Don Carlton - Motown Missle
 

Don Carlton's family will be in Henderson, NC to accept the Ronnie Sox Memorial Award at the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion, Oct 19, 20, 21.

Five of Carlton's Missle cars will be on display, 71 Motown Missle, 72 Motown Missle, 73 Mopar Missle, 75 Mopar Missle (wire car) and 77 Macomb Missle.

Now for something really unique, Sunday Morning, prior to the awards ceremony, there will be a panel discussion of the evolution of the Motown Missle. Panel members will include Tom Hoover, Ted Spehard, Dick Oldfield and Joe Pappas. The awards ceremony is held at Vance-Granville Community College of I-85 in Vance County. There is large write-up in the Press Release on the East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Reunion web site.

Re: Don Carlton - Motown Missle
 

Look forward to seeing you there. Here's a link to the East Coast Drag Times write-up:

http://eastcoastdragtimeshalloffame....n-October.html

Re: Don Carlton - Motown Missle
 

I'll be at Kerr Lake by 11:00am for the car show and Bar-B-Q, then at Roxboro Dragway (Person County for you old timers) where we are going race some old cars (pre-76). Back to the hotel for some bench racing before being in front of the fire station at 5:30 am on Saturday morning. Hope to see you there.

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I still have the two Trick Titanium hood pins that Don Carlton gave me from the '72 Duster. I ran them on my 340 Demon SS car for many years. I wish I could be there for this event. Jim


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Jim, I wish every "old timer" could visit this event. There are racers every year who have not seen old friends for 30 or 40 years. Some cars and drivers are re-united each year. Any racers or just drag race fans who make it please look me up in the race car area.

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You have no idea how I wish I could be there especially for the panel discussion and to be able to say hi to Tom Hoover again and meet all the others who I have looked up to for most of my racing life! Jim


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Re: Don Carlton - Motown Missle
 

I got to view the 73 wire car Duster at 401K hot rod shop in Anaheim about
two Satudays ago and they are making good progress on the car.

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Jim, any amount of time to can be spent talking drag racing with Tom Hoover is time well spent. I spoke with him for about and hour last year and would liked to have spent more time. The book, "Ramchargers" they have for sale in Henderson is a collectors item. Oldfield, Pappas and Spehard makes for good conversation also.

What part of Florida are you in. I will be in Orlando again this year for the PRI show maybe we could meet and talk some old drag racing.

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You are so right! I spoke with Tom many, many years ago, he has such a wealth of knowledge. I have the book and love it. I am about 30 minutes North of Orlando. I'm not sure what I am doing about the PRI. As you know NHRA D-2 is having a National Open that weekend. I don't know why they decided on that weekend but they did. So I have a decision to make! I LOVE the PRI to! I would love to meet and talk with you also. Maybe we can. Jim

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