Kenny Schrader
 

Knoxville Nationals 1978. I think.

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Maybe I'm wrong, but weren't wings on the cars for Knoxville in '78?

I remember the one and only WoO race I went to at Eldora in '78, MOST of the cars had wings, but a few did not. I think Roger Rager ran without one among others.

Anybody know for sure?

Nic pic though.

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Greg, no wings for three years [1978-1980] that I attended. After the Gary Scott fatal wreck in 1982[?] wings were added.

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1981 Last non-wing Nationals,:22: Kinser

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Anybody know who owned that car? Stapp? Big guess on my part. I have no idea really.

I like the Firestone Drag 500 tires on it.:6:

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Hell, almost everyone had hair in them days, me, Dave, Danny, looks like Schrader even! Don't look like a Stapp car to me, might be a Doemelt! Bob :2:

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That car was owned by Ray Marler who co-owns I-55 in Pevely now with him.

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I still have hair. :5:

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We all do, but not all of it is on our heads anymore, my eyebrows and nose hair win that one! Bob:9:

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I think it may be the 1977 nationals. There is a trailer in the picture which I think belonged to Siebert Olds. As I remember it was the first time some one brought a sprint car in a major enclosed trailer. Eddie Leavitt drove the Siebert #9 at the nationals. The car next to Kenny is the #40 R&H Farms car. I think this 40 car was new as the #40 that won the nationals was a Beck car.

Was the Marler car a former Pancho Carter car? I remember the 4 was sort of a robins egg blue color.

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I wasn't there in 1977. Went from 1978-1980.

This car was the powder blue 4c Stapp 4-bar. The c stood for Cook, as in Dean Cook, who owned the engines in Pancho's #4 usac car and Marlar's unofficial "outlaw" car. This was in 1979, in 77 and 78 Marlar had a white #14 Maxwell car that everyone from Chuck Amati and Tom Corbin to Gene " Tubby" Black, and finally Schrader drove. Marlar offered the car to me after the first Busch Clash at Eldora at the end of 79 for $2900 as a complete kit. In 1980 Marlar and Schrader broke out the season on a brand new Gambler, painted like Danny Smiths house car except it has Marlar Music down the side instead of Kenny Rogers. I called Kenny tonight about this picture and we reviewed our facts as we best could remember and he simply couldn't recall everything even as well as I did......but allowed that many Budwiesers have been consumed since then.
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