Think about this now, In you racing career how many wins have you racked up? Ten,twenty five or maybe a hundred ,sounds like a lot. I managed twenty two in my career so far. Now im talking about feature wins. Wonder how many Dale Earnhardt has or even ole DW,some say he was a terror in his day. Now im going to throw a little wrinkle in the quiz, what about mostly on short tracks and most of those are dirt . Jeff probably has a small bag of wins I bet and so has Billy Scott.
Anyone think of a driver that has over a hundred? Five hundred?? Ok here is the kicker, this one driver I know and ran against, A little side step here now,I was in N.Ga one nite with our dirt modified trying to get a grip on this dirt track that was almost like a bowl. It was high banked and sticky as glue till you got out of shape then it was like oil on pavement.
This driver walked over and started talking to my dad while I was out on the track. When I came in he set in to telling me the hows and whats of getting round that bowl. You know what?? It was a no brainer after his pep talk ,and a little work done on the car.
He won that nite with Friday Hassler second and me fifth,but that was as good as winning.
Now back to the story at hand. Bet ya got it pegged on who im talking about right? There is a Write up here on R/R about him by Brandon Reed. You see Buck Simmons has not only a 1,000 feature wins but more just before his passing. The man loved to race and win,not for the money but for the win. OVER 1,000 wins can you believe that?? Does anyone know of another driver massing this many wins in a lifetime on short tracks? Here is a photo of a tribute car built by Jerry Williams and somewhere I have a photo of Buck standing by this car.
updated by @johnny-mallonee: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
