Eddie Crouse, driver of 1st Flying 11 owned by Jack Tant.
Wonder where did Eddie Crouse get his Cigars? Homemade or store bought?
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Eddie Crouse, driver of 1st Flying 11.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Eddie Crouse, driver of 1st Flying 11.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Please indentified the driver/car owner/mechanic in above photo?
Top left to right:
#1.
#2. Gordon Mangum
#3. Eddie Crouse?
#4. Ray Hendrick
#5.
#6.
#7. Runt Harris
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Bottom left to right:
#8. Guy Wallace?
#9. Perk Brown?
#10. Sonny Hutchins
#11.
What track was this at?
Southside Speedway?
South Boston Speedway?
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
Eddie Crouse, driver of 1st Flying 11 owned by Jack Tant.
Wonder where did Eddie Crouse get his Cigars? Homemade or store bought?
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va.
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.
