[dragracer9911]

Terry, you are partially correct. Yes, it was Dave Pyles L/M. The dealership was in Marlow Heights, MD. He moved the dealership over to the Annandale area on Va. Then came Wison Powell L/M at Auto Row on Route 5. The very first race I ever went too was thru an invite from Dave Pyles to my dad who worked at the Ford dealership in Clinton MD. to go to Aquasco to see him race the car. At that time, it had a 289 in it (I don't know the rated HP) and was billed as an the only 289 FX car.

It was Bill Carnes that had the Pontic dealership. He was the second onwer of MIR, known then as St. Mary's Dragway. He bought it from the La Roque family, who built the track, around 1964/65. He in turn sold later to Tod Mack and Larry Clayton. Then Royce Miller leased the track for approximatly 10 years before they came to terms for him to buy MIR.

But having that be said, for an old guy, you memory of the past is great.

Tom Sr.