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2/21/14 5:46 PM
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jjones752
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We ran with Friday at Ventura back when I crewed for Jack Zimmerman; he wasn't neccessarily the fastest guy out there but he was awfully hard to pass when he got going around the bottom. Wore a roll of plastic fastened to the top of his visor with a serrated cutter, like a box of Saran Wrap; the only true "tear-offs" I ever saw.
One of his Granddaughters married Bobby Michnowitz, if I remember correctly.
I can't remember what his real first name was, but the story was that he got the nickname "Friday" because he was a six-day bicycle racer back in the 30's and he would lurk around in the back of the pack until Friday, then watch out!
Yes, Friday was one of a kind, I think he had a son or daughter marry someone around Rushville, so he's got "seeds" all over, he was as friendly a guy as you could ask for, and his wife was just like him, he had a rig he hauled his midget in, and they slept in that was the forerunner of the toy hauler, ya get ready to eat, just roll the car out, fold up the table, and start cooking, reverse that to go racing, his TQ is probably still around here somewhere, I know who he sold it to, but don't know if he kept it or not. He sure could keep ya intertained! Bob
"Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!
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