Thanks, no problem !! Here is the story on how my dad and "Spooky" came about. Back in 1966 my dad was working for Jackie Flemons at Southwest Wheels here in Lubbock and had already started racing at Arena Park Raceway that year. During that year he took my dad ( David) to the races and my dad was immediately hooked !! So, in 1967 my dad started racing too. His boss, Jackie Flemins was racing a white-colored dodge ( car # 20 ) with a Casper the friendly ghost cartoon on it. So, my dad got a 51 or 52 white-colored Ford and used the number 21x and decided to put a Spooky cartoon on it ( because of the comic books LOL !! ) and every thing was going good till my dad started beating his own boos on the racetrack a little too much !! LOL They would end up being friends again !! Not related to the Norvells but it would not be hard to get confused back in those days as a lot of those cars were painted white and real similar ( perfect example would of been my dads car and his boss's car as they only way you could tell them apart was the cartoon characters on their cars !! ) especially in the Junker class !! LOL
Bobby
Hi Spooky, I wanted to ask a question.
I did a random google search and I happened to find this forum, and was pleasantly surprised to read the story about your father getting into racing. You see, Jackie Flemins (his boss) was actually my grandfather. I was so happy to find a story that talked about his life in racing. He unfortunately passed before I was born, and my knowledge about his racing career is limited by word of mouth from my mother and grandmother. I was wondering if maybe you possibly had any other info or if someone else might even have pictures of him and Casper (his car). Anything would amazing. Thank you again for the awesome story you shared!
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Hi Spooky, I wanted to ask a question.
I did a random google search and I happened to find this forum, and was pleasantly surprised to read the story about your father getting into racing. You see, Jackie Flemins (his boss) was actually my grandfather. I was so happy to find a story that talked about his life in racing. He unfortunately passed before I was born, and my knowledge about his racing career is limited by word of mouth from my mother and grandmother. I was wondering if maybe you possibly had any other info or if someone else might even have pictures of him and Casper (his car). Anything would amazing. Thank you again for the awesome story you shared!
-Mike