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I am in Texas right now, but when I get back in the spring I will talk to some of the old Scribner guys and see what they remember,There is still a lot of them around.
If you get down around Glenwood ,south of town is Kevin Taylors shop, he used to have boxes of pics stuck away, he also remembers almost everyone,he worked for Mike Daly part of the time .

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here is the front 1/2 of the camaro I am looking for information on. had to crop the photo so it would fit on here. it was originally built with cragar ss wheels

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the captain crunch super camaro used to race in marion in the mid to late 70s. saw it there quite a few times back then, try tim mcvey, i think its before his time, but he has alot of connections or chad fergans facebook he has lots of pics from back in the day, good luck. lynn engels

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thank you very much for the information, will try the one persons facebook and see if he might have some photos of the car from back then.Can you send a message to Tim to see if he just might have some photos of the car from back in the day. :)

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in the backgorund there is a 57 Chevy called the INBOMBER it was a regular at Cornhusker, to see current info and photos of this famous car go to inbomber.com. the car has been restored to as seen in ths photo, very cool story

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Gary, The car was called the H&F Express (Hansen & Fitch) and I once almost backed it off the trailer when it was in the driveway when I was in there screwing around as a little kid....Who am I???

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My dad had a Black and White Chevelle called the H&F Express that he ran at Cornhusker. Last he knew the Chevelle was purchased by someone in Blair, Ne. Anyone know what became of it. My father (Denny) still has a whole bunch of the circular window stickers from Cornhusker Speedway. We put them in the back of our 68 Chevelle that we still own.

Gary Hansen if you read this my Dad would love to get in touch with you. message me with your email address.

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Yea, I know who you are.....you are the ornery little sh-- that called your dad Dennis...LOL

I talked with your dad, glad he is doing OK.... And, that 1969 SS427 Chevelle was fast and we won a few with it.

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For those of us that were there, it is unbelievable that SS/E (and EA) are 2 seconds faster now.....than Jacobs was then....

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adding a few photos to the site, also I started a cornhusker facebook site, ckeck it out

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I was friends with Nick Whitaker back them. I'm pretty sure it was a guy named J. Bridgewater that actually bought the Mac Chevy originally in about 1971? (I know some details of the purchase) I'm pretty sure he bought the car when he came back from Vietnam. I went to high school with Bridgewater.

It looks like "Bridgewater" and "Whitaker" on the side of the car , as shown in the previous picture of the"RD Shaker" Mac Camero. I don't know how or why they might have became partners in the Camero. I used to run around and party with them in the 60's and about when Raceway Park was opened....then it later closed after the drivers strike

Bridgewater was partners with another guy, in a 55 Chevy before the Camero., and I think (not sure) it was before he went to the Vietnam, and raced for a short time at Omaha Dragway.

I know Whitaker had an L-88 big block in a 1964 or 65 Chevelle a few years prior to the Camero. I drove the Chevelle a few times at the old Omaha Dragway.

I had raced an NHRA stock class 56 Chevy at Omaha Dragway about the same time, but got married, had kids, and got out of racing to work, and go to college...and the rest is history as they say.

I remember when Whitaker had bought a new 1967 Chevy II with a 327 - 350 HP, 4 speed....silver with black interior. Very cool ...and fast ! I loved that car. It would be a collector's car now.

I have a few funny stories about Whitaker (not racing related).... some not appropriate for this forum, but has a little bit to do with some of his nick names.
I had a 29 Ford coupe that was stored in Whitaker's garage for a while, but his wife said it had to go, and it was sold.

Last I knew Whitaker was a mechanic for the Omaha Police Dept, but that was in the 1970s and I have no idea where he or Bridgewater are now.

Those were the good old fun times.

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here is a photo of the Macs Chevrolet in thr pits at Thunder Valley Raceway SD

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Here is another photo of the 55 from page one, not sure where the photo was taken.

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After checking all the photos it does appear that this was taken at Cornhusker raceway, the buildings in the backgorund match other photos on this site.

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That is Cornhusker, 144th Street in the background. Saw my first race there in 1970, was there for the final race, the WWCS race in Sept 73

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found the photo on a facebook site, think it was called powerglide magazine. I also saw a photo of a blue and white opel on there, got to try and refind it as it also raced at cornhusker.

