Looking For Information on Buck Baker's Truck Series
Stock Car Racing History
Bobby Fleming's truck was built on his late model sportsman chassis. Richard Childress gave Bobby the set up for the 1st NPTRA race at Rockingham. Richard and Bobby had become friends while they were racing in the Grand American NASCAR series
The race was red flagged for rain and the trucks went to the garage area where at least one competitor replaced the required 2 barrel carburetor with a 4 barrel carburetor. They ran closer to Bobby after the red flag, but still couldn't catch him. Tom Usery was in a wreck, removed the pickup bed from his truck and was very competitive.
Bobby sat on the pole at the next race at Hickory. He was easily the fastest there, but a right front tire losing air from the start prevented him from leading a lap. Ultimately he went laps down when had to pit to change the tire. There weren't many trucks there and the race was held up while Bobby's crew helped a competitor from Denver change an engine he had blow in practice. I can't recall the drivers name. Does anyone know?