Lee Shepherd

Todd Bailey · 04-03-2009, 08:44 AM

Wayne,

Long time, no hear.

I recognized all those names except Sam Cunningham. What did he drive? Of course you have to add to this list Jeff Linenger, Bear Barilleaux, Lindley Isonhood, George Owens, Weldon Bailey, Ronnie Young and who could forget Willis Ragsdales' B/SR everytime that he yanked a gear.

Hey, late congrats on class win at No Problem!!

bobby · 04-03-2009, 10:10 AM

Hate to hi-jack this thread, but Todd do you remember Robert "Speedy" Hudson? Big guy, raced around the area with the yellow and black Nova. I heard he passed away yesterday. It's on www.bracketrash.com and www.housonarearacing.com.

Todd Bailey · 04-03-2009, 11:29 AM

Bobby,

Yea, I remember him. A yellow '66 Nova called the "Liberator" that had the rear fenderwells cut out for the tires.. He was a big boy who footbraked this car and usually was ALWAYS in the money. I beat him one night but they called for a re-run and he returned the favor. RIP Speedy.

racer4919 · 04-04-2009, 03:41 PM

Sam Cunningham was a guy from the Port Arthur area and race a 61 or 62 vette that had a straight axle that actually moved back when he launched. It was wild and legal in those days, but plenty fast. He was known for coming up with different ideas. Wayne RIP Speedy, the nova was built by Joey Richards a long time racer from the old Houston track in League City.

Bud Lefevre · 04-04-2009, 10:42 PM

From when I lived in Pasadena.

Ed Wright · 04-05-2009, 05:55 PM

I remember all those guys. Lee was a real gentlman, and his cylinder heads were without compare. On my C/SM car, I had heads from three other well known cylinder head shops I won't name, and a set from Lee. The others all flowed the same, and all ran ran the same, except Lee's. Much better flow bench numbers, and over a tenth and close to two MPH faster. In my book, the guy was a genius. Didn't brag, just a quite, very nice man. David Reher and Buddy Morrison also, always very helpful with straight answers and no B.S. Loosing Lee and Buddy was really a loss to the racing comunity.

Robert Swartz · 04-05-2009, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bud Lefevre

From when I lived in Pasadena.

Bud,

Some great old stuff there. I remember pushing cars back and forth in the water box, why we did that? I can't tell anyone, guess because we saw everyone else do it?

And the dry hops. I think I did more damage to my old Mustang back in the 70's due to those. Usually after doing a burnout, you would do two or three hard dry hops prior to staging. Broke more axles doing that than I care to remember.

Robert Swartz

04-03-2009, 08:44 AM	#1
Todd Bailey Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 312 Likes: 30 Liked 33 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd Wayne, Long time, no hear. I recognized all those names except Sam Cunningham. What did he drive? Of course you have to add to this list Jeff Linenger, Bear Barilleaux, Lindley Isonhood, George Owens, Weldon Bailey, Ronnie Young and who could forget Willis Ragsdales' B/SR everytime that he yanked a gear. Hey, late congrats on class win at No Problem!!

04-03-2009, 10:10 AM	#2
bobby Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: League City, Texas Posts: 243 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd Hate to hi-jack this thread, but Todd do you remember Robert "Speedy" Hudson? Big guy, raced around the area with the yellow and black Nova. I heard he passed away yesterday. It's on www.bracketrash.com and www.housonarearacing.com. __________________ Next time wave all of your fingers at me.

04-03-2009, 11:29 AM	#3
Todd Bailey Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 312 Likes: 30 Liked 33 Times in 17 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd Bobby, Yea, I remember him. A yellow '66 Nova called the "Liberator" that had the rear fenderwells cut out for the tires.. He was a big boy who footbraked this car and usually was ALWAYS in the money. I beat him one night but they called for a re-run and he returned the favor. RIP Speedy. Last edited by Todd Bailey; 04-03-2009 at 11:32 AM. Reason: Mispelled word

04-04-2009, 03:41 PM	#4
racer4919 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 53 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd Sam Cunningham was a guy from the Port Arthur area and race a 61 or 62 vette that had a straight axle that actually moved back when he launched. It was wild and legal in those days, but plenty fast. He was known for coming up with different ideas. Wayne RIP Speedy, the nova was built by Joey Richards a long time racer from the old Houston track in League City.

04-04-2009, 10:42 PM	#5
Bud Lefevre Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 250 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd From when I lived in Pasadena. __________________ Bud Lefevre 3075 STK IHRA World Record Holder

04-05-2009, 05:55 PM	#6
Ed Wright Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sand Springs, OK Posts: 8,132 Likes: 896 Liked 390 Times in 170 Posts	Re: Lee Shepherd I remember all those guys. Lee was a real gentlman, and his cylinder heads were without compare. On my C/SM car, I had heads from three other well known cylinder head shops I won't name, and a set from Lee. The others all flowed the same, and all ran ran the same, except Lee's. Much better flow bench numbers, and over a tenth and close to two MPH faster. In my book, the guy was a genius. Didn't brag, just a quite, very nice man. David Reher and Buddy Morrison also, always very helpful with straight answers and no B.S. Loosing Lee and Buddy was really a loss to the racing comunity. __________________ Ed Wright 4156 SS/JA

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