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Rollie is for sure a fine gentleman. He also was the kind of race car driver that you could run it in the corner side by side with and know he would race you clean. Without doing a lot of research, he may have won more USAC features, 30, than anyone in the same car when he drove the Rodeo Bar car for Ron Killman.
Rollie shares his birthday, January 16, with another pretty good dirt track racer A. J. Foyt. I'm actually old enough to have seen the two of them in the same sprint car race.
I always look forward to our annual trip to Ohio to visit family because it includes a visit with Rollie and Anna Mae as well. Usually there is an opportunity to visit Donnie Harrell's shop to see what restoration project he and Rollie and some other old timers are working on. This is where the Rodeo Bar car was restored along with several others.
Duke, I wish I could be as slim as Rollie when I'm his age :thumb
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