then capped it up and drove home again.

He also raced in the Gas classes with different cars locally before turning to rails.....where the money was!

JimR

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

For those of you not so old......Big started out as a class racer in Stock.

He and his wife raced a 1962 Max Wedge Dodge, in fact, they drove it from FL to TX and won then capped it up and drove home again.

He also raced in the Gas classes with different cars locally before turning to rails.....where the money was!

JimR

He was into fuel rails using carbs and no blower using nitro before the 62 Dodge. Even his early gas class car had an early style Hemi in it. That 62 413 car was a "gimmie" from Dodge for publicity.

[bill dedman]

His gas-powered dragster won Top Eliminator in a race in Florida and was reported on in a Hot Rod magazine I had in 1956.... 108 MPH.... It was powered ny a Ford flathead.

The story goes, he took the 331 Hemi out of his tow car ( a '40 Ford coupe) and put in the rail, (in place of the flathead) and it was quicker and faster... and, a legend was born!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

He was into fuel rails using carbs and no blower using nitro before the 62 Dodge. Even his early gas class car had an early style Hemi in it. That 62 413 car was a "gimmie" from Dodge for publicity.

Correct!!