Originally Posted by Rat Patrol
65 A990 Race Hemis - Car, Driver, Team
* Dodge Power - Gene Takash This was a '67 440 R/t Converted to a Hemi car
* Porters Pride - Bob Porter - Richard Porter, Mansfield, Ohio Porter was from Minford Ohio
* Dodge Boys - Dave Strickler Strickler only had an AWB car, the standard wheelbase car he ran at Indy was borrowed from Bob Lawliss
* Go Hummer — Mary Ann Foss - Also raced as Dependable - Wes Koogle - Mansfield OH. Koogle was the original owner.
* Pandemonium — Frank Pelligrino '64 car
* Yankee Peddler — Bill Flynn Converted to AWB after the Winternationals
* Hemi Honker - Bud Faubel (Chambersburg PA) Only had an AWB car in '65, the AWB cars were not counted in regular A990 production
* Flying Carpet - Bob Harrop - (Camden NJ) Probably two cars, one AWB, one ran S/SA at Indy in 1965 Standard wheelbase car was borrowed, similar to Strickler
* Hall & Heath - David Heath -(Owensboro KY) Kentucky Colonel
* Landy’s Dodge - Dick Landy - (Sherman Oaks CA) Only had an AWB, no standard wheelbase car
* O.B. Hewett - Melvin Yow - (Fayetteville NC) Owner Built Hardtop
* Hemi Express - Jim Clark Not original owner
* Mrs Bee’s Hemi - Jim Thornton Never saw where Thornton drove this? I know Bill Stiles did
* Lawrence Apodaca, Hayword, Ca. No '65 car, had a '67 W0 Dodge
* Moonshot - Candies and Hughes This was a '64 car, became the Jake's Speed Equipment car
* Hemi-Powered Plymouth - Derwood Reep - Joe Ralph Thompson - Jefferson Motors, AR '64 Max Wedge Plymouth converted to AWB with '65 front end
* Tim Richards Did not have a '65 Hemi car
* Golden Commandoes - Al Eckstrand AWB Hardtop car only, not original A990
* Ramchargers - Jim Thornton - Hodges Dodges AWB Hardtop car only, not original A990
* Melrose Missile- Tommy Grove AWB Hardtop car only, not original A990
* Color Me Gone- Roger Lindamood AWB Hardtop, did not have an A990
* Flintstone Flying Commando - Dave Koffel HAd two '65 cars, both original A990 cars. One raced as 273 in C/FX, the other was the former "Outlaw" car from Kentucky, and Koffel made into an AWB car
* Mountain Hemi - Harold Hurley - Doug Hurley Not original owners
* Outlaw - Sonny Wayland Outlaw and Sonny Wayland were two separate cars, the Outlaw became Koffel's AWB car
* Hemi Charger - Russ Funk
* Giddy up a go go - Big Ed Seems to be a jumble on Holwick's car and Ed Knezevich? Both were from Ohio and already listed here
* California Flash - Butch Leal Had AWB and A990
* The Roadrunner — Fred Cutler - Ramchargers Deluxe Sedan with Destroked Hemi, no an A990 car
* Big Money Dodge - Jim Thornton - Ramchargers Big MOney Dodge was a '64
* Jerry Maycock - McKay-Swift Dodge Did Maycock drive this? The Mckay-Swift car was Marshall Bell's car..."Bell Boys"
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