marqueproducts wrote: That was evident to me when I first became involved in NASCAR in the late 60s. It was the practice among those involved to speak of the "21" or the "43" rather than Pearson or

It seems that NASCAR has struck a very interesting ploy that now has a strong following. That being numbers, you mention or even see a 3, 18, 20, 24 and etc, and everyone knows who your talking

When we were running Crosley powered TQ's in the 1960's, we used Francisco "degummed" castor oil. (Francisco also was a racing fuel supplier out of Glendale, CA I believe.) I don't know what their

Oh, Patricia, What a can of worms you open. Like most motorsport questions, one must say, "It depends." Depends on the period, geographical area and type of racing. During the board track days,

Someone mentioned how what with the scoring transponders, vehicle numbers were redundant, except for spectators. Obviously Bernie E is much more interested in advertisers than viewers . . . although

Dear Gerritt Stevens and Group, I've missed a few patches of the discussion on the old races Gerritt asked about a few weeks ago. But . . . searching recently for photos of certain races not as old

In 1966 A.J. finished 13th in the standings, so of course he didn't want that number so he took the 'next' number which was #14. Of course it helped that Vuky has considerable success with the

Gordon White wrote: I may have confused folks in a previous post. I do not know of or suggest any links between the Muroc Corum family, (which apparently was there from about 1910-40ish) and the

'' I recall coming across information (in Speed Age, I think) that confirmed most of what has been written, at least where AAA was concerned. Additionally, the article stated that the numbers 11 and

This was also very common in the early years of racing. Many of the early Vanderbilt Cups and I believe Indy 500s assigned numbers as late as possible in order to avoid program

If that can't handle it, I may be able to host the file on my autoracinghistory.com site. Give me a shout when you are at that stage. Russell Jaslow Rochester,

For those who are tracking women's progress, here is the grid from Motegi. Let's hope she has more staying power than previous women. Race is Saturday at noon EST on ESPN Indy Racing League wrote:

There is an extensive discussion of Muroc's history in Mark L. Dees' Miller Dynasty book,. I covered it in slightly less detail in my Lost Race Tracks book. - Gordon White

I had heard the reason who A.J. went to #14 was because it was the lowest number he could have without having to change every year. USAC awarded numbers 1-12 each year virtue of their finish in the

The best story I've heard regarding car numbers comes from Cyril Fritz, who drove jalopies with the California Jalopy Association in the 1950s. Fritz always drove with car #51, explaining he never had

I recall coming across information (in Speed Age, I think) that confirmed most of what has been written, at least where AAA was concerned. Additionally, the article stated that the numbers 11 and 13

You got that right Harry

Forgive me, listers, but, of course, this prompts me to wonder if, knowing what everyone was adding to fuels during this time period (and what some, as in castor oil, did to competitors), drivers and

When Jack London and George Bignotie (sp) and I used to mix "fuel nitro" once in awhile we added some shineola to get a smell that would keep them wondering. We called it Weed Killer. Harry Stryker

At Anderson CA. the track issues you a transponder in exchange for your drivers license,when you leave you get your license no # on the car !!! only the fan needs a #. Harry Stryker Ronald,WA