I find nothing posted under Events so I'll ask here. If you are going to bring a vintage racer to the Celebration of the Automobile event at Hillsborough in a few weeks do you need to register it like you would for the car show or do you just show up and unload?
HEIDELBURG 200
Heidelburg Raceway
Carnegia, Pennsylvania
Monday, August 31, 1970
Grand American race #31 of 1970 was held at Heidelburg Raceway a 1/2 mile paved oval. It was the third event in the last five days after running in Ohio on Thursday, West Virginia on Saturday and now Pennsylvania on Monday.
Jim Paschal in the American Performance Center Javelin continued to show his dominance as he set on the pole and led every lap of the 200 lap event on his way to a 6 lap margin over the rest of the field.
Points leader Tiny Lund finished 13 th after blowing an engine while Wayne Andrews who was second in points missed the race allowing Buck Baker and Paschal to close in. Baker had been keeping it close while Paschal had been steadily climbing in the standings since his win at Daytona in July.
It was the 8 th win of the year for Paschal and his 3 rd in a row. His dominance of late is seen in the fact that he has won 5 out of the last 6 races and was second in the one he didnt win.
Paschal earned $1,600 of the $8,780 purse. Eighteen cars took the green and there were 4 cautions for 25 laps.
Seen hear at Heidelburg beside the American Performance Center Javelin Darrell Bryant was turning the wrenches when Paschal on his win streak in 1970. Racers Reunion member Bill Blair Jr. was building the engines that were dominating the competition. Maybe he will see this and share a little about those engines and the team.
REBEL 150
International Raceway Park
Ona, West Virginia
Saturday, August 29, 1970
Grand American race #30 of 1970 was held at International Raceway Park a 7/16 mile paved oval. It was the third visit to Ona in 1970.
I think starting line ups were determined by qualifying heats as no fastest qualifier was listed in the NASCAR program that listed the top five and that is the way they qualified in the last race at Ona. The race was run in two 75 lap segments with Jim Paschal wining both. Paschal led all but 30 of the 150 laps to record his 6th win of 1970 with Buck Baker second. It was the 7th win of 1970 for Paschal and made it 4 wins in the last 5 races. Other lap leaders were Tiny Lund with 20 and Harry Gailey with 5.
Points leader Tiny Lund finished 7thwhile Wayne Andrews who was second in points was the first car out of the race when he involved in a wreck after only 2 laps.
Paschal earned $1,300 of the $5,425 purse. Nineteen cars took the green and there were 3 cautions for 18 laps.
Fin Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 150 Running
2 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 150 Running
3 88 T. C. Hunt 69 Camaro 147 Running
4 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 146 Running
5 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 144 Running
6 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 141 Running
7 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 139 Running
8 70 George Bauer 68 Camaro 137 Running
9 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 132 Running
10 43 Harry Gailey 68 Mustang 128 Running
11 19 Bobby Brewer 68 Camaro 111
12 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 109
13 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 92
14 92 Paul Tyler 69 Camaro 89
15 53 Terry Flynn 69 Mustang 52
16 39 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 25
17 2 Randy Hutchison 69 Camaro 12
18 96 Jim Hall 69 Javelin 4
19 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 2 Wreck
TRI-COUNTY 200
Tri-County Speedway
West Chester, Ohio
Thursday, August 27, 1970
Grand American race #29 of 1970 was held at the 1/2 mile dirt oval Tri-County Speedway near Cincinnati.
Jim Paschal in his American Performance Center Javelin dominated the event by leading every lap and lapping every car but the one driven by T.C. Hunt. Point leader Tiny Lund was third a lap down. Second in points Wayne Andrews was running third when he and Buck Baker got together and ended up in the wall resulting in a 13th place finish. Baker was able to continue and salvaged a 7th place finish. Richard Childress recorded his second top five in a row on a dirt track with a 4th place finish. There were 6 cautions for 18 laps.
Paschal was on a streak by winning 3 of the last 4 races and his sixth of the year.
