Milt Marion won the 1936 beach and road course race with Permatex. And about 20,000 more miles before and after the race before the engine was torn down to determine the level of wear!
Tom Know has these 2 Permatex press kit images in his collection. Said Buz McKim now of the NASCAR Hall of Fame did the art work for them. And Tom references the use of Permatex only vs. gaskets
From Johnson City Press
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/128365/local-racing-legends-reunite-at-kingsport-speedway
Local racing legends reunite at Kingsport Speedway
July 31st, 2015 11:11 pm by Jeff Birchfield
KINGSPORT Brad Teague has had many memorable victories over a four-plus decade racing career.
Few were as memorable as October 19, 1980 when the Johnson City driver won a Late Model Sportsman national event at Kingsport Speedway.
Driving for car owner Charlie Henderson, Teague beat the likes of Jack Ingram, Sam Ard and Butch Lindley to win on the 3/8-mile asphalt track. However, he most remembers the race for it being a family affair.
My brother, Bobby, who lives in Maryland, it was the first race where came to see me win here, said Teague, who was one of many local racing legends at Kingsport Speedway on Friday night. But, there were a lot of good drivers you raced against here.
Teague won several other races at Kingsport in the No.3 Chevrolet Chevelle for car owner John Hodges, who operated a machine shop on Austin Springs Road. Teague was also runner-up for the track championship on two occasions.
On a night when the track was celebrating its 50th anniversary, Teague wasnt the only former winner from Johnson City on hand.
Paul Lewis of Johnson City holds the distinction of being one of the few drivers to win races at Kingsport on both on a dirt-track surface and on asphalt.
With either surface, he said there were common characteristics.
This was a fast, challenging race track, Lewis said. You cant overdrive a driver in these corners or get a car too tight or it will get away from you. From what Ive been told, I won the last race here when it was dirt and the last race on asphalt before it went back to dirt.
Lewis, along with fellow Johnson City racer Brownie King, posed in front of the No. 32 Chevrolet which they raced in the NASCAR Cup Series. Also on hand was Gary Potter, whose father Jess, built the race car. Gary Potter raced at Kingsport, but pointed out he never won at the track other than a consolation race.
It was nothing to be ashamed of. The competition that frequented the track in those days included future Cup Series winners Harry Gant and Morgan Shepherd.
I started racing here around 1974 or 75 in the Late Model Sportsman, Potter said. Ive got fond memories of winning that consolation race, but there were a lot of good times racing here. You had those great drivers racing here and my brother, Mike, was one of them. He would outrun me usually, but we really just had a lot of fun at it. I can remember Jimmy Hensley and Bradley (Teague) ran side-by-side for probably well over 100 laps here one time. That was good, enjoyable racing.
Larry Utsman of the famous Bluff City racing family was also on hand Friday. He raced at Kingsport from the 1970s all the way into the 2000s. One of his biggest career victories came in 1979 driving a No. 23 Pontiac Ventura to victory in the Jim Hayes Memorial race. He pointed out that the track was actually faster in the 1970s than it is today.
This track has changed a lot, Utsman said. The asphalt is a little faster than it is with the concrete, plus theyve reconfigured the track. But, you had a lot of competition here. I raced with Hall of Famers like Bobby Allison and Jack Ingram here. I feel like I raced with the very best in NASCAR here.
The Grand National drivers completed three races at New York's state fairgrounds in Syracuse: 1955, 1956 and 1957. The convertible division also raced in Syracuse twice in 1956 and 1957.
But the GN drivers raced at Syracuse a FOURTH time. They raced the first time in 1956 on Memorial Day, May 30th - the same day as the Indianapolis 500. They returned in September to race again during the state fair. A 100-mile race on Syracuse's one-mile dirt oval was scheduled for Thursday, September 6 - three days after the dark Southern 500 in Darlington where Bobby Myers was killed and Fonty Flock's career essentially ended.
Ed Otto promoted the race - as he did many in the north. Many of NASCAR's hot shots made the return trip to NY. To supplement the GN regulars and fatten the field, Otto also brought in several less experienced GN drivers from NY, NJ and Pennsylvania. Billy Myers was on the scheduled list of drivers, but there is no indication he made the trip which is understandable.
Race preview from September 6 Post-Standard of Syracuse.
Lee Petty won the pole, and Speedy Thompson timed second. Herb Thomas and Buck Baker made up the second row. Harold Hardesty qualified 5th. Hardesty only ran 16 GN races. Fourteen of those starts were on west coast tracks including in Sacramento, Riverside, Portland and Bay Meadows in San Mateo, CA. His only two eastern starts were at Darlington three days earlier and at Syracuse.
The green flag waved as scheduled, and Lee Petty set sail. He led the first few laps before the race's first caution flew on lap 14 for a minor incident between Bob Duell and Doug Kennar. Rain then began to pour one lap later as the cars were already under caution. Rather than red flag the race right away, the cars continued slowly at a "funereal pace" over the next half hour for another 19 laps.
Finally at lap 34, the race was red flagged. Initially, the decision was made to re-schedule the race for the following day. But after Otto, NASCAR, fair officials and such huddled for a while, the decision was made to cancel the race and refund the fans their ticket money. Otto and his team needed the extra time to ready the track for an Indy car race scheduled two days later. Fans would have to wait another full year before seeing the GN cars for the next and final time in Syracuse.
So while the race wasn't completed, the drivers weren't credited with a start, and Lee didn't keep his pole win, I still kind of think of the event as a "lost race".
Bit more detailed race report though it (like the other one) had BUDDY Baker in the race vs. Buck.
From Burlington NC Daily Times-News.
Bit more detailed race report though it (like the other one) had BUDDY Baker in the race vs. Buck.
From Burlington NC Daily Times-News.
DOH! Glanced at points standings vs. race results.
But I did have to laugh at the line "He is domesticated and has some very nice children."
Race preview featuring someone Dennis likely knows. And yep, finish of preview subject in the race: 2nd.
From Spartanburg Herald
My pic of Randy Baker's truck built on a former Petty Chevrolet chassis. Snapped at Memory Lane Museum.
