Wilson Ford Drag Club Class Racers

Gary Smith · 01-29-2010, 04:19 PM

Gary Backstrom, former Wilson Ford Drag Club member, and Mike Ryser posted these on their Facebook accounts. There are many other pics, but not of Stock & Super Stock. My late father was club president at the close of the '70s. The club's class racers were: Greg Foreman, Steve Steele, Ted Wells, Don Lutz, Dave Budget, Don Rea, (I think Jeff Powers and Marcel Cloutier but they were before my time), Mike Graham, Joe Burke, and Steve Barber. I remember Norm Nevin being part of that clan too, but didn't know him personally. It seemed all the Ford racers did a lot together back then, hard to remember who became active members outside the aforementioned names. Except for Wells, all others I grew up around. Dyno Don was an honorary member from '78-'79, wearing WFDC jacket and at one time adorn on his Fairmont while at OCIR. Greg who worked out of Nicholson's Anaheim shop, did head work for my dad. Dad, Budget, and Don Cumby, and Tony Burkhardt (another WF member) were there frequently which is how they got Dyno to join. Those were some great times back then.

01-29-2010, 04:19 PM	#5
Gary Smith Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 820 Likes: 9 Liked 132 Times in 30 Posts	Re: Wilson Ford Drag Club Class Racers Gary Backstrom, former Wilson Ford Drag Club member, and Mike Ryser posted these on their Facebook accounts. There are many other pics, but not of Stock & Super Stock. My late father was club president at the close of the '70s. The club's class racers were: Greg Foreman, Steve Steele, Ted Wells, Don Lutz, Dave Budget, Don Rea, (I think Jeff Powers and Marcel Cloutier but they were before my time), Mike Graham, Joe Burke, and Steve Barber. I remember Norm Nevin being part of that clan too, but didn't know him personally. It seemed all the Ford racers did a lot together back then, hard to remember who became active members outside the aforementioned names. Except for Wells, all others I grew up around. Dyno Don was an honorary member from '78-'79, wearing WFDC jacket and at one time adorn on his Fairmont while at OCIR. Greg who worked out of Nicholson's Anaheim shop, did head work for my dad. Dad, Budget, and Don Cumby, and Tony Burkhardt (another WF member) were there frequently which is how they got Dyno to join. Those were some great times back then. __________________ Gary Smith "another broke racer spectating"