Re: [FWDLK] 56 D500-1 Racing

[Greg Filtz <filtz1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

I really love hearing information like this.   Thanks,
Greg in WI
1956 Dodge

DupontTim@xxxxxxx wrote:

> I  really like to hear the stories from people who were around back in 
> 56. I get to hear from people all the time. Jim Talbot of Tennessee 
> was a very memorable contact I made several years back. He was at 
> Daytona Speed Weeks  and had some very cool memories about that event, 
> saw Danny Eames and Tim Flock making their record setting runs. Even 
> more interesting he was at the Ohio race which was called the World 
> Series of Drag Racing, in which the Super Stock Class  was won by Ed 
> Lyons. Jim said a lot of big high profile GM guys were there and 
> became very upset that the D500-1 Dodge was so Dominant, it was almost 
> 10 mph faster than the best they had and with every winning run Ed 
> made that day people were shaking their heads in disbelief. 
> They resorted to making up excuses and never gave Ed his due according 
> to Jim. Attitudes counted for a lot at those events and if you were 
> not favored you could be dismissed as a fluke or cheater. By all 
> accounts Ed was neither and was smoking the competition wherever he 
> went. While this was a new class and it was not part of the NHRA it 
> was the first documented stock car to exceed 100 mph in the quarter 
> mile. In contrast a 57 Chevy took the 57 Super Stock Title with a 
> speed of 99 MPH. Jim also went to NASCAR races and other motor sport 
> events as well and it was great to hear these accounts, the world was 
> a bit bigger back then and eyewitnesses are sometimes the only 
> accounts for events of these days. I Hope Jim is doing well. Tim in Golden
>
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