@kerry-viar14 years ago #4 of Ted Hairfield out of Richmond ,Va. Had to add a #1 for the race! Great photo.Keep them coming Mike. You do a good job on 3Wide too. Radford46
@dennis-garrett7 years ago
Standard practice back in the day.
Some races would have two or three race cars show up with the same #.
If more than one race car with same # shows up for race. The race car # with the highest (track/series)points would get to used his # for the race. The other race car/cars would have to put (#0/#1) in white chalk/white shoe polish paint in (front or behind) their #.
Example: Ted Hairfield #4, had to used white chalk/white shoe polish paint #1 behind #4 to be enter as #41 for the Trenton Speedway race.
Example: Martinsville Speedway race, car owner Jack Tant enter two Flying 11(old style modified/sportsman) with Ray Hendrick and (new style modified/sportsman) with Bobby Allison. Ray Hendrick used the Flying 11#. Bobby Allison's pitcrewman used the white chalk/white shoe polish paint #0 over the Flying 11# to make it Flying 01#. It wasn't an good paint job with the faded painted #0 paint job. There are photos that shows /look like two Flying 11 race cars are racing each other?
Bobby Allison in faded paint job #0/Flying 01(new style modified/sportsman) won the 1967 100 laps Modified race at Martinsville Speedway.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
#4 of Ted Hairfield out of Richmond ,Va. Had to add a #1 for the race! Great photo.Keep them coming Mike. You do a good job on 3Wide too. Radford46
Standard practice back in the day. Some races would have two or three race cars show up with the same #. If more than one race car with same # shows up for race. The race car # with the highest (track/series)points would get to used his # for the race. The other race car/cars would have to put (#0/#1) in white chalk/white shoe polish paint in (front or behind) their #. Example: Ted Hairfield #4, had to used white chalk/white shoe polish paint #1 behind #4 to be enter as #41 for the Trenton Speedway race. Example: Martinsville Speedway race, car owner Jack Tant enter two Flying 11(old style modified/sportsman) with Ray Hendrick and (new style modified/sportsman) with Bobby Allison. Ray Hendrick used the Flying 11#. Bobby Allison's pitcrewman used the white chalk/white shoe polish paint #0 over the Flying 11# to make it Flying 01#. It wasn't an good paint job with the faded painted #0 paint job. There are photos that shows /look like two Flying 11 race cars are racing each other? Bobby Allison in faded paint job #0/Flying 01(new style modified/sportsman) won the 1967 100 laps Modified race at Martinsville Speedway.
Dennis Garrett Richmond,Va.