Don Smyle from Smyle Media & Marketing is trying to update some captions for a few photos in his licensed collection. Thought folks here might have answers for one or more of these. Will post each pic individually so folks can reply to the ones they may know. Thanks.
First up - who is this guy with King Richard?
Who are these 2 photographers?
Who is guy in the hat?
Who is the guy behind the mask? Don thinks this is from 1968 Dixie 500 - note no windshield.
This one has been discussed on RR before - I think. Curtis Turner's name on the car. If so, when, where and what race?
Not sure you CAN caption this one properly. Looks like Daytona - but who knows what kind of barber shop karaoke may be about to break out.
I believe this one if Jim Paschal's car fielded by Tom Friedken. I'm not sure who the crewman is - nor do I know what he is about to do to the engine with that tank. Anyone, anyone?
I'd second Billy's Bill Gazaway guess.
I am making an entirely off the cuff, wild guess about the gentleman on the right. Anybody have any 1960s era photos of writer/photographer/broadcaster Don O'Reilly of Speed Age, the NASCAR News Bureau, ABC Television, The Washington Post, Daytona Beach News Journal, et al??
This gentleman doesn't seem to have Lloyd's cleft chin that is usually pretty noticeable in most photos.
The windshield post and interior quarter panel shade definitely appear to be from a 1966-67 Oldsmobile Cutlass. What does puzzle me is the drivers hand and wrist. It sure does look a lot like King Richards.
From Randy Ayers Modeling site.
Is that an ARCA decal on front fender?
Great info Perry and Blane! Passed it along to Don.
That's definitely an ARCA Race Car decal on the Curtis Turner #13. Here's the same decal in 1969 on Dick Trickle's Daytona ARCA car:
The guy has safety pin to his shirt/jacket an cardboard "NASCAR PRACTICE TRIALS PERMIT"with an "DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY BUTTON".
Try to figure out what words are on the sign above the guy & Richard Petty's head.
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
Gazaway sporting the same sunglasses in this uncredited photo on Legends of NASCAR page.
I never think of Bill Gazaway that I don't think of a huge personal favor he did for me in the summer of 1985. I've recounted it previously, but here it goes again.
Bill Gazaway had a very tough reputation (and some might say that his brother, Joe Gazaway - a NASCAR tech inspector - tried to go overboard in that direction) and many in the garage were deathly afraid of Gazaway. I would expect that our RR member, Mike Sykes could paint an accurate picture having worked as an inspector for Gazaway.
Bud Moore (as I'm sure Perry Allen Wood will attest) used to spend a lot of time in the NASCAR truck in the Garage having political "discussions" with Gazaway. Because of that, while sponsoring Bud's team in 1982 and 1983, I became very comfortable with Bill Gazaway.
In the summer of 1985, my late mother-in-law, Wilma Daniels was relocating her Bright Leaf Pet Shop to a brand new location in a strip addition to Parkwood Mall in Wilson, NC .
At the time, I was Motorsports Coordinator for The Southland Corporation in Dallas, representing the various racing sponsorships of 7-Eleven, CITGO and Chief Auto Parts. Our NASCAR team at the time had Kyle Petty in his first year with the Wood Brothers.
In looking at the 1985 NASCAR schedule, I discovered an "off weekend" between the July 28 Talladega race and the August 11 Michigan Cup event. So, to help my mother-in-law promote her new location, I made arrangements to hold a "NASCAR Day" on Saturday, August 3, 1985 in the parking lot of Wilson, NC's Parkwood Mall.
I called in several years worth of favors. I had many cars from the local Wilson County Speedway. I had one of the huge walk-thru mobile kitchens from Bill's Barbecue & Chicken Restaurant in Wilson. I had the NASCAR pace cars from Charlotte, Rockingham, Martinsville, Darlington, North Wilkesboro and Richmond. We gave away tickets to upcoming Cup and Busch Series races. We gave away mini-cars from NASCAR sponsors. We even gave away "free" goldfish, requiring parents to purchase bowls, aquariums, gravel, pumps, etc. from the new pet shop.
I had showcars from several teams, including my own 7-Eleven showcar.
Glen Wood and Richard Childress very graciously sent their Cup big rigs for display. With Wrangler Jeans still having its largest manufacturing location in Wilson, NC at the time, the sight of a blue & yellow 18 wheeler with a Wrangler car beaming out at Ward Boulevard really brought in the crowd.
The biggest hit of NASCAR Day in Wilson was something I never dreamed of. When he learned of my plans and realized it was an off weekend, Bill Gazaway offered to send me the NASCAR control rig - the NASCAR Truck - for a walk-thru display, along with the "Mayor of Mint Hill" - NASCAR flagman, Harold Kinde r. That unexpected gift from NASCAR and Bill Gazaway happened, I'm sure, because of my friendship with Bud Moore.
We had beautiful weather in Wilson, NC on Saturday, August 3, 1985, and the NASCAR Truck with Harold Kinder was the biggest hit of the weekend. I don't think anything bigger has ever happened in Wilson and it is still talked about. I felt forever indebted to the tough talking Bill Gazaway. I figured somewhere along the way I'd done something right for racing.
Harold Kinder's NASCAR Control Truck and cars from Wilson County Speedway on display at Bright Leaf Pet Shop Grand opening 8/3/1985 in Wilson, NC.
