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Catamount Stadium - August 21, 1969

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1969 Northern Tour

Milton, Vt. August 21, 1969

Tiny Lund and "Tiger" Tom Pistone

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Holland International Speedway - August 19, 1969

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1969 Northern Tour

From the Irish Hills of Michigan on Saturday at a 2 mile superspeedway to Holland New York on Tuesday at a 3/8 mile paved oval the Grand Touring cars made a quick start to the 1969 Northern Tour. A 5 race tour over 12 days in 4 states with a special $10,000 point fund.

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

SKYLAND 200 August 17,1968

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SKYLAND 200

Weaverville, NC. August 17, 1968

The 15th Grand Touring race of 1968 was held at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway. A 1/2 mile paved oval. Tiny Lund put his Bud Moore Cougar on the pole with a time of 20.67 seconds and led the first 87 laps until the throttle linkage broke costing him to lose 6 laps in the pits for repairs. Lund would return to action and make a charge to the front but would eventually fall 1 1/2 laps short of Donnie Allisons Mustang who led laps 88 thru 200. It was the 5 ^th win of the season for Allison whose car had been qualified by his brother Bobby on Friday as Donnie had a modified race in Birmingham, which he also won. Bobby went on to finish 3 ^rd in a 68 Camaro. I dont know for sure but it could have been Stan Starrs car as he would later drive the #9 at Darlington. There were only two cautions for a total of 11 laps. The first was on lap 8 when Buck Baker blew an engine in turn 4 and the last was on lap 116 when Jack Ryans Porsche lost its right rear wheel . Twenty cars started the race with 15 running at the finish but I dont have a complete run down. Marty Robbins drove a 66 Dodge Dart in the event but I dont know where he finished. The crowd was estimated at 2,500 and the purse was $5,625 with Donnie getting $1,100 of it.

Buck Baker still held the point lead but his engine problems allowed Lund to pull from 3 ^rd to second only 11 points behind Baker.

After the race Bud Moore was asked how much the broken throttle linkage cost. Having overheard the question Mario Rossi pulled a nickel from his pocket and gave it to the reporter. Moore agreed, thats about right.

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status

1 27 Donnie Allison 68 Mustang 200 Running

2 1 16 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar 198 Running

3 Bobby Allison 68 Camaro 196 Running

4 33 Bob Burcham 68 Javelin 195 Running

5 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 194 Running

Donnie Allison and car owner Jerri Huggins

I believe this is the Paul Conners Javelin Bob Burcham drove at Asheville-Weaverville

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

IRISH HILLS 250 August 16, 1969

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Dave, I think I have seen Bobby make a few comments on FB racing sites.

IRISH HILLS 250 August 16, 1969

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I only have two Dave.

From 1971 Bama 200

From a Grand National East event in '72 or '73

IRISH HILLS 250 August 16, 1969

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IRISH HILLS 250

Irish Hills, Mich. August 16, 1969

The 24 ^th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at the Michigan International Speedway, a 2 mile paved superspeedway. Jim Paschal started on the pole and led the first 33 laps before Tiny Lund led the next 6 laps. Paschal went back out front on lap 41 but had engine failure on the 54 ^th lap that ended his day. Ken Rush then led his first laps of the day thru lap 65 when Phil Kendrick would lead 9 laps. From there it was Rush and Pete Hamilton swapping the lead. Hamilton had clocked the fastest qualifying lap but it was on the second day of qualifying. Rush led laps 76 thru 87, then Hamilton led laps 88 and 89. Rush went back out front for 2 laps then Hamilton led laps 93 thru 102 when he starting experiencing engine trouble. Rush would regain the lead and led laps 103 thru 125 to score his second victory of the year. The win also gave Ken the point lead over Frank Sessoms.

There were 6 cautions for 35 laps and only 11 of the 33 starters were running at the finish. Three cars were start and park entries. Twelve experienced engine failure with C. B. Gwyns engine letting go before he completed a lap. Wayne Andrews was credited with 34 ^th position as his engine popped in practice so he did not make the race.