Fin Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 200 Running
2 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 200 Running
3 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 199 Running
4 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 196 Running
5 70 George Bauer 69 Camaro 195 Running
6 92 Paul Tyler 69 Camaro 195 Running
7 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 191 Running
8 2 Randy Hutchison 68 Camaro 181
9 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 153
10 19 Bobby Brewer 69 Camaro 143
11 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 134
12 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 131
13 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 82
14 76 Ross Smith 69 Camaro 47
15 96 Jim Hall 69 Javelin 12
16 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 3
17 53 Terry Flynn 69 Mustang 1
BAMA 200
Alabama International Speedway
Saturday, August 22, 1970
Race #28 of the 1970 season brought the Grand American Challenge Series to Talladega. I found one report that said last years Bama 400 was to be the Bama 500 this year and that it was originally scheduled for September 7 but was rescheduled to be part of the Grand National Talladega 500 weekend and would now be the Bama 200.
Personal note: I got to go to this race with high hopes that the above article would prove prophetic but as you read on you will see that the disappointment continued. Looking back it seems amazing that dad was second in points with all the engine problems he had been having. I still remember coming up out of the tunnel under 3 and 4 to see a pack of Superbirds and Daytonas on what looked like banking that went almost straight up. What a sight! The headline contradicts the text in the body of the article which correctly notes the event as the Bama 200.
Personal note: As a teenager I had no clue of the politics in racing and was unaware that the Mustang Pistone brought to the track for Bill Ward was arranged by Bill France to compete in a France sanctioned event on a France track. If dad or Reid had any concerns about it they never complained in front of me. It was rare that dad ever complained about what the competition did. His attitude was always that if he had been faster it would not have mattered what they did. I always admired that. The only complaining I remember would have been directed at NASCAR but then everyone did that and still raced on. One thing I learned from this article was the history of that Mustang. Several news reports say it was a 70 Cougar but pictures clearly identify it as a Mustang. I had assumed it was the old Cougar Tiger had fielded last year with new sheet metal hung on it but this states it was the 68 Mustang Donnie Allison drove for Huggins in 1968. Because of the similar paint scheme I had thought the car Harry Gailey was driving could have been the Huggins car or maybe Ernie Shaw had ended up with it. According to this article all of my ideas were wrong.
The pole winner was obviously a Mustang although it appears to be a cross between a 68 (windshield back) and a 69 (front clip).
Off into turn one with #59 Bill Ward and #49 David Pearson side by side with #14 Jim Paschal looking up the middle. #36 H. B. Bailey and #15 Wayne Andrews go by #01 Tommy Andrews with #07 Bob Burcham and #43 Harry Gailey coming on strong.
David Pearson in the Melvin Joseph Holman-Moody prepared Mustang led the first 19 laps before he, Jim Paschal in the American Performance Center Javelin and Harry Gailey in his 68 Mustang swapped the lead ten times until the half way point when Pearson went back out front for ten laps. Pole sitter Ward dropped back as far as seventh place but was in sight of the leaders. Gaileys banner day continued as he took command of the field for the next 13 laps before Ward who had been steadily gaining ground since pitting for fuel made the pass for the lead just before the second and last caution flew with 11 laps remaining. On the restart with 6 laps to go Ward floored the Boss 302 and pulled away from Paschal and Gailey to a half mile advantage at the checkers. Paschal was second with Gailey a car length behind in third.
Ward collected $3,475 of the $18,225 purse. There were 2 cautions for 10 laps before a crowd of 8,500.
