East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion

chris3racing · 10-19-2012, 08:00 AM

Picked up Akron Arlen Vanke at the airport yesterday. The ride to Henderson, NC was enjoyable. The first old racer Arlen mentioned was Melvin Yow. He commented that "back in the day" he was a serious racer in Super Stock/Pro Stock. He also commented about his times when he came to Piedmont and Person County for match races with the "Southern" racers.

On I-85, about 5 miles from Henderson, we came up on a Don Grotheer Cuda being pulled on an open trailer. Now do you think we really got some nostalgia conversation going.

Got to Henderson and the motel lots were beginning to fill. Parking lot at the Walmart looked like the pits at a race track. The Walmart is adjacent to three of the host motels.

Going to get the race car loaded and off to the barbeque at Saterwhite Point, then racing tonight at Roxboro Motorsports Park, "Person County dragway"

10-19-2012, 08:00 AM	#5
chris3racing Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 528 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion Picked up Akron Arlen Vanke at the airport yesterday. The ride to Henderson, NC was enjoyable. The first old racer Arlen mentioned was Melvin Yow. He commented that "back in the day" he was a serious racer in Super Stock/Pro Stock. He also commented about his times when he came to Piedmont and Person County for match races with the "Southern" racers. On I-85, about 5 miles from Henderson, we came up on a Don Grotheer Cuda being pulled on an open trailer. Now do you think we really got some nostalgia conversation going. Got to Henderson and the motel lots were beginning to fill. Parking lot at the Walmart looked like the pits at a race track. The Walmart is adjacent to three of the host motels. Going to get the race car loaded and off to the barbeque at Saterwhite Point, then racing tonight at Roxboro Motorsports Park, "Person County dragway"