Case who loved Cadillac's (hint) ,spending time at their shop,and riding with his buddy who hauled the Case dairy cars to Ft.Wayne. In regards to Olin Friars #7 car, I think I can answer that.įirst off Olin was the father of my dad's step siblings ,and a close family friend recently shared his memories of Olin, and the case Dairy.Mr. I was hoping that some other folks might have some old pics to share of some of their local legends who raced as more of a hobby. I don't think many of the cars and drivers in my shots followed that same path, but several became well known, competetive drivers in this region. The other big stock car thread seems to be largely 60s and newer cars and drivers, and guys that worked their way up thru ARCA, NASCAR and other racing series. I started this thread seperately as the pictures I had were almost exclusively from Ft. There's some more infomation and history posted there about Ft.Wayne Speedway and racing in this corner of Indiana.ĭon't know if I can change this thread's title or not. If anyone's interested, here's a link to the site. Think I've seen your posts and a couple of your photos on the Fencepost Forum. Could this have been your dad? I'll try to finish prepping this shot and and post it. It's a pretty nice shot of the car on the infield with, presumably, the driver standing next to it. In with the picture were two slips of paper with 'Russ Tracy' and 'Barney Barnhill' handwritten on them. There was a picture of a car #64 though, with the name 'Russ' lettered very small on the door. Here, the 98jr makes a guest appearance during the winter of 1951 at the NASCAR exhibition in Washington DC.Ĭlick to expand.Did a quick scan thru my pics but didn't see a car #U-2 or #5. Only the Oldsmobiles of Bill Rexford (3 wins) and Curtis Turner (4 wins) visited victory lane more. Southern 500' lettering on the quarter panel.ĭespite starting only 4 races, the Hubert Westmoreland-prepared 98jr Plymouth ranked as one of the winningest cars for the 1950 season.

Just two weeks after one of the greatest upsets in NASCAR history, Leon Sales pilots the #98jr to victory at North Wilkesboro. Here's the man of the hour $10,510 richer.

Shorty York's #43 Studebaker would finish 20th, 42 laps down while Bob Flock's #7 Olds would cross the finish line 27th, 52 laps off the pace.ĭespite being one of the slowest qualifiers in the field, Mantz would cruise to an easy (and unbelievable) 9-lap victory. Johnny Mantz in the #98jr Plymouth takes the white flag at the inaugural Southern 500 Sept 4 1950. Dunnaway would finish out of the money at 39th, 67 laps off the pace. Gotta love it! Here are a few I've got saved to my fotki acct.ġ950 Darlington Southern 500 action-Johnny Mantz leads Glenn Dunnaway's 1949 4-door Plymouth through turn 4 at the inaugural Southern 500. Ahh yes, the early 50's, when 'stock cars' were stock cars.

Vintage stock car races