Fin. St. Driver # Car Laps Status
1 1 Bill Ward 59 70 Mustang 76 Running
2 3 Jim Paschal 14 70 Javelin 76 Running
3 8 Hary Gailey 43 68 Mustang 76 Running
4 9 Bob Burcham 07 69 Camaro 75 Running
5 Gene Felton 37 69 Camaro 69 Running
6 Aubrey Cox 65 70 Mustang 68 Running
7 Jimmy Lee Capps 90 69 Camaro 68 Running
8 Bobby Fleming 54 69 Camaro 68 Running
9 10 Randy Hutchinson 2 68 Camaro 67 Running
10 David Boggs 86 70 Firebird 64 Running
11 Buck Baker 87 70 Firebird 62 Running
12 Ernie Shaw 17 68 Mustang 58 Running
13 2 David Pearson 49 70 Mustang 56 Engine
14 Richard Childress 26 68 Camaro 53
15 Jerry Hufflin 27 68 Camaro 50
16 Tiny Lund 55 70 Camaro 49
17 6 Wayne Andrews 15 70 Cougar 36 Engine
18 4 Tommy Andrews 01 69 Mustang 27
19 5 H.B. Bailey 36 70 Firebird 26
20 Phil Gibson 34 68 Camaro 17
21 Bobby Brewer 19 69 Camaro 16
22 Jimmy Vaughn 7 69 Camaro 15
23 Paul Tyler 92 69 Camaro 14
24 Johnny Allen 97 70 Mustang 14
25 Bobby Wilson 24 68 Camaro 11
26 Joe Dean Huss 33 69 Camaro 7
27 Earl Canavan 31 69 Javelin 6
28 T.C. Hunt 88 68 Camaro 6
29 Stan Starr Jr. 9 68 Camaro 1
30 Doug Aldridge 3 68 Camaro 1
31 7 Gary Myers 41 70 Mustang DNS
Personal note: As you can see from the results dad had more engine failure, a dropped valve. It was not often you would see him upset. Normally calm, cool and collected. Always on an even keel, taking everything head on. That is why I remember him being so frustrated and mad on this occasion. Without cursing he suggested there was a place in the human anatomy those valves should reside. Much more than he would normally say in front of me. Always aware that someone was watching him, wanting to be like him. Thanks dad.
CASEY 200
North Carolina State Fairgrounds
Raleigh, North Carolina
Friday, August 14, 1970
Grand American race #27 of 1970 was held at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds 1/2 mile dirt oval.
Tiny Lund took the pole in his Ronnie Hopkins 70 Camaro with a time of 26.32 sec. at an average speed of 68.389 mph. He was followed by Jim Paschal in a Javelin, T.C. Hunt in a Camaro and Wayne Andrews in a 69 Camaro borrowed from Doug Aldridge as they had ran out of engines for Reid Shaw's Cougars.
At the drop of the green flag Andrews jumped into third behind Lund and Paschal but began loosing ground to the leading duo and was lapped by Lund on lap 25. By lap 54 he was in the pits with what appeared to be a blown head gasket. The track was real muddy and the #3 Camaro was not equipped with a shaker screen allowing the radiator to get clogged causing it to overheat, he finished 12th. Lund soon had a similar problem as his shaker screen had a close mesh screen with small openings that became clogged and caused the engine to overheat allowing Paschal to go to the lead on lap 75. From there he built a comfortable lead and was not threatened on the way to his 5th win of the season and second in a row.
The knock on the series had been that the track promoters had complained the cars could not draw a crowd. That was not the case in Raleigh as 4,500 were in attendance but unfortunately only 13 cars were available for the race.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 2 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 200 Running
2 33 Joe Dean Huss 68 Camaro Running
3 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro Running
4 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird Running
5 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro Running
3 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro
1 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 75
12 4 3 Wayne Andrews 69 Camaro 54
Blue Hen 200
Dover International Speedway
Dover, Delaware
Sunday, August 9, 1970
Grand American race #26 of 1970 was the second one held at Dover International Speedway, a 1 mile paved oval. Cars were timed during Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning practice sessions with fastest cars starting in the rear of two ten lap qualifying races held just past noon before the 2:00 PM start time. David Pearson driving the Melvin Joseph owned Holman-Moody prepared Mustang won the fastest heat race and started from the pole position. Grand American rules prohibited Grand National drivers from competing in GA races except when they were FIA sanctioned events so the three time Grand National Champion had to get permission from NASCAR. NASCAR News Bureau Chief Phil Homer stated This is one of those very rare instances when NASCAR allows a GN driver to compete in a Grand American Challenge Series event. This is the first time a reigning GN Champion has ever been granted such permission. Neither Pearson nor the car were strangers to the speedway. David had won the pole for the 1st annual Mason-Dixon 300 won by Richard Petty after Pearson blew a tire and hit the wall. The Rollins Leasing sponsored Mustang had been driven to a second place finish in the Diamond State 250 by Sonny Hutchins earlier in the year and had been driven by Bobby Unser in a USAC Late Model stock car race in July. It was reported that nearly 40 drivers would attempt to make the field but only 25 cars started the race. Ken Rush the winner of the Diamond State 250 on May 31 st was recuperating at home after spending 5 days in the hospital because of injuries from a crash at Flemington, N.J. on Jully 22 nd .
