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Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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I need to correct the statement I made about Red Myler not going to the races during the 1982 & 1983 Dale Earnhardt / Wrangler seasons when I was around the Bud Moore team.

He did indeed go to many races and was often race day "gasman" on the crew pitting Dale Earnhardt. Don't know how I could have forgotten that.

Red , at that stage in life, was shaped kinda like I am today and wore a pair of wide, red "fireman's" suspenders over his blue & yellow Wrangler racing pit crew shirt to hold up those heavy 14 ounce denim jeans all the crew wore. I recall, now, that my assistant Wrangler racing program manager, Mel Parkhurst had a supplier fashion a set of wide yellow suspenders with blue Wrangler horses on them for Red to wear at the track.

Another thing I now remember about Red at the track during those two years was that he never bent or cupped the brims of his ball caps like most did. He'd be right at home today with those rappers and their flat brimmed NY hats! Sorry for the fading memory.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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Billy,

There is another story in the Spartanburg paper from 1962 telling of Jack Smith getting up at 4:30 in the morning in Daytona to go fishing in the St. John's River where he caught a 10 1/2-lb black bass before returning to the Speedway and turning the second fastest time of SpeedWeeks in his Red Myler prepared Pontiac. Wonder if Red went fishing that morning, too?

Here's the story link:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19620214&id=...

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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Yum!!! Thanks for sharing, Billy.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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And Chase, now I am beginning to believe everybody is related.

I just read in an old newspaper story that Ken Wilson, the engine builder for Chuck Rider at Bahari when Michael Waltrip drove there was the grandson of Red Myler and nephew of Maurice Petty. I never knew that. Of course, Mikey once lived with Richard and Lynda.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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Chase, I think you'll find this link very interesting. It takes you to a 1961 letter Red Myler's wife wrote to Jim Foster at the Spartanburg newspaper promoting his accomplishments up to that time:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19611022&id=...

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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From Cale Yarborough's NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction speech:

"Then there was Kenny Myler, who we had a good run with. We were running a yearold car that Ford was letting us run, 1964 Ford, 1965. Kenny gave me my first win in Valdosta, Georgia, on a halfmile dirt track in 1965. That dirt track racing was tough back then."

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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Red would have only been 53 when I met him and I thought he was "elderly." Boy, did I have a lot to learn.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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Obit:

KENNETH W. "RED" MYLER
1-22-98
Kenneth W. "Red" Myler, 69, of 3606 Randleman Rd., died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998, at his residence.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23, 1998, at South Elm St. Baptist Church in Greensboro. Burial will follow the service in Guilford Memorial Park.
He attended South Elm St. Baptist Church and worked in Winston Cup Racing for 40 years, formerly associated with Petty Enterprises, Holman-Moody, Jack Smith, and most recently retired after 25 years, from Bud Moore Engineering in Spartanburg. He is preceded in death by his wife, Sue P. Myler.
He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Mary and Nelson McCorquodale of High Point; and Patricia and Maurice Petty of Randleman; sons, J.R. Harris of Greensboro; Daniel Harris of McCormick, SC; sisters, Louise Mendenhall of Pacific Junction, Iowa; and Paul Myler of Missouri Valley, Iowa; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; and many special friends.
He was loved by so many and will be missed by all who knew him, especially those who so lovingly refered to him as Pop.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, at Hanes-Lineberry, Vanstory Chapel and other times, at the residence.
The family requests memorial contributions may be made to the South Elm St. Baptist Church, 4212 S. Elm-Eugene St., Greensboro, NC 27406.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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The car that many racing stats folks USED to list as a Bondy Long car pre-1990.

Beware the Record Keepers, i.e. Racing Reference & Fielden - Do You Know the Reds - Myler & Robinson?

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"Records and data amassed, sorted, cross checked and published by Greg Fielden, Bob Latford, and most certainly Alan Boodman, who operates Racing-Reference.info are to be commended for a job so vast it boggles even a computer, never mind the human mind"

I believe I stated as much in my post, did I not???. "What Gene Granger, Greg Fielden, Racing Reference, Ultimate Racing History and all the other dedicated purveyors of racing stats have achieved is amazing. I have the utmost respect for what those folks have accomplished and use their data bases nearly every day."

However, for the uninitiated, possibly including Mr. Boodman and Mr. Fielden there is a lot more going on than meets the eye sometimes. I'm not at all convinced that either has ever seen a real NASCAR entry blank.

I think everybody should know about Red Myler and I am certainly glad that I got to correct everybody's info on Ned and Red Robinson.

As for Asheville-Weaverville, why doesn't someone simply ask Rex?