The next '68 Bird I'll mention belongs to Todd Hoven. He's explained to me the circumstances under which he came by the car. If he wants to add to or correct anything I say about the car, he is invited to do so.
If I'm correct, the car is the one that Roy & Mike McKinney traded to Truman Fields, in the deal in which they got the '68 that Truman had won the '73 US Nats with. Truman then took the McKinney car and began racing it. He got the C/S class win with it at the '77 US Nats.
Then he raced it for many years, with several different paint jobs. Long story short, Todd got the car & raced it for a while, with a Truman Fields Hard Times resto look. Then that look was changed back to a plain green, without all the lettering.
Todd ran it as a stick car for a while, then switched to auto. He drove it himself, for a while. Then, as many here know, he started driving a Mopar, & his brother Duane started driving the bird. Again Todd, if any of this is wrong, please correct it.
I'll look up some numbers & race results for it, since Todd has had it.
He made the field for the 2015 US Nats with a .958 under, 10.592.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...r2015#indextop
He won this div 1 race in 2016.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...er=30#indextop
He got the D/SA win at this div 1 Nat Open race, with 10.543. Aslo cut a .008 light. Ran a 10.533 the previous round.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCS...UMMIT#indextop
I'm sure Todd can tell us about any other wins the car has had,