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need help with this, found this trophy on ebay, it was listed as an original trophy that cornhusker gave out to class winners. it has already sold so I am not able to inquire about it

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http://classracer.com/classforum/att...0&d=1362269900

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...9&d=1361889576

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Mike Daly's car was remade a couple of years ago, I don't think it was the original car, but I could be wrong, it seems I saw it on the H.A.M.B forum but I don't go there anymore so I can't reference it.
Nice pics from everyone, a nice way to remember the old carefree days.

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It was a tribute car:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56...psd9963c06.jpg

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will this car and display be at the world of wheels again this year, i never got to see the track moved here in 81, thanks to uncle sam. did myn share of cruising on dodge street and a little street racing too

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I just talked to Mike Daly Jr and the plan is to have the 55 there again. It is always on display in the MidLife Auto car collection here in Omaha

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just a few more photos of cornhusker raceway

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I just shot that pic to Mike Jr while he is on his way back from Texas with another 69 Camaro... he said "sweet...wrinklin the slicks".

Clark Doukas

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glad he likes the photos, I run across them on different sites on my facebook account, I have a few friends of mine looking thru there photos of the track and racing in general in and around omaha. I will post these photos as they send them to me

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The driver of the white 56 chevy is an Ed Wright

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The blue and white opel is ran by the Grove brothers, no first name listed from National Dragster July 2nd 1971

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just another photo to add to the list

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just purchased a july 2nd 1971 national dragster, found a story about the track here is the info form the story

TOP FUEL RETURNS TO CORNHUSKER
Jack Mitchell & Howdy Williams, Howdy won with a 7.30 at 200.44 pass.
Comp eliminator Hoot Gibson/George Crow in their AF/D Chevy beat Ron Ellis with a 7.95 at 186.02 pass
Modified eliminator Mike Daughertys chevy ran a 12.77 at 112.97 to beat Bob Belik both drivers from omaha
Super stock Jim Schlotman & Jim Hayes raced, the win going to Scholtman in his plymouth with a 121.29 ,11.42 et pass. Jim Hays was driving the former Macs Chevrolet 69 Camaro Jim ran a very close 11.57 ET Schlotman got the holeshot at the lights

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The Grove Bros A/G opel was driven by Jim Grove, who won the Div 5 Modified title over John Prestons Wunderbug Carmen Ghia who won the Modified title at the last Cornhusker WCS race and was also r/u @ the World Finals at Amarillo that year. He moved out west and won the 75 Div 7 Mod championship by winning 4 of the 5 div races. Broke in the final round of the 5th race.

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Howdy's car is now in a collection in Lincoln and probably was a Hemi by this time. Hoot used to sub for Howdy now and then. Mike Daugherty was a Black 57 Chevy, He and a couple of guys owned a Speed shop on Q St. Mike, I believe has a Chevy dealership in California. Bob Belik's car was the lime green 56 Chevy with a little 272 inch and was the Belick Bros.
Gary Malmberg and I about got in big trouble at a WCS in Denver running one of their 272's. I made the comment to someone about how good we were running considering we didn't have the right engine in the Corvette. They took it we were claiming 272 instead of our usual 331 engine. We had all the Tech guys over at the car looking it over. They were ready to pump the engine when I pointed out for them to look for the oil filter mount or the bolt holes on the side of the block for motor mounts. They looked and there are not either on a 265 block and they were happy and left us alone.
Jim Hayes, of course has been talked about here about his Camaro.

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If I remember right the tower in above pic was moved to scibner track back in the day. Tom

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Right you are Tom, you and I had some good races at Scribner. Dennis Stahlnecker

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Still looking for any information on a 67 Camaro nicknamed the CAPN CRUNCH SUPER CAMARO. It was a drag race car since new, turned into a full on race car in 1969. it was built in Omaha Ne and raced at Cornhusker and Scribner. It has also raced at Thunder Valley in SD. I added another photo of the car and will add a few more in the near future.The last time the camaro was on a race track was in 2010 for friday nite street races at Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction Iowa. The car and current owner plan to race this year at the GEEZERS weekend car show and drag race at the motorplex this August.

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current photo of the capn crunch super camaro

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Very cool, this camaro has been raced at local track since almost new, thats 46 years of history

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Photo taken at thunder valley, in front of the 57 is the famous Macs Chevrolet Camaro

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here is another car that raced at cornhusker

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http://classracer.com/classforum/att...6&d=1367372492
http://classracer.com/classforum/att...7&d=1367373017
http://classracer.com/classforum/att...8&d=1367373265