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Re: A990 Super Stockers

I used to own Butch's 2nd car and it is an original A990 car. Ron Butler did the car after Butch bought it from my partner Gary Sutton. Was it fast??? It sure was. Butler's workmanship was a thing of beauty

Dave Schmitz

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Originally Posted by gregwho (Post 308535)

Thanks for letting me know, sorry to hear.
I didn't know Gail other than selling my car to him, this made me remember what must have been, a ride of a lifetime, I gave him when he came to look at the car. I can only emagin how narrow my side street must have looked from the passenger seat, at the top end of third gear!
It was realy nuts when I think now, the rear tires had at least 3 lbs of air and it was real dark and very laoud! I think Gail's eyes got real big and he said, "I'll take it"

Great story Greg....I remember that I wanted to drive that thing bad, I had a SS/H 68 Camaro at the time. I think Gail sold it because it was right about the time NHRA was going to allow backhalfing SS cars, and he didn't want to spend the money.

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There's always this old car...

Originally purchased by a gentleman named Wayne Seymour from McMahon Motors in Rawlins, WY. I've got the original window sticker stashed away somewhere...

Owners along the way include (in reverse chronological order):
Harry Holton
Robin Pellisier (Art Pacheco drove for him with Barton Power)
Dan Zeisset
Anatoli Polewik (Alex's dad)
Larry Wikoff
Jay Smith
John Wilson (I've read that it was his "first" car?)

We bought the car from Robin Pellisier in early '95. I think it sat for the better part of a year when we first got it. Grandpa started racing it and did so throughout the late 90's going as quick as 9.28 @ 142.99 with the car in SS/BA. The car was parked after the 2001 season and didn't see a racetrack until I was fortunate enough to get to drive it from July of 2002- July of 2005. In 2004, the car went 8.96 @ 145.67 at the Mission LODRS. To my knowledge, that was the first sub-9 second run for an original A990 car in SS trim. I set the record later that year at the Vegas LODRS running an adjusted 8.92 @ 146.15 (actual 9.15). On the backup run, I ran Grandpa for the first time. Clearly, he thought he was going to leave on me as he was .006 on the tree. Too bad I was .000. We still laugh about that.

A whopping 3 weeks later, David Thomas took the record back with his beautiful Corvette. It might have been a short stint, but the record certificate hangs in my office to this day!

The attached picture is from the 2005 Winternationals and was the next-to-last time I drove the car. The photographers had requested that Grandpa and I line up together. I'll never forget that run -- I had a .066 light and when I pulled high gear the Barracuda was nowhere to be found. Then I heard some noise followed by a (then) 73 year old guy blowing my doors off. He was .300 or so on the tree and claims he did it so he could "watch me leave." LOL

The last pass I ever made in the car was at the 2005 LODRS in Sonoma. Ogburn arranged an impromptu "Hemi Shootout" with the Division 7 cars. To get the car count high enough, the B-body and Street Hemi cars were allowed to run with the Barracudas & Darts. I raced Grandpa in the final. We both absolutely ANNIHILATED the tires off the starting line, but when I looked behind me at the 1000' mark he was behind me and stayed there. I'd like to drive the car again, but if that's the last pass I make in it I'm ok with that.

Car is currently for sale. It's got the requisite: 1) radiator core support stamping, 2) fender tag, 3) VIN plate, and 4) package tray stamping. It's certainly a "real car," but it's a bit of a tweener; it's got good race parts and has been cut, but doesn't have all the original parts and pieces on it that it should have for purposes of authenticity/originality. Be happy to talk to whomever its curious about it.

The second attached picture is from the 2000 Autolite Nationals with the "old guy" driving. We've got another photo at the shop of that run with a 17 year old me squatting behind the car. The older photos of the car are from circa 1985 when the Polewik family owned it. Thanks to Alex P. for sending me those pictures. Finally, the last pic is from 2004 at Vegas. Judging by the shoe polish on the window and the lane I was in, that had to have been the record run.

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Jared, great story...I also came across this article on Harry Holton's race cars...

http://www.competitionplus.com/2005_02_03/holton.html

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Jared.............What happend to Mr Ogburn and his cars?

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Originally Posted by Dennis P Chapman (Post 310578)

Jared.............What happend to Mr Ogburn and his cars?

As far as I know, Michael still has both of his cars. I have no idea what plans he has for the future. I'm sure he's in the process of "reloading" and getting back into the mix.

Mike loves the sport.

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Originally Posted by Jared Jordan (Post 310588)

Thankyou for the reply.

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Jared, my favorite picture of that car. I'm pretty sure that it was taken at Las Vegas with you driving. If you look real close, you can see your mom watching the pass. Her head is above the SS/BA on the windshield.

Denny