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For those interested, I have added more pictures to the Team "Check Mate" photo album.
Bob Rice

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/Albu...&a=32610889&f=

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Good job Bob, as always. Its good to see more people sending photos in. The Nostalgia Super Modified group is gearing up for a debut season at Pacific Raceways this spring. Hopefully more will get involved as the year progresses. Take care Bob and Happy Holidays,,,,,,,,,,, Danny Durham

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Bob...thanks again for posting the additional pics. Great stuff! It looks like Buster Couch is in one of them...

Mike Keener...thanks for your reply on the local tracks. By the way, how did the Keener and Mercure paint scheme evolve? How did the 'blue hood' and trim come about?

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Danny,
I was wondering where you were. Glad to hear that the Super Modified group is coming along.
Bob

Don,
Buster is in a couple of the pictures. I?ll have more to post in a few days.
Bob

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Don,

Interesting question about the Blue & White paint scheme. That came about as a general compromise between Paul & I when we became partners in 74 and this is how it worked we worked it out.

Paul wanted to retain the "Check Mate" name because he had been using it since 1970 or so with good success. I agreed but wanted to bring something of my past to the team as well so it was agreed that Team Checkmate would adopt the Blue & White 70 Pontiac Trans Am colors (polar white & lucerne blue) from the record setting C/MP Camaro that Richard Maskin & I built for the 1970 season. The 68 Camaro that Richard & I built was only run for one season because I was drafted in Mid 1970 and wound up selling my inteest in the car to Jim Gilbert. When Jim aquired my interest in the car at the end of the 70 season it was then painted the "Wally Booth Green" color for 71 and the car was then titled "Mouse Pack 1".

MK

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lookin at those modified production cars is better than any playboy magazine...

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I too love looking @ pics like these.
I was a kid during this time, my dad took me to the drags all the time, I had a National dragster subscription of my own and couldnt wait to get it. I never read it, just looked at pictures.
Mike, I remember your cars from pics with the Checkmate name on it, but didnt Fletchers dads cars have the same name also around this time?
Thanks. Please post more pictures from this era if you have any.
Tony

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Luke--Sorry for the delay in answering your kind words about the Cavalier and I hear your new ride looks great! As usual Pustelny did a great job on the chassis and now we just have to get you going fast. So far so good Merc tells me.... so let's just keep workin on it!

Tony..I know Dan ran the Checkmate name on his 69 SS car but I didn't know his Dad did...Bob sid he will be posting more photos soon, but if anyone has any photos of the Camaro that I ran with Maskin I would appreciate seeing them. The car was only run with the blue & white colors in 1970. I must have some somewhere but I can't put my fingers on them right now so they must be in storage. Maybe Arons, or Maskin have some.....

MK

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Mr. Rice thanks for the photo's. I just looked at about 300 of them and it's great to look back at these cars. Alot of ol Chevy II's. I really like that.

Ed Carpenter

66 Chevy II

4244 SS/I

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MIke, The last time i was at Dick Aarons shop he had a ton of photo's all over the shop you might want to call him about them...I will check with Jim Tarian "JT" he has a large collection of magazine's and photos...luke