DAARA 2007 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS

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DAARA 2007 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS

THIS IS THE 300th WEEK THAT I HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE DAARA WEBSITE AFTER IT WAS ABANDON...OVER 51,000 VISITORS LATER...JIM

SKIP LACER REPORTS IN THAT ALONG WITH THE FAMILY OWNED #89 HE HAS BEEN DRIVING MIKE MOORE'S #56 AND EARL WILSON'S #E/4 IN THE TRI-STATE VINTAGE RACING ASSOCIATION..

JIM AND SARAH KASERMAN HAD A NICE SURPRISE THIS PAST WEEKEND..THEIR SON RICK(pictured on the left) CALLED FROM IRAQ TO WISH THEM A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY AND TO WISH JIM A HAPPY FATHERS DAY..ITS BEEN NEARLY SIX MONTHS SINCE THEY HAD TALKED WITH RICK WHO IS "ON DUTY" 14 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK..PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM..

DAARA MEMBER JOE GOEBELS (seated) HOSTED A GATHERING AT HIS GARAGE IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL SPEEDSTER RALLY IN EVANSVILLE THIS WEEKEND..

THESE FIRST PHOTOS WERE RANDOM SHOTS AT NEW SMYRNA SPEEDWAY IN OCTOBER 2003..WHAT WE DIDN'T SEE IS TIM AND RHODA BLACKIE SHOWING THEIR #134 TO A COUPLE OF STRANGERS..TURNS OUT THE STRANGERS WERE FUTURE DAARA MEMBERS LARRY AND DIANE LARIVEE WHO WENT ON THE BUILD THE AWARD WINNING CAR #7/11..SO IF YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO THE LOOKERS THEY CAN BE FUTURE DAARA MEMBERS..(Jim Reid photos)

JIM HEILAND HAD HIS CAR ON DISPLAY AT LUPIENT CHEVY IN BLOOMINGTON, MN WHERE THEY WERE CELIBRATING THE 50 ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1957 CHEVY..I STILL LOVE THE NOMAD..(Heiland photo)

DALE MILLER JUST MADE IT HOME FROM AUBURNDALE BEFORE HIS TRAILER TIRE WENT FLAT..THREW THE TREAD BUT BEFORE IT DEPARTED IT TOOK OUT THE FENDER..(JJ photo)

JERRY PAQUIN WRITES THAT HE MADE A FOOT OPERATED BRAKE FOR HIS #10 MIDGET..HE FOUND A PIECE OF ALUMINUM HIS DAD RON HAS USED MANY YEARS AGO TO MAKE PARTS FOR HIS RACECAR, AND JERRY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO USE A PIECE OF IT FOR HIS NEW BRAKE PETAL..(Paquin photo)

JERRY SAYS WHATEVER TALENT HE HAS FOR THESE THINGS CAME BY WORKING WITH HIS DAD IN THE GARAGE SO HE HAD THE PETAL INSCRIBED "INSPIRED BY RON PAQUIN"..(Paquin photo)

SKIP LACER HAS BEEN RACING MIKE MOORE'S #56 IN THE VINTAGE SERIES AT CHANDLER MOTOR SPEEDWAY THIS SPRING..(Paul & Kathy's photos)

WHEN LARRY LARIVEE BUILT HIS AWARD WINNING #7/11 HE USED AN OLD WILL CAGLE FOR DONOR PARTS AND THE ENGINE..IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN LARRY'S PAGE ON BUILDING CAR # 7/11 CLICK HERE..(Larivee photo)

BOB BAILEY WAS INVITED TO THE EXOTIC CAR EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO IN HOLLYWOOD, FL..BOB AND HIS HAIRY FRIEND BORRIS HAD A GREAT TIME AT THIS HIGH CLASS SHOW...THEY RUBBED WHEELS WITH PORSCHES, FERRARIS, MASERATIS, AND OTHER HIGH DOLLAR CARS..(Bob Bailey photo)

NOW WE KNOW WHY BORRIS NEVER COMPLAINS WHEN BOB DRAGS HIM TO A SHOW..(Bob Bailey photo)

THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR SVS RACE #6 AT AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY WAS THE RETURN OF SAMMY MORROW TO WINNERS CIRCLE...SAM'S FIRST WIN AT THE TRACK WAS BACK IN THE 60'S WHEN HE TURNED IN HIS CHARIOT AND STARTED DRIVING A STOCK CAR..(JJ photo)

