12/2/07 Blog by TODD WILHELMWENT TO AN A.R.D.C. MIDGET SHOW IN THE EARLY SIXTIES AT THE ONTEORA SPEEDWAY IN OLIVE BRIDGE N.Y. I REMEMBERED THE NAME SAMMY PACKARD. WHEN WE WERE VISITING FLORIDA , ED ROBBINS INTRODUCED ME TO HIM, AT AN OLD TIMERS MEET. HE HAD A FORD '60' MIDGET THERE. WE GOT TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF EACH CAR. I REMEMBER BEING IN MIDDLETOWN, AND THINKING, YOU COULD REMOVE THE NUMBERS, AND PRIME THE BODIES, LOOK AT THE CARS, AND KNOW WHO THEY BELONGED TO, JUST BY THE WAY THEY WERE BUILT. REMEMBER BUZZIE, WILL CAGLE, BOB ROSSEL CAME UP NORTH WITH GAS POWERED 327'S AND RAN THE BUTT'S OFF THE GUY'S UP HERE, THAT WERE RUNNING INJECTED 396'S AND 427'S. I ASKED BOB MALZAHN, WHO RAN A 396, 4 BL., AND GAS, WHY HE DIDN'T RUN INJECTION, "WHY WOULD I, I CAN'T GET THIS POWER ON THE GROUND'. WE USED TO GO TO THE 'SATURDAY NIGHT FIGHTS, AND SOMETIMES A RACE WOULD BREAK OUT". THIS IS A REMINDER TO THE CARS OF TODAY VS THE CARS OF YESTERDAY--CARS OF CHARACTER WERE YESTERDAY --TODAYS CARS ARE CLONES OF WHAY?????