Wasn't Clary's car the "Thunder Mugg" with Hugh Leadfoot Randall ran mostly asphalt. Could it have been Ralph Clary you are thinking of?

"Copper Cat"... Bill and Marie Clary...Clary Customotive... Ralph was of no relation... Price Baird worked for Bill and had restored at the time of his passing Wayne McGuires Pontiac powered modified... Randy Baker at Hoosier Parts , was Heavy Brooks` stepson who damn near lost both legs when a harmonic balancer exploded while he stood straddle of it rappin`the throttle... Must have been a hell of a lot more races back then... Calvin was one of my Dad`s best friends and as a kid I was devastated that one of my invincible "Superman" heroes was gone... Big Bob is one of the funniest cat`s you will ever meet... Wish we could still race like those guys got to do it...