This is one of those “Haul in he Family” stories. Randy Stewart stands by his Dad’s, (Gordon) Barracuda. Gordon, out of Sioux City, SD was the original owner, and called the car the “Hair Bender,” as he operated a beauty school. The car was raced by Dick Hanson for many years, and was very successful in the area
Lee Smith’s altered wheelbase Plymouth was one of the original car factory-produced altered wheelbase cars. Lee raced a number of years for the factory. Jim Welch owns the car now.
 Buddy Martin was one of the celebs signing autographs. |
 Remember “Miss Hurst Golden Shifter,” Linda Vaughn? Hasn’t aged a bit. |
 Arlen Vanke trotted out one of about five Hemi single-4-barrel manifolds he had made to work with the Holley 1150 carb in AHRA GT-1 competition for 1970. This manifold allowed the Hemis to decimate the Chevys in the class. |
 Fred Engelhart ran the show, and told everybody how to find Elkton. Then he told them again.  |
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The Car From Mars
