bigjim307

that should have read dad's motor blew up . Billy crashed and went to the hospital . Terry quit racing and went to the hospital with Billy . my motor got so hot that it split the radiator hose from one end to the other it look like somebody took a razor blade and sliced it . my brother Lee was the only one left and he finished second to David Castleberry . we ran out of gas twice if we could have got enough gas in it the first time he would have beat them with Castleberry because he was in the lead when he write out the second time . you later bro that car back in the Thunder Car Series it was a blue 71 Camaro with a yellow number 27 on the doors when he raced he won period . David Castleberry would always win until my brother LeeLee showed up then we would win and David would finish second that's just the way it was back then . Of course by that time Terry was already running in the Super Stock division with Beaver Stelzig and Larry Bendeley .

I sure do miss that track

my first memory of highway 16 was when my brother Terry Barden built his first Thunder car it was a 68 Camaro that we built in a week . the first time we started the car we loaded it up on the trailer at 4:30 Saturday afternoon to go to the racetrack Terry's foot slipped off the clutch and he rammed the front of trailer with the front of the car and poked a hole in the radiator . I can also remember watching Waldo Harper and Freddie fryer duke it out in a late model series . but my most favorite memory of all is when my Uncle Jimmy Barden let me ride with him in the pace car for a little kid of about 12 years old that was the most exciting and thrilling thing . and then in 1987 my dad Carol Barton my brother Terry my brother Bill my brother Lee and myself all ran in an enduro 250 race . bad motor blew up mine overheated Billy craft and went to the hospital Terry quit racing and went to the hospital with Billy at least finish second to David Castleberry after running out of gas not once but twice and still finish second . he would have won if we could more gas in it the first time . I remember hitting that dip going into turn 3 scared the bejeezus out of me