Richard Childress Racing and Wood Brothers Racing big rigs, along with show cars and pace cars on display at grand opening of Bright Leaf Pet Shop in Wilson, NC on 8/3/1985.
My older daughter, Gwyn and late nephew, Nick with one of the NASCAR mini-cars we gave away in Wilson, NC on 8/3/1985 for the grand opening of the Bright Leaf Pet Shop.
I felt really bad for Bill Gazaway when NASCAR pushed out Bill and his checked, double-knit, polyester slacks as Vice President of Competition for NASCAR in favor of the more politically connected Les Richter after the closing of Riverside Raceway. I'll always remember tough Bill Gazaway as the man who provided a highly regarded, unsolicited favor for me and my family.
1964-1969 PURE FIREBIRD RACING GASOLINE DECAL, ARCA DECAL
Charlotte Motor Speedway welcomed the ARCA series in 1965, with Bowsher winning the pole for the inaugural race. Curtis Turner, who entered the race in Bowsher's second car, went on to win the event. This was Turner's only victory in either NASCAR or ARCA at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track he co-founded with Bruton Smith in 1960. Bowsher continued to dominate the 1965 season, winning 25 of 37 events, earning his third straight championship. Benny Parsons, a young taxi driver and mechanic from Detroit, earned Rookie of the Year honors.
http://www.arcaracing.com/articles/1971364
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
1964-1969 PURE FIREBIRD RACING GASOLINE FLAG BANNER flying in the background.
The right cameraman has color card permit with printed "CHARLOTTE 200 OCT. 17? NATIONAL 400 OCT. 18? CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY"
White card with printed "#30 GOOD OCT.18? ONLY
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
1972-1981 NASCAR WINSTON GRAND NATIONAL DRIVERS BUTTON safety pin to track permit CMS?1
RACE DRIVER IN TOP HAT
RACE DRIVER UNIFORM PANT LEG
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
In looking at the credential it looks like a Permatex late model race.
The credentials indicated its the 1964 October races.
Winning #2 race car is 1964 FORD.
What year is the "SQUARE LIGHT" #13 K MART FORD race car?
It appears that the hood, top, trunk is painted black.
If the letter "K" is painted in red paint.
Then the half of race car is painted "Light Blue" or "Gold".
The "SQUARE LIGHT" #13 K MART FORD race car reminds of theSmokey Yunick #13 Chevy.
Did get Smokey Yunick get mad at NASCAR or CHEVY(#13 Gold top/ Black bottom) and decided to raced ARCA in a FORD(#13 Black top/Gold bottom) KMART race car with Curtis Turner as driver?
Smokey Yunick #13 FORD (Black top, Black bottom)
Smokey Yunick #13 FORD TORINO COBRA DAYTONA 500, looks like driver BOBBY UNSER instead of Joe Leonard?
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
How about ARCA BUD MOORE KMART FORD with an 1963 #8 JOE WEATHERLY PONTIAC paint job.
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
CHARLOTTE 200 OCT. 17,1964 isn't listed in the "THE FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD 600 OFFICIAL PROGRAM 1964 PRICE $1.00?
NATIONAL 400 OCT. 18,1964 is listed in the "THE FIFTH ANNUAL WORLD 600 OFFICIAL PROGRAM 1964 PRICE $1.00.
IS CHARLOTTE 200 OCT.__,1965-69? ARCA RACE OR SOMETHING ELSE?
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Charlotte Motor Speedway welcomed the ARCA series in 1965, with Bowsher winning the pole for the inaugural race. Curtis Turner, who entered the race in Bowsher's second car, went on to win the event. This was Turner's only victory in either NASCAR or ARCA at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the track he co-founded with Bruton Smith in 1960. Bowsher continued to dominate the 1965 season, winning 25 of 37 events, earning his third straight championship. Benny Parsons, a young taxi driver and mechanic from Detroit, earned Rookie of the Year honors.
http://www.arcaracing.com/articles/1971364
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Note; Curtis Turner won the 1965 Charlotte ARCA race driving the #2, not the #13...So still trying to figure this out...
Thanks for any information or photos posted.
Dennis Garrett
Richmond,Va. USA
Dave, I attended that event inWilson with my father. We drove my 1969 Mercury Cyclone Cale Yarborough Special from Raleigh. That Mercury loved the wide open highway 264!
That's awesome, Blane. Joyce and the girls had driven from Dallas, TX to Wilson and I took a week off and flew to Raleigh from Dallas. I should have hitched a ride with you!!! Len & Eddie Wood couldn't wait for things to be done Saturday afternoon. They had dinner reservations at The Angus Barn near RDU before heading back to Stuart, Virginia.
Our little race shop in Bailey, NC in the early 70s was just off U.S. 264 on Highway 581. Back in those days 264 was still two lanes, but it was the "new" road. 4 lanes came when Wilson's Jim Hunt was elected guv.
Just goes to prove it's a small world. Hope you had a good time. Did you get a "free" goldfish?!
This is my Spoiler II. Owned since 1981. 
That's a beautiful Cyclone, Blane. Did you patronize 60 Minute Cleaners?!
No Dave, Purolator!
My bad!
