[Troy Pourciau]

Had a conversation with Jim Hale yesterday. It was the first time that I met him. Had heard his name all of my life and seen his cars alot at the track. Very intersting man. And I liked his no nonsense kind of humor. Had some great war stories., like people changing classes, so not to get a heads up with him. Also told me he was involved with construction, machine shop, real estate, Kenworth dealership and pro-stock. He also told me that he still has a S/S parked at his house, just sitting there, as he runs the stocker that he just built. Came across to me as not being overly nice, but just a wealth of information. Plus he went 4 rounds yesterday in Belle Rose losing with a .035 light at 76 years old. The man truly a stock/ ss legend.