It's ironic to me now how much I despised Fearless Freddie - The Golden Boy, at the time, and how much respect I have for him today.
That's an interesting anecdote about Bud and Joe. Thanks.
I'll be watching that team from now on because of you, Jim. Hope they have much success.
Here's the Berlin results from the ARCA web site & your guy was running at finish:
Race Results
2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Event #14
Berlin Raceway, Marne Michigan, 8-10-13
Primera Plastics 200
Official Race Report
FIN STR NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS
1 2 15 Erik Jones/Byron MI Stock Car Steel-ISC Racers Tape Toyota 200 Running
2 3 32 Mason Mingus/Brentwood TN 811 Call Before You Dig Toyota 200 Running
3 5 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell Menards Toyota 200 Running
4 7 22 Austin Wayne Self/Austin TX Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 200 Running
5 1 82 Mason Mitchell/W. Des Moines IA Happy Cheeks Ford 200 Running
6 4 25 Justin Boston/Baltimore MD ZLOOP Computer & Electronics Recycling Toyota 200 Running
7 6 55 Clint King/Denton NC Speedrack-Nashville Wire Toyota 200 Running
8 9 77 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Barbera's Autoland Dodge 200 Running
9 13 99 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Allegiant Travel Ford 199 Running
10 10 16 Kelly Kovski/Springfield IL Hoosier Tire Midwest-Allgaier Motorsports Dodge 199 Running
11 11 23 Spencer Gallagher/Las Vegas NV Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 198 Running
12 8 69 Michael Lira/Port Orange FL Gary Yeomans Ford 198 Running
13 15 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil-MAVTV Chevrolet 197 Running
14 14 40 Justin Lloyd/Raleigh NC Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge 194 Running
15 17 35 Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela Cantv-Milka Way Chevrolet 193 Running
16 12 64 Josh Hobson/Birch Run MI Hughes Racing Dodge 191 Running
17 16 18 Bill Catania/Westfield NY Quaker Steak & Lube-NCRaceParts.com Ford 189 Running
18 20 2 Thomas Praytor/Mobile AL Realtor Chevrolet 186 Running
19 19 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 120 Engine
20 22 97 Roger Carter/Sunfield MI Pure Michigan Dodge 118 Handling
21 21 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford 27 Suspension
22 18 06 James Swanson/Clarksboro NJ GreatRailing.com Ford 10 Handling
23 24 68 Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN Clarksville Schwinn Ford 6 Vibration
24 25 0 Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet 3 Oil Pressure
25 23 17 Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI Roulo Brothers Racing Ford 2 Handling
26 26 3 George Cushman/Waterville NY Hixson Construction Chevrolet 1 Brakes
Menards Pole Award Presented by Ansell: Mason Mitchell 16.781 (93.963 mph) *NTR
Margin of Victory: 1.363 seconds Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Time of Race: 1:13:58 Average Speed: 70.975 mph
Lap Leaders: Mitchell 1-42 (42); Jones 43-71, 76-200 (154); Gerhart 72-75 (4)
Thanks for sharing this great story, Jim.
