Video of the coal Digger III pre season testing

Geerhead55 · 02-19-2010, 12:01 AM

I ran into Don Bowles last October at a NMCA race at Memphis,,,he is always the gentleman, I told him I was from Seattle and remembered taking shots of his Mustang around '76 when he brought it out west during the Grace Cup days. That car was a big bodied 71-73 style and ran real fast, a stick car also. He returned around 1980 with the Fairmont and that was an impressive Super Modified piece too. He told us some stories about always enjoying the trips out west, but he stays closer to home nowadays. He was now running a Maverick, still yellow and still a stick car and still having fun in his twilight years. I'm hoping we can all be enjoying this when we're his age. It was great spending a little time with him.
Danny Durham

Geerhead55 · 02-19-2010, 12:13 AM

Before you guys jump all over me,,,Thats deffinately an automatic I'm hearing on the video of the Maverick, when I thought it was a stick last fall when we saw it. I'm thinking old fart syndrome has hit me again. Great runs however, in the 8.50s. I wish they had that style of racing up in the NW. Danny Durham

troublemaker427 · 02-19-2010, 08:05 AM

It is an automatic, most likely a Turbo 400.

By the way the record for the class is:

Charlie Booze
8.552
157.890

With Kuntz Power....

02-19-2010, 12:01 AM	#1
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Video of the coal Digger III pre season testing I ran into Don Bowles last October at a NMCA race at Memphis,,,he is always the gentleman, I told him I was from Seattle and remembered taking shots of his Mustang around '76 when he brought it out west during the Grace Cup days. That car was a big bodied 71-73 style and ran real fast, a stick car also. He returned around 1980 with the Fairmont and that was an impressive Super Modified piece too. He told us some stories about always enjoying the trips out west, but he stays closer to home nowadays. He was now running a Maverick, still yellow and still a stick car and still having fun in his twilight years. I'm hoping we can all be enjoying this when we're his age. It was great spending a little time with him. Danny Durham

02-19-2010, 12:13 AM	#2
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Video of the coal Digger III pre season testing Before you guys jump all over me,,,Thats deffinately an automatic I'm hearing on the video of the Maverick, when I thought it was a stick last fall when we saw it. I'm thinking old fart syndrome has hit me again. Great runs however, in the 8.50s. I wish they had that style of racing up in the NW. Danny Durham

02-19-2010, 08:05 AM	#3
troublemaker427 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hampstead, MD. Posts: 422 Likes: 282 Liked 64 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Video of the coal Digger III pre season testing It is an automatic, most likely a Turbo 400. By the way the record for the class is: Charlie Booze 8.552 157.890 With Kuntz Power.... __________________ Jody Aberts Troublemaker2 1966 Fairlane 427