hank merit

wolfracer69 · 6/24/10, 3:00 AM

does any one on here know what happend to the rearengine sprint cars hank built 60s-70s have been looking for a while?

Speedwrench · 6/24/10, 4:34 PM

I'm not sure, but it may have ended up in southern Indiana. If you have contacts in the Bloomington/Bedford area that's where I'd start.

You might also see if you can find Bobby Adkins (of Adkins/McQueen race cars), he was the last driver of the car if memory serves me.

TQ29m · 6/24/10, 4:40 PM

Chuck Buzack built a rear engine Chev Indy car, that Orville Yeadon ended up with, and ran as a Sprint car for a while, Orville was famous for his 5 wheeled race cars, 2 snowgrips on a special wheel on the RR. Chuck built that car here in Seymour. Bob

Speedwrench · 6/24/10, 8:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TQ29m

Chuck Buzack built a rear engine Chev Indy car, that Orville Yeadon ended up with, and ran as a Sprint car for a while, Orville was famous for his 5 wheeled race cars, 2 snowgrips on a special wheel on the RR. Chuck built that car here in Seymour. Bob

Trying to remember and old age isn't helping, was it two snow grips or two knobs? I remember him running the dualies at Paragon afew times.

TQ29m · 6/24/10, 9:58 PM

Old age isn't helping me either, but I'm sure someone else has seen it, he did run Paragon a lot, and I saw it several times there. Danny B., you old enough to recollect this set up? Boom Boom, Alan Barr, huggie pole, were something to watch in those days. Bob

Danny Burton · 6/24/10, 10:45 PM

No Bob, believe it or not.:2:

But our mutual friend, Mr. Foist, might.

I'm doing good to remember Mr. Yeadon driving a home made supermodified #90, I think.

Butch47265 · 10/1/10, 4:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedwrench

I'm not sure, but it may have ended up in southern Indiana. If you have contacts in the Bloomington/Bedford area that's where I'd start.

You might also see if you can find Bobby Adkins (of Adkins/McQueen race cars), he was the last driver of the car if memory serves me.

I drove the car at that in 71 we had fuel trouble. I have no Idea where car went. Butch Wilkerson#1

wolfracer69 · 10/4/10, 3:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Speedwrench

I'm not sure, but it may have ended up in southern Indiana. If you have contacts in the Bloomington/Bedford area that's where I'd start.

You might also see if you can find Bobby Adkins (of Adkins/McQueen race cars), he was the last driver of the car if memory serves me.

no the last person to drive the car i am talking about was john sage he had one arm ran paragon,putnamville,bloomington.

mbow · 11/10/10, 11:01 AM

Don't know what happened to the car was built for Dan Bowlen although he never drove it. We will check with him to see if he has any thoughts on what happened to it.

6/24/10, 4:34 PM	#2 Re: hank merit
Speedwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,047	I'm not sure, but it may have ended up in southern Indiana. If you have contacts in the Bloomington/Bedford area that's where I'd start. You might also see if you can find Bobby Adkins (of Adkins/McQueen race cars), he was the last driver of the car if memory serves me. _________________________________________________ Last edited by Speedwrench; 6/26/10 at 10:59 PM.

6/24/10, 4:40 PM	#3 Re: hank merit
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,677	Chuck Buzack built a rear engine Chev Indy car, that Orville Yeadon ended up with, and ran as a Sprint car for a while, Orville was famous for his 5 wheeled race cars, 2 snowgrips on a special wheel on the RR. Chuck built that car here in Seymour. Bob __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

6/24/10, 9:58 PM	#5 Re: hank merit
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,677	Old age isn't helping me either, but I'm sure someone else has seen it, he did run Paragon a lot, and I saw it several times there. Danny B., you old enough to recollect this set up? Boom Boom, Alan Barr, huggie pole, were something to watch in those days. Bob __________________ "Being old, isn't half as much fun, as getting there"! Ole Robert I!

6/24/10, 10:45 PM	#6 Re: hank merit
Danny Burton Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,351	No Bob, believe it or not.:2: But our mutual friend, Mr. Foist, might. I'm doing good to remember Mr. Yeadon driving a home made supermodified #90, I think. __________________ http://www.hoseheads.com/dannyb.html Quiet, numbskulls. I'm broadcasting.

6/24/10, 3:00 AM	#1 hank merit
wolfracer69 $wolfracer69 is offline$ Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 88	does any one on here know what happend to the rearengine sprint cars hank built 60s-70s have been looking for a while?

11/10/10, 11:01 AM	#9 Re: hank merit
mbow Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1	Don't know what happened to the car was built for Dan Bowlen although he never drove it. We will check with him to see if he has any thoughts on what happened to it.