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Here's another pic of the Fillip car. https://www.hoseheadforums.com/photoGallery/photoGalleryItemsLarge.cfm?GalleryItemKey=3721

Thanks, Bobby! I suspect that's the car, alright.

McNally--or McAnally?--ran in Lubbock a few times. Wasn't there a Pat McAnally, too? Maybe I'm misremembering.

Thanks for posting. Dave "Wolfman" Yeager is my cousin. Pretty sure Richard Sweat was from Amarillo, not San Angelo, but I could be wrong about that.

That's right. Chet began racing the white Belair (#91) probably no earlier than 1973--he would have been 16 at the time. Marvin raced it too during that period. Not long after that (no later than 1976), Chet began driving a white supermodified. Had a bad spill in turn one at Arena Park Raceway in that car. By the way, if anybody has a pic of that '55 Chevy, I'd love to see it. That was a beautiful racing machine, and very fast.

Anybody know who the driver of this car was? I recall a white, supermodified #16 that used to run at Arena Park Raceway in Lubbock back in the 70s. I suppose this isn't the same car, but it sure looks the same.

You're welcome, Byron, and you're exactly right about Wolfman at Jackson and Meyer. He was hellbent on racing in the Indy 500 and poured what meager assets he had into racing, traveling all over the south and Midwest in the hope of catching a car owner's eye and getting a ride in the '500.' And in 1980 it looked like it was going to pay off because he got a call in his hotel room from an owner offering him a ride. The deal was agreed to verbally. Unfortunately, however, a certain Tim Richmond approached the owner about the car and brought a big sponsor with him--it might have been PPG, but I'm not sure about that. At any rate, the owner gave the ride to Richmond who not only qualified, but won Rookie of the Year honors after finishing 9th or 10th. Wolfman was so disillusioned by this occurrence that he moved to the mountains of Colorado and got out of racing all together.

Here's some pics from ARP in the 70s: https://get.google.com/albumarchive/104313162809188896080/album/AF1QipP1fPOIyirxDlNiwcKA6feUVdJQTvD-uBUclog9

Rhino, wasn't one of the Eustace brothers nicknamed Ace? I definitely remember an Ace Eustace running in the 70s, and he was very competitive. From 2005 to 2011 me and the wife lived on 61st between Canton and Elgin. Good thing we got out when we did because that area is going downhill fast. PS--I know that in 1977 Sleepy was living at 41st and Indiana.

Agreed. And there should certainly be some coverage of the big sprint car races next weekend.

Thanks, Bobby! That's great to hear. Now all we need is for the Lubbock AJ to take some interest like they used to back in the 70s.

Bobby, I think the vast majority of 'em were from close to Lubbock and Amarillo. James Colson had one. Tim Irvin had one. I believe Chet/Marvin Fillip had one, as did Kenny Stead from Amarillo. I also remember two white "B modifieds" whose numbers were 16 and 19. I don't know who drove the #16, but a kid named Benson, Benton or Bentley drove the #19 and had a bad crash on the front stretch. I don't think he ever drove again. By the way, how has the racing been this year so far?

Well Bobby maybe I'm misremembering. Wouldn't be the first time! Now when I speak of B modifieds, what I'm referring to is those open-wheel racers that had a squared off roof instead of a roll cage, and a square rear end instead of the rounded one you see on sprints.

Thanks for Howard's number, Spooky. I've edited the post to include that info. And, by the way, do you know why why we used to call what others call supermodifieds, B modifieds? I've never heard the term B modified anywhere else except Arena Park.

Nick, we enjoyed some fine racing back then. I believe you would have liked it thoroughly.