Your friend's car made the show. Winner was 17 year old Erik Jones. Not sure about rest of order, but here is starting lineup:
Starting Grid
2013 ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Event #14
Berlin Raceway, Marne Michigan, 8-10-13
Primera Plastics 200
Starting Grid
POS NO DRIVER/HOMETOWN TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED
1 82 Mason Mitchell/W. Des Moines IA Happy Cheeks Ford 16.781 93.963
2 15 Erik Jones/Byron MI Stock Car Steel-ISC Racers Tape Toyota 16.828 93.701
3 32 Mason Mingus/Brentwood TN 811 Call Before You Dig Toyota 16.865 93.495
4 25 Justin Boston/Baltimore MD ZLOOP Computer & Electronics Recycling Toyota 16.939 93.087
5 44 Frank Kimmel/Clarksville IN Ansell Menards Toyota 17.060 92.427
6 55 Clint King/Denton NC Speedrack-Nashville Wire Toyota 17.063 92.410
7 22 Austin Wayne Self/Austin TX Cunningham Motorsports Dodge 17.167 91.851
8 69 Michael Lira/Port Orange FL Gary Yeomans Ford 17.244 91.441
9 77 Tom Hessert/Cherry Hill NJ Barbera's Autoland Dodge 17.258 91.366
10 16 Kelly Kovski/Springfield IL Hoosier Tire Midwest-Allgaier Motorsports Dodge 17.334 90.966
11 23 Spencer Gallagher/Las Vegas NV Allegiant Travel Chevrolet 17.451 90.356
12 64 Josh Hobson/Birch Run MI Hughes Racing Dodge 17.506 90.072
13 99 Josh Williams/Port Charlotte FL Allegiant Travel Ford 17.540 89.897
14 40 Justin Lloyd/Raleigh NC Carter 2 Motorsports Dodge 17.569 89.749
15 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Lucas Oil-MAVTV Chevrolet 17.668 89.246
16 18 Bill Catania/Westfield NY Quaker Steak & Lube-NCRaceParts.com Ford 17.765 88.759
17 35 Milka Duno/Caracas Venezuela Cantv-Milka Way Chevrolet 17.846 88.356
18 06 James Swanson/Clarksboro NJ GreatRailing.com Ford 18.298 86.173
19 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Darrell Basham Racing Chevrolet 18.611 84.724
20 2 Thomas Praytor/Mobile AL Realtor Chevrolet 18.792 83.908
21 48 James Hylton/Inman SC Radon.com Ford 20.224 77.967
22 97 Roger Carter/Sunfield MI Pure Michigan Dodge Provisional
23 17 Brad Smith/Shelby Township MI Roulo Brothers Racing Ford Provisional
24 68 Will Kimmel/Sellersburg IN Clarksville Schwinn Ford Provisional
25 0 Wayne Peterson/Pulaski TN Wayne Peterson Racing Chevrolet Provisional
26 3 George Cushman/Waterville NY Hixson Construction Chevrolet Provisional
Makes sense to me. Back at Sonoma RC said Newman was the leading candidate to fill the #29 seat.
While David Pearson was winning at Bowman Gray for Holman-Moody in his GN ride, Tiny Lund was winning across the mountain in a NASCAR GT race at Maryville, Tennessee's Smoky Mountain Raceway:
NASCAR Grand Touring race
Smoky Mountain Raceway, Maryville, TN
August 10, 1968
177 laps on 0.5 mile paved oval; 88.5 miles
Fin St Driver # Owner Car Laps Money Status Laps Led
1 Tiny Lund 1968 Mercury Cougar 177 running
2 1 Donnie Allison 1968 Ford Mustang
3 Buck Baker 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
4 Harold Dunaway 1968 Chevrolet Camaro
5 Charlie Glotzbach 1967 Dodge Dart
Time of race: 01:10:02
Average Speed: 75.821 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.18 seconds
I'm saying you're right on the location.
Many of you know that Worth McMillion's full-time job was as an agent for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board. Don't know how close NASCAR's moonshiners got to Worth.
Six years after Worth made his only 1969 and final career Grand National start - in Roy Tyner's #9 Pontiac at Richmond, he was still making newspaper headlines. The clip below is from a 1975 Fredericksburg (VA) Free Lance Star paper and originally appeared in the Amelia, Virginia paper. Worth's in-laws lived in the Fredericksburg area, so it was news there also.
Worth also made news in the Fredericksburg paper because of the in-law connection when the little remembered 1964 feature film Thunder in Dixie was scheduled for a Fredericksburg theater:
Love the remnants of the AAA sticker on right rear bumper!
Thanks so much for posting these photos, Ray. My buddies Frank & John in Richmond, along with myself, always pulled extra hard for Worth's Pontiacs. John even had a Worth slot car back around 1964. Great stuff.
