Thanks, Dave. One comment in the Montreal Gazette is different that the reports I have seen. This says that the fastest cars start in the back of the qualifying heats. The source I have says they were started by order of season point standings. I'll ask dad if he remembers how they did it or maybe some of our RR members who were there will remember.
PANTHER 300
Catamount Stadium
Milton, Vermont
Thursday, July 16, 1970
Grand American race #20 of 1970 was held at Catamount Stadium, a 1/3 mile paved oval. It was the second of a 5 event STP Northern Tour. Starting line ups were determined by qualifying heats with the starting order of the heats determined by season point standings. The race was delayed for one hour because of rain.
Jim Paschal and Warren Prout had their American Performance Center Javelins running well with Darrell Bryant turning the wrenches and Bill Blair Jr. building the engines. Paschal won the qualifying heat to earn the pole position and led the first 167 laps before team mate Max Berrier went into the lead for one lap with Paschal reclaiming the lead for the next 45 laps. Berrier would lead lap 240 before Paschal moved back out front to claim his second victory of the year. Berrier was a close second for the second race in a row with Wayne Andrews coming from 15th to finish third. New Englander Phil Spiak started 3rd and finished 6th. Point leader Tiny Lund went out with a blown engine and finished 23rd which allowed 5th place finisher Ken Rush to claim the point lead.
Paschal earned $1,400 of the $9,705 purse. Of note on the purses for the Tour events was how the funds were distributed. The payout did not drop off as fast as you went down the order. No finisher got less than $200.
Twenty eight cars took the green and 18 were running at the finish. There were 4 cautions for 28 laps.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 300 Running
2 2 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 300 Running
3 15 15 Wayne Andrews 70 Cougar 300 Running
4 9 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 296 Running
5 5 44 Ken Rush 69 Camaro 291 Running
6 3 40 Phil Spiak 69 Camaro 289 Running
7 17 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 286 Running
8 6 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 281 Running
9 14 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 279 Running
10 18 0 Tom Tiller 68 Camaro 279 Running
11 8 3 Doug Aldridge 69 Camaro 275 Running
12 4 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 273 Running
13 24 61 Tommy Lechlider 68 Camaro 263 Running
14 21 24 Ron Bascomb 68 Camaro 262 Running
15 25 89 Tom Cox 68 Camaro 255 Running
16 23 9 Stan Starr 68 Camaro 253 Running
17 28 39 Earl Briggs 69 Camaro 248 Running
18 22 19 Bobby Brewer 68 Camaro 245 Running
19 7 88 T. C. Hunt 69 Camaro 234 Engine
20 20 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 153 Rear end
21 10 41 Gary Myers 69 Mustang 95 Push rod
22 11 33 Joe Dean Huss 69 Camaro 62 Broke pulley
23 13 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 58 Engine
24 27 92 Paul Tyler 69 Firebird 45 Heating
25 19 13 Jack Du Brul 69 Javelin 22 Engine
26 26 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 20 Ignition
27 12 31 Earl Canavan 69 Javelin 19 Engine
28 16 82 Bill Chevalier 68 Mustang 1 Heating
Great find Dave, SoBo regular Pee Wee Wentz was also a regular on the Grand American Series.
GRAND AMERICAN 100
South Boston Speedway
South Boston, Virginia
Saturday, July 11, 1970
Grand American race #18 of 1970 was held at South Boston Speedway, the second trip to the 3/8 mile paved oval. Max Berrier was back in the #16 American Performance Center Javelin after turning it over to Bobby Allison on the road course at Daytona and put it on the pole with a time of 15.65 seconds. Berrier lead the first 104 laps before Tiny Lund got the lead and held it the rest of the way to claim his 14 th win of 1970 in his Ronnie Hopkins prepared Camaro. Lund garnered $1,500 of the $8,760 purse.
