One of the best races that I have ever seen was on a 1/4 mile dirt track in Norfolk, VA named Chinese Corner Speedway one Sunday afternoon in 1959. The old modified coupes were racing, back then the feature race was only 25 laps long, but what a exciting race that was and the race fans really got their $$$$ worth for the ticket price. My father's car # 37 driven by Butch Torrie won that race over Ray Hendrick in car # 2, both cars were pretty evenly matched DeSoto powered 1937 Plymouths, throughout that race both drivers traded the lead back and forth door to door. My father always installed dual batteries and dual electric fuel pumps when he built a stock car as a back up system. Many races have been lost from parts failure as we all know. But that day Butch used the second fuel pump to his advantage as an edge to beat Ray Hendrick by using both electric fuel pumps going down the front and back straight a ways and then cutting one off in the turns. After winning that race Butch said that his right arm felt as if it were broken from using the fuel pump switches so much. Winning over Ray Hendrick was very special because as everone knows he was a winner where ever he raced. That year 1959 Butch won the track championship and I still have the car owner's trophy to this day. The next year 1960 Butch won the championship again but this time on Peanut City Speedway in Suffolk, VA. Their very best year ever racing on four tracks a week during the racing season was in the year 1960.If anyone does not believe this I understand because it sounds unbeliveable but in 1960 Butch started 54 feature races and won 37 of them in car #37. He finished second 7 times and the car never finished below 5th when it was still running that year. The last race of the year was 150 laps long, Butch lead every lap and won the race. That year there were no engines blown and after all expenses were paid and the driver received 1/ 3 of the winnings, my father profited $8,000. from the race car. That is not much money in todays world, but in 1960 not many people earned that much in one year.