txtom Posted April 15, 2012 Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 Anyone know who and where this pic is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 That has to be Rusty Wallace, but the "where" part ...Hmmm.. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano36 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Nick is correct. That is Rusty's car that he ran in ASA in the late 70s. Not sure where that is at but that was taken around the time Rusty graduated from High School. Believe that was 78 or 79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Nick is correct. Dano, are you sure???.....!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byron Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 It sure looks like Jackson International Speedway to me, and another vote for Rusty Wallace. thanks, Byron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 It sure looks like Jackson International Speedway to me, and another vote for Rusty Wallace. You sure know your racetracks, byron. That is indeed Jackson, located just west of Jackson in Clinton, Mississippi. But that is not Rusty.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Well, I know Rusty and Special K were buddies about that time. Maybe it was Alan Kulwicki in that LM? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Maybe it was Alan Kulwicki in that LM? Nope. If ya'll don't get it by tomorrow, I will give another hint. Nick, Think about the hint in the PM I sent you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Well, I'm grasping at straws now, but maybe Jimmy "Fireball" Finger? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Not Finger. But your thinking is heading in the right direction...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hmm... didn't Waldo buy one of Rusty's cars back around that time? Could that be Waldo Harper in the 66? Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Definitive Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Freddy Fryer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Not Freddy. Nick, you are on the right track, but WALDO is not in the car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPA Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I dont know who it is but the time frame looks to be 1980. Look at the Vette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Actually 1981, PAPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RACENRANDY Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Looks like Rusty Wallace at Ozark Empire Fair grounds Raceway in Springfield MO., used to watch Rusty, Mark Martin and Larry Phillips race there regurly in the early 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyT66 Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Tommy Davis.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Definitive Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 My first guess was going to be one of his brothers but it just seemed too easy.I know after reading his biography he and his brothers were always trying to sell chasis to everyone.Any chance it's Eddie Bierschwale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Well, a couple of you have the right answers. byron has the correct track, Jackson Int'l Speedway, located in Clinton Mississippi. Insanely fast BIG 1/2 mile, actually a little closer to 5'8ths in the groove. JohnnyT (Probably Frank Torres) got the driver correct. And Nick was on the right track with Waldo Harper, but he was actually the car owner, and to my recollection, never actually drove the car in a race. The story: Waldo travelled to a race at I-70 in Odessa, Missouri early 1981. He bought the car from Wallace on the stipulation that Wallace's crew took only the engine. Waldo got the shocks, springs, etc. They pulled the engine at the track. Waldo and Davis teamed up, as Davis had a tired chassis, but a couple fresh Prototype engines. Some of you oldtimers may remember him outrunning Fryar at San Antonio back when that was a rare feat to see. Fryar was in one of his home built camaros, the last one he built before getting his first Bopp. Davis ran Waldo's car just like they got it. If you look back at the car, look on the roof where the driver name is usually painted. See the piece of red tape? That is covering Rubberhead's name. They ran together for the 1981 season, and Waldo sold the car, and I think I remember who got it, but I will verify it before posting. I have some more pics of the race this car was at in Jackson; I am scanning them right now, and will post some more tonight or tomorrow. Have some more from a race at Altus 1/4 mile. Thanks to Jimmy Meredith and his family for letting me scan these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FryarFan Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Dang it.....it just doesn't pay to take a day off and not look at this History thread. I remember when that car first showed up at Hwy 16 and everyone went.....whoa!!! Ok, here is another little bit of trivia then, since I missed out on this one....just to pile on.... What other well known and well respected race car from a Midwest(?) race shop did Waldo bring to South Texas in the 80's?? Tom answers in 6, 5, 4, 3,.....2, and Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 The last car Waldo owned was an Ed Howe house car. We first saw it in early 1985 at a big open late model race in San Antonio where Freddy Fryar drove it. Fryar was driving the #46 of Eddie Howard, who hailed from Harahan, Louisiana. Freddy took over this ride after Rat Lane left it. Anyway, Fryar suffered a tire puncture during practice and backed the 46 into the wall, bending it beyond a quick repair. Harper then put Fryar in his ex Ed howe car. This was run as a #10 when Howe had it, and I know where a pic of it with Howe in it is...... In this particular race, it had a lot of new unpainted body panels, pretty much everything except the roof. I have a pic I took myself of this car in my Fotki Album. This was a race with about 42 or so entries. There was Dick Anderson from Florida, Don Wilson and Rick Carelli from Colorado, Bobby Kolar from Oklahoma, and the usual gang of Texas hot-shoes. Slick Yoemans was the man to beat this day, driving the Jim Pallas #4. Another notable car brought to this area was an ex-Mark Martin ASA car that Toby O'Connor of San Antonio purchased. Nothing against him, but the car was far ahead of his abilities. He never had any success with it; we only saw it a couple times. Waldo and Greg Davidson were noted for getting cars from Dick Anderson back in the day. And San Antonio also saw visits by Mark Martin, who came to help shake down one of Robin McCall's early Dillon All Pro cars; Ray Dillon himself, who came to help Jerry Schild and Greg Davidson, who had bought cars at the same time. Larry Phillips was at San Antonio on a couple different occassions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliottfan Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 This was back when Rusty would tour the country racing anywhere and everywhere. He would build a new chassis every 3-4 months, race it a few times, then sell it. Made a pretty good livin doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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