Twenty six cars took the green and 17 were running at the finish. There was only one caution for 8 laps. Ken Rush lost a little ground to Lund and Andrews in the points race but held on to second with Lund first and Andrews third.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 9 55 Tiny Lund 70 Camaro 280 Running
2 1 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 277 Running
3 7 15 Wayne Andrews 70 Cougar 275 Running
4 4 41 Gary Myers 69 Mustang 274 Running
5 24 88 T. C. Hunt 69 Camaro 272 Running
6 6 44 Ken Rush 69 Camaro 270 Running
7 16 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 268 Running
8 14 33 Joe Dean Huss 69 Camaro 268 Running
9 3 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 268 Running
10 18 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 265 Running
11 20 92 Paul Tyler 69 Firebird 263 Running
12 11 0 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 258 Running
13 5 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 249 Running
14 21 9 Stan Starr 68 Camaro 249 Running
15 19 24 Bobby Wilson 68 Camaro 240 Running
16 17 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 226 Engine
17 22 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 218 Running
18 15 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 216 Running
19 2 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 214 Rear end
20 13 30 Kruger Jophnson 69 Camaro 103 Clutch
21 10 99 Phil Spiak '68 Camaro 88 Timing gear
22 8 66 Phil Kendrick 69 Camaro 67 Heating
23 12 5 Pee Wee Wentz '69 Camaro 39 Engine
24 25 39 Earl Briggs 69 Camaro 34 Ball joint
25 23 19 Bobby Brewer 69 Camaro 8 Smoking
26 26 65 A. J. Cox 70 Mustang 2 Carb.
Great info Dave. Helps correct my spelling too. It's Tonawanda and not Tanawanda. I knew his nickname came from Hercules but didn't spell it right.
The 1970 STP Northern Tour was to be 5 events in 11 days and cover a lot of miles so the Shaw Racing Enterprises team carried both of their Cougars. Both were former Bud Moore cars. The first Cougar they had run in 1969 had been updated with 1970 sheet metal and the second Cougar was now a short track car retaining the '68 sheet metal. The '68 was ran at Holland but suffered engine failure. With the next race only 2 days and 400 miles away in Milton Vermont the strategy looked good but it would still be better to have 2 cars running than hauling one around for no reason. The team was able to find a 289 engine in a junk yard and got an invite from Jim Hurtubise to build the engine at his place. Hurc had a shop at his home in North Tanawanda just north of Buffalo and east of the Niagara River. As this was only about and hour out the way the team was able to get the engine together and in the car before heading to Vermont. Just one example of how the racing community looked out for one another in those days. Hurc's helpfulness and generosity has always been remembered.
Thaknks Chase,
Theses articles confirm that Tiny had the '69 Camaro on this tour. The report I had listed him as driving a 1970 model but my records show the '69. The other thing it corrects is the name of 9th place finisher Ed Anchor. The report I have spelled his name Encher. Most likely driving one of Stan Starr's Camaros.
Holland International Speedway
Holland, New York
Tuesday, July 14, 1970
Grand American race #19 of 1970 was held at Holland International Speedway, a 3/8 mile paved oval. It was the first of a 5 event STP Northern Tour. The Tour had a $10,000 point fund that was in addition to regular season long championship points. The Tour point fund came from STP ($5,000) and the track owners ($5,000) and would be paid out based on points compiled during the Tour. The winner will get $1,250 with second receiving $950 and third $800 all the way to last getting $200. Starting line ups were determined by qualifying heats with the starting order of the heats determined by season point standings.
Jim Paschal and Warren Prout had their American Performance Center Javelins running well with Darrell Bryant turning the wrenches and Bill Blair Jr. building the engines. Paschal won the qualifying heat to earn the pole position and led the first 5 laps before team mate Max Berrier went into the lead until lap 233 when Buck Baker got his Firebird past Berrier and led the last 34 laps of the caution free race to claim his first victory of the year. Berrier was a close second with Ken Rush third. Point leader Tiny Lund went out with an oil leak and finished 18 th which gave Ken Rush the point lead.
