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Dave Fulton
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03/20/14 01:01:52PM
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Racing History Minute - March 20, 1966
Stock Car Racing History

This Bristol event marked the racing debut for Charlotte's Sonny Lamphear . All 12 of his career starts would come in 1966 driving a 1964 Ford owned by Charlotte "rassling" performer / manager Homer O'Dell who'd risen to mid-Atlantic television fame for Crockett Promotions as the spiffy "Manager" of the Rip (the chicken) Hawk / Swede Hanson tag team duo. O'Dell stood by his wrestlers at ringside carrying a cane (which was used unprofessionally when the ref wasn't looking) and wearing a tuxedo. O'Dell had wrestled in Chicago as Strangler O'Dell and was later promoted ringside in a military uniform as General Homer O'Dell.

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Homer ODell

Wrestlers who Homer ODell has Managed:
Bronco Lubich
Aldo Bogni
David Novak
Jerry Novak Missouri Mauler
Hiro Matsuda
Rip Hawk
Swede Hanson
Rip Tyler
Randy Tyler
Kurt von Steiger
Karl von Steiger Butch Malone
Norvel Austin
Toru Tanaka
The Mongolians
Brute Bernard
Missouri Mauler
The Angel (Frank Morrell)

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Homer ODell managed Bronco Lubich & Aldo Bogni for a while and won the Southern Tag Team belts..
  • 1966: Bronco Lubich & Aldo Bogni w/Homer ODell lost the Tag Team titles to George Becker and Johnny Weaver..
  • ~~~Bronco Lubich & Aldo Bogni then left the territory for a short time..
  • ~~~When Bronco Lubich and Aldo Bogni returned George Two-Ton Harris was their manager..
  • ~~~Homer ODell returned as the manager of Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson to engage in a feud with Aldo Bogni & Bronco Lubich..
  • 1971: Homer ODell was demolished by Ray Gunkel in an Atlanta Main event.
  • 1973: Homer ODell managed Rip Hawk against Klondike Bill in a Semi-final match in Atlanta
  • ~~~~Homer ODell tripped Klondike which caused Hawk to miss a dropkick. Klondike splashed Hawk to win.
  • Late 70s: Homer ODell returned to Georgia managing the team of The Mongols..
  • Homer ODell later managed the team of Bronco Lubich & Brute Bernard (after Skull Murphy passed away)..
  • Homer ODell also managed Bobby Shane, The Missouri Mauler & Hiro Matsuda during his career..
  • Homer ODell has passed away..

    Robert Louis Howell wrote : Wrestlers Homer ODell Managed in Georgia: Paul Demarco, El Diablo, Buddy Colt, Karl Von Strohiem, Professor Kimura, Kubla Kahn

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/20/14 12:45:29PM
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Racing History Minute - March 20, 1966
Stock Car Racing History

The Spartanburg paper noted that pole winner david Pearson and Cotton Owens elected to race their old 1965 Dodge Coronet rather than the '66 Charger they ran the previous week at rockingham's Peach Blossom 500.

The disqualification of the Wood Brothers hybrid Ford Fairlane/Galaxie is also noted in the Herald-Journal pole qualifying story.

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/19/14 03:00:23PM
9,138 posts

Submarine Talk: "Fire 1" "Fire 2"
Current NASCAR

This was discussed last night on the Goat Rodeo radio broadcast. Seems the Bristol Fox NASCAR telecast may have been the straw that breaks the camel's back.

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FOX PLEASE FIRE DARRELL WALTRIP


To those of you who cannot stand the whiney, obnoxious, rambling commentary of the painfully obvious subject matter by Darrell Waltrip and who would like to watch races on Fox without hearing him, you've found the right place. Sign and let's watch racing in peace without having to grimace every time DW opens his mouth. NO MORE BOOGITY!!!!

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Dave Fulton
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03/19/14 02:42:53PM
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A Perfect Gift for The Legend?
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I don't think RR's Tim Leeming - The Legend - collects Danica or DW items, but a story caught my eye this morning I thought I'd pass along to him in case he wanted one of these souvenirs:

Souvenirs commemorating Auto Club Speedway Water Tower in Fontana will be made available

Sunday, March 16, 2014 1:54 PM PDT

Auto Club Speedway in Fontana will make available a limited number of souvenirs commemorating the Speedway Water Tower, which stood for about 70 years before being removed in late 2013.

A very limited number of Water Tower-shaped tubes containing actual concrete remnants of the tower -- numbered 1 through 500 will be available to fans during Auto Club 400 weekend at the Fontana track March 21-23 while they last.

The replica cylinders will be sold at the Gate D ticket office located at the west end of the speedway, just outside the tunnel.

