stock and super stock racing

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by treessavoy

In the very early '70's the Army created the Army Racing team which was headed by a Lt. and the cars were driven by enlisted men. I believe the cars were their own but competition money and parts were furnished by the Army and sponsors. They raced in various classes and ran the NHRA circuit. It ended in '74 or '75....not sure on the exact dates. The team was stationed at Ft.Hood.

JimR

The Lt. drove the SS/PA 55 Chevy 4 door. I talked to him quite a bit back then but I cant remember his name for sure. Nice guy for an Army officer.....LOL. Did he drive a 71 454 Corvette C or D/SA in the 80's??? Glass Slipper???? Im thinking maybe his name was Lt Ham??? Or was it someone else???

[RPM42]

X-Tech Man I can see your point now. It would suck if every weekend the same cars won.

[Tony Janes]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The Lt. drove the SS/PA 55 Chevy 4 door. I talked to him quite a bit back then but I cant remember his name for sure. Nice guy for an Army officer.....LOL. Did he drive a 71 454 Corvette C or D/SA in the 80's??? Glass Slipper???? Im thinking maybe his name was Lt Ham??? Or was it someone else???

The car is the Norman Bernard:"Go Army"1955 Chevy 4 dr SS/PA which became the Berry Rachlin Buffalo Flash/LA Flash car which I ran from the 1982 Winternationals to the 1983 Winternationals. Picture is from the 1982 World Finals OCIR.

[JRyan]

Terry,

You're right. It was Lt. Frank Ham. He actually got a dragstrip started on the Ft. Hood warehouse road shortly after I left Ft. Hood. I had tried earlier, but I guess Spec 5 didn't have the pull that Lieutenant did. They only ran it a couple of years.

Jerry

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

The Lt. drove the SS/PA 55 Chevy 4 door. I talked to him quite a bit back then but I cant remember his name for sure. Nice guy for an Army officer.....LOL. Did he drive a 71 454 Corvette C or D/SA in the 80's??? Glass Slipper???? Im thinking maybe his name was Lt Ham??? Or was it someone else???

I don't remember his name but he did move to the Corvette and I think he did pretty well for a few years.

JimR

[Tony Janes]

Jerry Ryan was right about Frank Ham, he raced a Corvette back in the early eighties.

[Bob Rice]

Frank Ham and his "Glass Slipper". He had a Super Stock Corvette later on, not sure if it was the same car.

[thomas sheehan]

OK.......

I found an old pic of the "GO ARMY" 55 Chevy taken in the mid to late 70's at YORK dragway by my friend Bill Truby.

I was told that the driver was non other than "FRANKLIN" HAMM. (not the same frank ham that drove the stocker).
I believe I verified the car number in an old "entry list".

I could be wrong... i'm just adding to the story.

[Tony Janes]

Sound right to me, the car has a division 4 number.

[frank ham]

Someone told me to check this out. I don't mean to just drag up old threads, but it is cool to see.
I am the frank ham (also franklin hamm) that ran the Go Army teams and later the Glass Slipper stock & SS Vets. The Army team actually first ran two new (74) Dodges and then changed over to the old classic chevys (there was a 69 chevelle wagon on the team with the 55).
I was actually a Capt then, fresh back from a tour as a Combat Engineer Company Commander in Vietnam.
When other officers were out playing golf, I was building and racing drag cars...for over 20 years. It was a pretty good joint career.