Baker earned $1,300 of the $9,460 purse. Of note on the purses for the Tour events was how the funds were distributed. You would normally have to finish in the top 3 just to break even but in these events the payout did not drop off as fast as you went down the order. No finisher got less than $200.
Twenty seven cars took the green and 16 were running at the finish.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 4 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 267 Running
2 2 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 267 Running
3 8 44 Ken Rush 69 Camaro 262 Running
4 3 41 Gary Myers 69 Mustang 260 Running
5 6 33 Joe Dean Huss 69 Camaro 259 Running
6 11 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 256 Running
7 14 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 255 Running
8 12 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 249 Running
9 16 0 Ed Encher 68 Camaro 247 Running
10 10 88 T. C. Hunt 69 Camaro 243 Running
11 15 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 230 Running
12 24 24 Tom Tiller 68 Camaro 224 Running
13 21 89 JamesCox 68 Camaro 223 Running
14 20 4 Tommy Lechlider 68 Camaro 222 Running
15 22 39 Earl Briggs 69 Camaro 216 Running
16 17 9 Stan Starr 68 Camaro 210 Running
17 13 92 Paul Tyler 69 Firebird 208 Oil press.
18 7 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 92 Oil leak
19 19 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 83 Steering
20 1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 69 Rear end
21 27 31 Earl Canavan 69 Javelin 49 Ignition
22 5 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 40 Engine fail.
23 18 3 Doug Aldridge 69 Camaro 6 Oil leak
24 9 40 Phil Spiak 69 Camaro 5 Oil line
25 23 19 Bobby Brewer 69 Camaro 2 Oil press.
26 25 96 Jim Hall 69 Javelin 1 Ignition
27 26 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 1 Valve
I asked dad about rebuilding the engine that year. Reid Shaw paid the expenses for "Ducky" Newman to bring down the parts. After the rebuild was complete Ducky and dad's long time friend and crewman R.D. "Scoby" Dorsett when out to celebrate. They wound up at a bar and got into trouble with one of them ending up in the Halifax river.
PAUL REVERE 250
Daytona International Speedway
Friday, July 3, 1970
Race #17 of the 1970 season brought the Grand American Challenge Series to Daytona Beach Florida for the second time that year. This time for the fourth annual Paul Revere 250 scheduled to take the green at mid-night on July 3 rd which means the race actually occurred on the Fourth of July. While not the only night race it was the only night race held with no track lighting. The cars ran with headlights, some even used aircraft landing lights, on the 3.81 mile road course and was a FIA sanctioned event.
Point leader Tiny Lund came into the event with high hopes of continuing his dominance having won 13 of the 16 races so far by unveiling a brand new 1970 Camaro prepared by Ronnie Hopkins. The car did not make it to the track in time to qualify so he would have start back in the pack. Thirty two drivers entered but only twenty seven made qualifying runs with twenty five taking the green. Jay Black, Tiger Tom Pistone, Phil Kendrick, Amos Johnson and Jim Hall did not qualify. Bill Blankenship qualified but did not start and H.B. Bailey qualified but broke a crankshaft in the last practice and did not make the grid. Twelve cars posted times the first day of qualifying with Bobby Allison taking the pole and team mate Jim Paschal outside pole. Max Berrier had been driving the American Performance Center second Javelin but Allison got the ride at Daytona because of Berriers limited road course experience. Wayne Andrews was 3 rd in a Cougar with David Boggs 4 th and Buck Baker 5 th , both in Firebirds. Bob Glass was 6 th with Ken Rush 7 th and Gene Felton 8 th all in Camaros. Doug Aldridge was 9 th and Ernie Shaw 10 th in a Mustang. Glass was in the same car James Hylton drove to victory here in February.