Pearson battled Jim Paschal in the early part of the race as the two swapped the lead several times before Paschal wheeled his Javelin to victory after leading 133 of the 200 laps. Point leader Tiny Lund had been a contender until just past half way when he spun and pitted for tires. But after one lap he retired with a broken A-frame and finished 18 th . Second in points Wayne Andrews had blown another engine in his Shaw Racing Enterprises Cougar in practice but was able to get a ride in A.J. Coxs Mustang that he drove to a 4 th place finish and gained a few points.
Paschal collected $2,850 of the $15,565 purse for his 4 th win of the year. There were 4 cautions for 37 laps.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 200 Running
2 1 49 David Pearson 70 Mustang 199 Running
3 48 Bob Glass 69 Camaro 193 Running
4 65 Wayne Andrews 70 Mustang 192 Running
5 92 Paul Tyler 69 Camaro 189 Running
6 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 185 Running
7 33 Joe Dean Huss 69 Camaro 182 Running
8 31 Earle Canavan 69 Javelin 182 Running
9 61 Tommy Lechlider 69 Camaro 182 Running
10 34 Phil Gibson 68 Camaro 177 Running
11 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 173 Running
12 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 173 Running
13 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 172 Running
14 19 Bobby Brewer 69 Camaro 165 Running
15 24 Bobby Wilson 68 Camaro 162 Running
16 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 160 Wreck
17 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 142 Running
18 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 104 A-frame
19 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 96
20 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 91
21 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 81
22 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 74
23 97 Johnny Allen 70 Mustang 34
24 64 Joe Phipps 70 Mustang 1
25 4 Jay Black 68 Camaro 1
Jim Paschal in the Warren Prout prepared Javelin.
David Pearson with the Melvin Joseph Mustang.
CAROLINA 250
Bowman-Gray Stadium
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Saturday, August 1, 1970
Grand American race #25 of 1970 was held the very next day after the race at Asheville at Bowman-Gray Stadium a 1/4 mile paved oval around a football field. Jim Paschal started on the pole and led 25 laps before he was side lined with an overheated engine. Tiny Lund lead the remaining 225 laps to record his 17th win of the season. Buck Baker was second for the third straight time, the only other car on the lead lap.
Lund would extend his point lead as second in points Wayne Andrews broke their last engine the night before at Asheville and did not have time to get another one together before the race. Max Berrier was back behind the wheel of the Javelin he had won with earlier in the year but went out early with engine failure. David Boggs would get his second top five in a row.
Lund took home $1,300 of the $4,895 purse. There were 3 cautions for 14 laps before a crowd of 6,000.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 250 Runing
2 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 250 Running
3 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 242 Running
4 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 240 Running
5 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 238 Running
6 30 Kreuger Johnson 68 Camaro 235 Running
7 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 232 Running
8 92 Paul Tyler 69 Camaro 231 Running
9 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 229 Running
10 34 Phil Gibson 68 Camaro 225 Running
11 19 Finley Henderson 68 Camaro 209 Running
12 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 94
13 1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 64 Heating
14 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 52
15 3 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 29 Engine
