[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by 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.

Yep....You are correct. I had completely forgotten about Bill Carnes. I was thinking it was Dave Pyles. My bad. Thanks for reminding me about Bill. More memories came back to me with that name. I hadnt thought much about those days until this thread poped up. It was a long time ago. I was close.....Its a bitch getting old.....LOL. Do you remember a guy named Carl Condon (I think) who ran a neat G/SA(at that time) red 1964 comet Cyclone at Aquasco back then? Gene Collins was killed in an auto accident here in Fl. many years ago from what I heard after his divorce and he had moved down here. Prior to that we were partners on a 71 Dodge Challenger in 1971 with a 383. Ran good as a stocker but was a dog as a S/S and sold it to Frank Slater who lives in Aquasco. .