Marty Robbins was not racing while on the mend from open heart surgery but was the grand Marshall for the Paul Revere 250 and the Firecracker 400. After some prerace fireworks the field took the green on the back stretch but Jim Paschal pulled out of line as his Javelin did not come up to speed right away, a fouled plug from the slow pace laps, but it cleared right up and by the time they reached the flag stand he was second to Bobby Allison. Paschal followed Allison for 6 laps before taking the lead and began to pull away. By lap 10 Tiny Lund had moved from 18 th starting spot to 3 rd with Baker 4 th and Andrews 5 th . Ken Rush was 6 th and Dr. Wilbur Pickett was 7 th in Stan Starr Seniors Camaro. On lap 13 the engine in Allisons Javelin seized ending his night early. By lap 20 Paschal was way out front with Lund 2 nd Baker 3 rd Andrews 4 th and Rush 5 th . Dr. Pickett was 6 th a lap down. The crossed flags indicating the half way point found only the top four still on the lead lap. Just 2 laps later Lund lost an engine leaving only Baker and Andrews in the same lap with Paschal. Sometime during the race Ernie Shaw ran over a skunk and Paschal ran through the pungent fog that lingered in the cockpit of his Javelin for a while. Around lap 55 Paschal caught Andrews and tried to put him a lap down but it took 5 laps to do it. The Javelin would get by on the infield road course but the Cougar would storm back by on the speedway back stretch. A couple of laps later with just 4 to go Paschal got by Baker to be in a lap by himself. Andrews got to within 5 seconds of Baker at the checkers. It was the first win of the year for Paschal and second for the Warren Prout prepared Javelins.
Jim collected $5,050 of the $25,850 purse. The race was run caution free before an estimated crowd of 26,000. 14 cars were running at the finish.
The results tightened up the points race with Tiny Lund still leading with 944 points and Ken Rush second with 923 points. Wayne Andrews was third with 917 points. The rest of the top 10 were T.C. Hunt 4 th , Jim Paschal 5 th , Richard Childress 6 th , Phil Wills 7 th , Buck Baker 8 th , Jimmy Vaughn 9 th and Ernie Shaw 10 th .
Fin. St. Driver # Car Laps Status
1 2 Jim Paschal 14 70 Javelin 66 Running
2 5 Buck Baker 87 70 Firebird 65 Running
3 3 Wayne Andrews 15 70 Cougar 65 Running
4 8 Gene Felton 37 68 Camaro 62 Running
5 6 Bob Glass 48 69 Camaro 62 Running
6 13 Wilbur Pickett 9 69 Camaro 61 Running
7 15 Paul Tyler 92 69 Firebird 60 Running
8 11 Richard Childress 26 68 Camaro 60 Running
9 22 T.C. Hunt 88 68 Camaro 59 Running
10 20 Stan Starr Jr. 0 68 Camaro 57 Running
11 19 Phil Wills 8 69 Camaro 56 Running
12 21 Bobby Wilson 24 68 Camaro 53 Running
13 16 Bobby Brewer 19 69 Camaro 53 Running
14 4 David Boggs 86 70 Firebird 51 Running
15 7 Ken Rush 44 69 Camaro 48 Engine
16 24 Jimmy Vaughn 7 68 Camaro 47
17 10 Ernie Shaw 17 68 Mustang 37
18 18 Tiny Lund 55 70 Camaro 34 Engine
19 23 Billy Hagan 52 68 Cougar 28
20 9 Doug Aldridge 3 69 Camaro 26
21 1 Bobby Allison 16 70 Javelin 12 Engine
22 25 Jerry Hufflin 27 68 Camaro 11
23 12 Joe Dean Huss 33 69 Camaro 9
24 14 Bobby Fleming 54 69 Camaro 8
25 17 Aubrey Cox 65 70 Mustang 5
Personal note: After qualifying on Wednesday dad blew the engine. We only had one. They took the engine apart at the track and Reid called Red Myler and got a couple of guys from Bud Moores shop to head down the road with the needed parts. There was so much wind and sand at the track that putting a clean engine together was impossible so they loaded up and went to dads uncles house in Daytona. They rebuilt the engine in Uncle Delberts carport and got it put back in the car on Friday in time to make the last practice run before the race that night.
Jim Paschal beside his Warren Prout prepared Javelin.
Tiny's new 1970 Camaro
