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DAD · 7/5/14, 2:15 PM

Roy Robbins actually won the First Knoxville Nationals and damn near won the second if not for a lat race accident.[/quote]

Roy was an outlaw before the outlaws ran sprint cars. He raced the money races. He could never afford a sprint car and was way under the radar of the USAC owners, but he could flat out>> man handle a big heavy old "Modified" as they were called back in the day without power steering. There was a story told about him where he ran off the track I think at Louisville when something got under his throttle in the Cotton Priddy 500 lap memorial race. Right smack into a concrete wall located at the back of the pit exit. That was before 5 point safety belts, they was still using army surplus seat belts from WWII. When he hit the wall he had such a grip on that big old Steel 4 spoke 20" steering wheel that he folded the big old thing around the steering column.

Who the heck was "Cotton Priddy"??

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Honest Dad himself

7/5/14, 2:15 PM	#12 Re: Where is the history of our sport!!!!
DAD Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,955	Roy Robbins actually won the First Knoxville Nationals and damn near won the second if not for a lat race accident.[/quote] Roy was an outlaw before the outlaws ran sprint cars. He raced the money races. He could never afford a sprint car and was way under the radar of the USAC owners, but he could flat out>> man handle a big heavy old "Modified" as they were called back in the day without power steering. There was a story told about him where he ran off the track I think at Louisville when something got under his throttle in the Cotton Priddy 500 lap memorial race. Right smack into a concrete wall located at the back of the pit exit. That was before 5 point safety belts, they was still using army surplus seat belts from WWII. When he hit the wall he had such a grip on that big old Steel 4 spoke 20" steering wheel that he folded the big old thing around the steering column. Who the heck was "Cotton Priddy"?? https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sport...84566408237343 See the 83 car>>>that is the reason 40 Fords are so hard to find! Honest Dad himself _________________________________________________ Last edited by DAD; 7/5/14 at 2:54 PM.