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I took a little trip down memory lane this morning by pulling out my book on the First 50 Years of Oswego History. Max Dowkers cars were numbered 7, Jim Gresley also drove for Max at Oswego. The bad crash I was remembering involving Nolan was during a Saturday morning practice session for the 1967 classic. The throttle stuck on Nolan's car, he climbed the wall backwards going out of the track and hitting the sign under the lap counter in the first turn. Even though Nolan sustained a slight arm injury in that crash, he climbed behind the wheel of Persh Pollock's super and finished fourth in the 1967 classic driving with one hand.
On May 30th 1970 Nolan took a wild flip at Oswego in Max's #7, history shows Nolan was running under the driver alias of "Jack James" to protect his USAC driver status.
Leon Wieske, Nelly " Bingo" Ward, Dave Paul, Tom York, Gordon Dukes, Nick Rowe, Joe Martinic, Todd Gibson and John Benson Sr. should be added to the list of drivers I had the pleasure of seeing win at Oswego. Many of these mid-west stars making the long haul to Oswego on a weekly basis along with Canadian stars Norm Mackereth, Johhny Spencer, Warren Coniam, Andy Brown,, Gary Witter and Joe Hlywka. An of course three names that wrote Oswego Speedway history Nolan Swift, Bentley Warren and Jimmy Shampine, all of these stars and many more made the 60's era at Oswego Speedway a remarkable time too be a fan of supermodified racing. It was a time when the racers you watched run at your local track could go to Indy and many did, something we all wish could happend for our USAC stars of today.
Rich, your original question still escapes me, Gordie Johncock ran #85 and Wayne Landon #83, I didn't find any pictures of the car you are questioning in the book. Will go through the programs at my brothers next month.
Patti
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