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From: RacingHistory@...
[mailto:RacingHistory@...]On Behalf Of Dick Monahan
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:11 AM
To: RacingHistory@...
Subject: Re: [RH] Midget car #s


Of course, the ultimate in car number problems is the Chili Bowl. They add
letters after the numbers, which is what the Knoxville Nationals does. At
Knoxville, the track provides a painter to alter the cars.

Dick Monahan.


At 10:51 4/28/2005, you wrote:

In the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA) in northern California the car
numbers were based on car owner points for the previous season. I believe
the first ten positions were required to use those numbers. Beyond that
it was OK to trade around with permission from somebody. Some car owners
chose to run high numbers that would not be effected by the 50 or 60 cars
that would run in a given season in the 1950s and '60s. That way they
could run the same number every year.

If cars with duplicate numbers showed up at a race an "X" was added with
tape or whatever was available. These were usually visiting cars.

I don't think the BCRA would have put up with this nonsense of some guy
running half a dozen # 9 cars like in USAC or whatever that is.

Don Radbruch






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