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6/5/08, 11:48 PM   #4
Re: A Butch Wilkerson story
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Originally Posted by 1BIGracefan View Post
I rode with Butch for over three years to and from race tracks. He was the flagman at Lawrenceburg. At this time I really enjoyed spending time with him. The only thing I didnt realize was how good a racecar driver he was. He got hurt when I was little so I never saw him run.
Butch was always exciting to watch and very friendly. He was always accessible to the fans back in the days when they let the fans go into the infield during intermission at Haubstadt.
I was at Winchester when he crashed in Sherman Armstrong's car. I believe it was in 1979.
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