Any you guys remember Roger England of Columbus, IN

[Ernie Neal]

Roger, let me scan in about half of his scrapbook. Most of the photos are of his Sox and Martin prepared 70 Hemi Cuda. Enjoy
http://s1231.photobucket.com/albums/...ger%20England/
Ernie Neal
SS 3400

[Jerry Terry]

Ernie thanks to you and Roger for letting us go back in time when I now realize how much fun we had racing back then. Odie Isom from Greenwood Indiana used take me with him when he went racing and I loved every minute of it. I also remember a guy from Osgood Indiana that raced a Hemi Cuda but I dont remember his name.

Jerry Terry

[Ernie Neal]

Jerry
I think that may have been Bill Schmaltz out of Osgood. I believe his was an A automatic car. Bill later bought the Harold Stout SS/Am firebird.
I wasn't sure about my link, whether anyone found it.
Ernie

[Robert Swartz]

Ernie,

Anyone that was around 35-40 years ago would surely remember Roger England. That SS/DA car was wicked fast and cool. It was always neat when he and Bob Williams "Double Trouble" Chevelle would tangle.

I even remember him bringing that car down here to Brown County a handful of times to take on the locals. Occasionally took trips down to Columbus to go to his Sunoco station (where the Burger King is now), just to see the car.

Robert Swartz

[Nitro Joe Jackson]

I remember Roger England, one of the first cars i seen use magnet decals on there cars.
Ernie, Schmaltz bought the Eddie Schartman 68 SS/AH Dart and it never did come out.

[bob3240]

Thanks, Ernie, for posting Roger's stuff. SS/DA was one of the toughest super stock classes at that time . I remember Boitnott bros., Cook bros., Chuck Little, and lots more in our local area. Seems there were about 20 or so cars at Indy in 72 when Roger won if I remember correctly. Bob Michael.

[DaveHyatt]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

Ernie,

Anyone that was around 35-40 years ago would surely remember Roger England. That SS/DA car was wicked fast and cool. It was always neat when he and Bob Williams "Double Trouble" Chevelle would tangle.

I even remember him bringing that car down here to Brown County a handful of times to take on the locals. Occasionally took trips down to Columbus to go to his Sunoco station (where the Burger King is now), just to see the car.

Robert Swartz

Double Trouble was a blue 70 chevelle if I remember right. Blue, big block car with a mile of front end lift. Kinda like the Truppi and King car.

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by DaveHyatt

Double Trouble was a blue 70 chevelle if I remember right. Blue, big block car with a mile of front end lift. Kinda like the Truppi and King car.

Dave,

Echoing Ernie, kinda surprized to see this thread revived.

Regarding Bob Williams "Double Trouble" Chevelle. My memory may be failing me but he had Truppi-Kling on the side of the car. Steph Thompson, whom for a short time had a speed shop (1973ish) in an office suite near Meridian Street and Troy, always said that Truppi helped Williams so that Roger England wouldn't be the dominant SS/DA car in this neck of the woods. I was a dumb 19-20 year old pup back then, so take that with a grain of salt.

Those were some fun times back in those days. It's really kind of funny looking back, because many of those old local cars were impressive. Like most bracket racers today, many of those cars rarely were ever raced anywhere other than their local track.

Ernie, if you can post those pictures, I'd sure enjoy seeing them. Regarding the Sunfire, is that the same one you guys had at Brown County a couple years back? If so, that was one nice looking car!

[Tod Lane]

Originally Posted by Jerry Terry

Ernie thanks to you and Roger for letting us go back in time when I now realize how much fun we had racing back then. Odie Isom from Greenwood Indiana used take me with him when he went racing and I loved every minute of it. I also remember a guy from Osgood Indiana that raced a Hemi Cuda but I dont remember his name.

Jerry Terry

I used to run occasionally with Gary Ragsdale when he bought Odie's tan Q/SA Wagon, seems like it was a 396/325 car wasn't it?

He used to tow that thing around with a really nice 70 Chevelle SS 454 car.
I remember it rolling forward and putting a dent in the Chevelle's bumper with the tow bar at Brown County.

Always thought it looked bass ackwards, a sweet Chevelle flat towing a huge wagon...
Of course I know somebody that towed his 67 Mustang with a Pinto too..

Good days indeed

[Jerry Terry]

Ernie your right his name was smaltz is he still around? Tod odors wagon was a396/265 2 barrel Carb q/sa