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art leong · 01-22-2011, 10:52 PM

At Etown NJ in the 70's They seperated the bucks and the cups categories. They had class eliminations for both. Then you ran for the eliminator (still seperated).
One thing was track champions in the cups division. Could not compete in the cups division the next year they had to go to bucks.
I remember that because Louie Lafreda with a Hemi Super bird ran our class but ran cups. He was in the lead for the championship. he did everything he could to get someone else to win. But he won anyway LOL. At the time you could trade your trophy in for 5 dollars (class) and 25 dollars (eliminator). Louie was one of very few cars in cups that ran on the national record (he held it at the time).
He got in the track for free NHRA national record holders were allowed in free. Then he would make another $30 for racing.
Not bad for a $2600 (New)Lime Green Hemi Superbird.

01-22-2011, 10:52 PM	#8
art leong VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Richmond Hill, Georgia Posts: 2,003 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Help in writting new book on stocker At Etown NJ in the 70's They seperated the bucks and the cups categories. They had class eliminations for both. Then you ran for the eliminator (still seperated). One thing was track champions in the cups division. Could not compete in the cups division the next year they had to go to bucks. I remember that because Louie Lafreda with a Hemi Super bird ran our class but ran cups. He was in the lead for the championship. he did everything he could to get someone else to win. But he won anyway LOL. At the time you could trade your trophy in for 5 dollars (class) and 25 dollars (eliminator). Louie was one of very few cars in cups that ran on the national record (he held it at the time). He got in the track for free NHRA national record holders were allowed in free. Then he would make another $30 for racing. Not bad for a $2600 (New)Lime Green Hemi Superbird. __________________ Art Leong 2095 SS