The cost will be $10 (cash only), with proceeds benefiting the Auto Club Speedway Foundation.

Any units remaining after the race weekend will be made available for purchase online through the Auto Club Speedway ticketing system.

The historic Water Tower was built shortly after the Kaiser Steel Mill first opened in the 1940s and remained there long after the plant closed in 1983. The speedway was built at the site in 1997.


updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/23/14 10:57:26AM
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R.I.P. Gary Bettenhausen
Stock Car Racing History

Here is a link to a Gary Bettenhausen remembered video interview I was unable to embed:

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/23/14 10:45:32AM
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R.I.P. Gary Bettenhausen
Stock Car Racing History

Wonder personal addition. Thanks, Perry.

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/20/14 08:52:33PM
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R.I.P. Gary Bettenhausen
Stock Car Racing History

Eric - I am "guessing" heart attack. News stories and obituary say death was sudden and peaceful at home. This note in the obituary led me to believe heart problem, but I may be incorrect:

Memorial donations to the American Heart Association , Midwest Affiliate, Attn: Memorial/Tribute Processing Center, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, IL, 60674 in Gary's name are welcomed. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/indystar/obituary.aspx?n=gary-bettenhausen&pid=170244777&fhid=14550#sthash.nZCEB5nY.dpuf

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/19/14 12:48:00PM
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R.I.P. Gary Bettenhausen
Stock Car Racing History

We lost an old time kind of racer this week when Gary Bettenhausen passed, a driver who liked to race anything. I'll always remember him driving Penske's AMC Matador at Atlanta.

R.I.P. Gary Bettenhausen.

Curt Cavin, curt.cavin@indystar.com 5:27 p.m. EDT March 17, 2014

Veteran Indy 500 and USAC driver dies at 72

GaryB_09

(Photo: Vern Atkins/The Star)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Bettenhausen nearly won the 1972 Indy 500.
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Race car driver Gary Bettenhausen, who died Sunday, could have been an Indy-car legend, but he preferred driving anything and everything that was great in his era.

The son of racing great Tony Bettenhausen, he was one of Roger Penske's earliest Indy-car drivers, nearly winning the 1972 Indianapolis 500 after leading 138 laps. He still finished 14th after ignition failure knocked him out after 182 laps.

But Bettenhausen, among the most talented drivers of his generation, never became one of Penske's 500 winners like Rick Mears, the Unsers or Helio Castroneves because he continued racing the short-track cars he loved so much.

In a violent dirt car crash in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1974, Bettenhausen badly injured his right arm. Penske, who was against Bettenhausen racing in sprints, midgets and dirt cars, fired him.

Bettenhausen's brother, Merle, noted that Frank Sinatra's classic "My Way" was not only his favorite song but his life motto.

"That's the way he lived, and that's the way he raced," Merle said.

Gary Bettenhausen in 1996.
Gary Bettenhausen in 1996. (Photo: Star File Photo)
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Bettenhausen continued to compete in the 500 with various teams through 1993, finishing as high as third in 1980. He ran his final race, in CART's inaugural U.S. 500 at Michigan International Speedway in 1996, at age 54. The car was fielded by Bettenhausen Motorsports, which was owned by his youngest brother, Tony.

The longtime Monrovia, Ind., resident died unexpectedly at his home. He was 72.

Originally from Tinley Park, Ill., Bettenhausen was the oldest of the three racing sons. Tony, an 11-time 500 starter, along with his wife, Shirley, and two Indianapolis businessmen were killed in a 2000 airplane crash in Kentucky.

The patriarch of the family, Melvin "Tony" Bettenhausen, a two-time national champion, died in a 1961 practice-day crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Bettenhausen had his father's championship pedigree. He won four titles with USAC, an Indianapolis-based sanctioning body: Ttwo each in sprint cars (1969 and '71) and the championship dirt cars (1980 and '83). His first USAC race was in a stock car at Indianapolis Raceway Park in 1963. He finished 14th.

Three-time 500 starter Steve Chassey remembers first meeting Bettenhausen in 1968 when Bettenhausen borrowed the sprint car owned by Chassey's father at Clovis (Calif.) Speedway.

Chassey said Bettenhausen drove as hard as anyone then or now.

"He was a gunfighter, that's for sure," Chassey said. "I don't think there are anymore (drivers) like him. His dad and him; they were the last of that kind."

Bettenhausen is survived by his wife, Wavelyn, and sons Gary, Cary and Todd, brother Merle and sister Sue. Services are pending.


updated by @dave-fulton: 12/16/16 07:54:05AM
Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
03/19/14 01:13:16PM
9,138 posts

Roy Trantham
Stock Car Racing History

Sorry to hear of Roy's passing.

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