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out

1 9 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro 125 Running

2 15 48 Phil Kendrick 68 Camaro 124 Running

3 12 98 Larry Bock 68 Dart 123 Running

4 13 10 Charlie Blanton 68 Camaro 120 Running

5 24 8 Phil Wills 68 Camaro 118 Running

6 25 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 117 Running

7 10 0 Martin Sharpe 68 Camaro 116 Running

8 29 13 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 116 Running

9 19 3 Jim Vandiver 68 Camaro 112 Running

10 17 69 Bob Wilcher '68 Camaro 109 Running

11 6 25 Pete Hamilton 68 Camaro 106 Bln Eng

12 23 4 Bob Brewer 68 Camaro 102 Running

13 22 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 100 Over Heating

14 11 87 Buck Baker 69 Firebird 82 Bln Eng

15 14 2 Randy Hutchison 68 Camaro 73 Bln Eng

16 28 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 64 Wheel Brg.

17 5 88 T.C. Hunt 68 Camaro 60 Bln Eng

18 1 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 53 Bln Eng

19 20 56 Les Covey 68 Camaro 49 Bln Eng

20 3 95 Butch Harben 68 Camaro 47 Over Heating

21 8 16 Tiny Lund 69 Cougar 43 Drop Valve

22 18 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 42 Bln Eng

23 16 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang 35 Bln Eng

24 2 67 Bunkie Blackburn 68 Camaro 32 Wrecked

25 26 52 Billy Hagan 68 Cougar 31 Bln Eng

26 4 71 Amos Johnson 68 Camaro 17 Bln Eng

27 27 31 Earl Canavan 69 Javelin 12 Ignition

28 7 94 Bob Tullius 69 Javelin 11 Wrecked

29 32 19 Bud Strickland 68 Camaro 6 Quit

30 33 81 Ed Smith 68 Camaro 5 Quit

31 30 39 Barry Boggero 68 Camaro 2 Steering

32 31 72 C. O. Pendley 68 Mustang 1 Quit

33 21 04 C. B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 0 Bln Eng

34 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar DNS

#98 Larry Bock finished 3 ^rd and #31 Earl Canavan finished 27 ^th .

Can't explain the Dodge in the picture but it looks like Neil Castles Grand National car.

Jim Paschal started on the pole but blew an engine while leading.

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Nashville GT23 August 9, 1969

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Seems he did not like it when the race did not live up to his hype Dave.

Nashville GT23 August 9, 1969

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NASHVILLE GT23

August 9, 1969

Nashville, Tenn.

Russ Thompson photo of Buck Bakers Firebird at Nashville in August of 1969

Russ Thompson photo of Wayne Andrews Cougar at Nashville in August of 1969

Russ Thompson photo of Richard Childress Camaro at Nashville in August of 1969

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Maryville GT 200 Aug. 10, 1968

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GT 200

Maryville, Tn. Aug. 10, 1968

The 14th Grand Touring race of 1968 was held at Smoky Mountain Raceway. A 1/2 mile paved oval. The event was scheduled for Friday the 9 ^th but was postponed to Saturday due to rain. Donnie Allison sat on the pole with a lap time of 21.1 seconds but wound up second to Tiny Lund who made it two in a row and number 6 win for the year. Buck Baker would hold onto the point lead with a 3 ^rd place finish and his 9 ^th top ten of the year. The lap count of 177 would suggest they never got to the scheduled 200 laps. Dont know if the reason was for rain, a curfew or some other reason.

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out

1 16 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar 177 Running

2 1 27 Donnie Allison 68 Mustang

3 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro

4 22 Harold Dunaway 68 Camaro

5 93 Charlie Glotzbach 68 Dart

Dont know what race this is from but it appears whoever is in the #15 is getting a push from Tiny with Donnie looking to the inside.

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SUMMERVILLE 100 - August 7, 1968

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SUMMERVILLE 100

Summerville, S.C. August 7, 1968

The 13th Grand Touring race of 1968 was held at Summerville Speedway and was 250 laps on the 4 tenths mile dirt oval. Tiny Lund sat on the pole with a lap time of 21.11 seconds and sped to his fifth win of the year. Buck Baker would hold onto the point lead with a second place finish and his 8 ^th top ten of the year.

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out

1 1 16 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar 250 Running

2 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro Running

3 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro

4 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro

5 5 Roy Tyner 68 Camaro

Tiny and Bud Moore

Roy Tyner

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM