| racerjim2 |
11/23/10 10:54 AM |
Re: Happy Birthday Super Duke
Originally Posted by ColoradoFan:
Racer Jim, Do you know about this photo? Is/was the car the Amerling sprint built by Grant King's shop, is the guy in the middle behind the car Dave McPherson, where and when was it taken? Did Duke borrow the flag for the photo (sorry Duke I just couldn't help myself)?
For the younger people,the man in the blue shirt on the right is one of the best race car photographers of his time, Armin Krueger.
Vern Plotts
That is one of the Amerling cars. John Henson of West Virginia bought the car and him and his buddy Steve Enslow (on the right in the pic) took it to Florida and Duke drove the car in a few races at the old Tampa fairgrounds that year. That is Dave McPherson standing in the back of car and Steve Enslow is on the right. I can't think of the mechanics name who's standing on the left. John took the car to Lakeland that year and ran it in a "supermodified" race there and won the 100 lapper against the supers. But, it took an all night fight and checking the scorers sheets to determine he'd won. John also bought a later version of the Amerling car too. Had Mark Alderson in it and then Steve ended up with the car and ran USAC with Mark for a few years. |
