Johnny, That 13 car is run by Charlie Padgett of Palatka,Fla. and use to belong to Richie Gomes from Long Island. The guy working on his midget is Jerry Paquin. The two guys between the cars is Ronnie Rohn from Jacksonville and Richie Iverson. this looks like it was taken at Putnam Co. Speedway. Great memories of running with these guys.
which one Johnny, I knew of three Atomic Speedway's...lol....any of them would be fine...
thank you Dave for posting this. My deepest condolences to the Wade family and his friends.
I totally agree Johnny, In fact I sold a great running sprint car and went back to vintage modifieds because I never felt like you could be in total control. They are tricky vehicles. I loved to watch the winged Skeeters when the Georgia boys, Cooly Hobbdy, Lonnie Roberts and Richard Smith would come down and run with us around N. Florida.
I guess road rage is now on the track. Seems a couple years ago Tony got out of his car , ran out and threw his helmet at another car. Seems like every race I go to some one gets out of the car and wants to fight BECAUSE the crowd likes it. shame this had to happen but so predictable. crowds are so thin at local tracks the promoters are afraid to ban any driver for anything. I witnessed a driver several years ago wait until the winner parked at the finish line to be interviewed and tried to run him over. He then punched out the security guard and finished the year running at a nearby track..
we all know the "King" as a friendly, kind and generous man....may he reign forever...thanks Dave.
Johnny, all the nascar cars have a rear block off plate about 4" square in the rear fire wall because they don't run the plate at all tracks. When you are running at a track where you duct cool air to rear brakes you don't need the plate. when at tracks where you need the plate to cover the duct hole there's a plate with 4 sheet metal screws in it to cover the hole and not allow trapped air to escape the car body and help the down force. the rules state what material is allowed and also the plates must be sealed with a gasket or seal material. Aluminum or non steel is not allowed.Its also a safety issue as fire or fuel could come into the driver compartment. Wind tunnel has shown the down force increase to be high enough to gain an advantage.. maybe some trick screws were used to come off late in the race because I don't believe a crew chief would knowingly endanger his driver.. Maybe that's why they dropped the appeal process , just maybe. lol...
agreed Bobby, seems like yesterday doesn't it. Swervin Irvan and the Kid...those were the days. been a fast 20 years....too fast.
right on Chase, I believe Carl will stay until the end of the season and give it a good try but will end up with Joe Gibbs next year and will have a better year than this one.....
Jim, I suspect thatIF you had a good view then you had a mirror cause you were running up front a lot my friend....lol.