I GOT SCOTT WILLIAMS AND CORY LANE TOGETHER TO SHAKE HANDS EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON..I WANTED A PICTURE OF THEM HUGGING BUT SCOTT SAID IF CORY DIDN'T RUB HIM DURING THE RACE HE WOULD AFTERWARD...WELL WHEN THING WERE QUIET AFTER THE RACE I LOADED UP CORY AND GOT MY PICTURE..(JJ photo)

THE OLD DAARA MAZDA PUSH TRUCK THAT THE CLUB USED AT ZEPHYRHILLS IN THE LATE 80's AND EARLY 90's BEFORE IT WAS RETIRED WHEN CURTIS AND I STARTED PUSHING FOR THE CLUB..(Steve Wilkey photo)

SCOOP IT UP....JIM KASERMAN LIKES TO KEEP HIS COOL AND ALSO KEEP HIS COOL AT THE TRACK...BUT IT'S ON HIS FORD SUNLINER THAT THE WITH THE HELP OF SPRINT CAR BUILDER JERRY ADEMA THEY PLAN TO DIRECT THE AIR FLOW INTO THE RADIATOR..JIM'S POSTER BOARD WAS TURNED INTO A STAINLESS AIR VACUUM AND IS READY TO RACE..

ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD CREW..(JJ collage)

DO YOU LOVE OLD GAS STATIONS FROM THE PAST..?..WELL IF YOU DO CLICK ON THE PICTUCE ABOVE OR HERE TO VIEW THE SITE..

DAARA MEMBER JIM HEILAND HELD HIS 3rd ANNUAL RACER PREVIEW DAY AT HIS LIBERTY STATION AUTO SALES IN ARLINGTON, MINNESOTA..ONCE THE WEATHER CLEARED THE FANS WENT THROUGH 200 HOT DOGS, 12 DOZEN ROLLS, 13 DOZEN COOKIES, AND 156 CANS OF SODA..

SKIP LACER IS WORKING ON A NEW MODIFIED WHICH IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN OWNED BY SAMMY SWINDELL'S FATHER.

THIS IS SKIP'S MOTHER GLENDA LACER'S 1939 TUDOR SEDAN POWERED BY A 327 CHEVY..

TURN TWO AT BRISTOL DURING WEEK THREE OF TRACK RESURFACING..CLICK HERE FOR THE WEEK THREE PHOTO GALLERY.

LARRY WILLIAMS SEATED IN # 12 AT ZEPHYRHILLS..(Jimmy Brooks photo)

WILD BILL DAVIS # 34 IS ALL SMILES AT Z-HILLS..(Jimmy Brooks photo)

DICK JONES HAD A CAMCORDER IN HIS CAR # 52 AT ZEPHYRHILLS..(Jimmy Brooks photo)

COME ON JIM MOORE GIVE US A SMILE IN # M-4..(Jimmy Brooks photo)

"THE PIRATE'S HOUSE" IS WELL PROTECTED WITH A 10 POUND CANNON IN THE FRONT YARD..DAARA MEMBERS JIM AND SARAH KASERMAN'S UNIQUE LAWN ORNAMENT COMBINES WITH THE PIRATE BOOKS THEY HAVE AUTHORED.."HOW THE PIRATES SAVED CHRISTMAS", "GASPARILLA PIRATE GENIUS", and "THE LEGEND OF GASPARILLA, A TALE FOR ALL AGES"..THEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND AT BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE..

CONGRATULATIONS TO BRANDON WORK FOR BEING ACCEPTED INTO THE FIRE FIGHTERS ACADEMY IN JACKSONVILLE..

BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY IS BEING RECONSTRUCTED AND HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES AND TWO LINKS TO THERE CONSTRUCTION PHOTO GALLERY..THERE IS A LIVE CAM LINK ON THEIR FRONTPAGE ALSO...

TURN ONE DEMO AT BRISTOL..

BACK STRETCH AND TURN ONE DEMO AT BRISTOL..

CLICK HERE FOR BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY CONSTRUCTION WEEK ONE

CLICK HERE FOR BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY CONSTRUCTION WEEK TWO

DONNIE MERRELL HAS HAD THIS 1941 DODGE PANEL TRUCK SINCE 1993 WHICH HAS THE ORIGINAL BODY AND FRAME..POWERED BY A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED DODGE 360 CID, HOOKED TO A DODGE A727 TRANNY, AND A DODGE 8 3/4 REAR END..DODGE MINI VAN SEATS FRT & REAR, CRUISE CONTROL, A/C, TILT WHEEL, PWR DISC FRT..NICE RIDE..

1933 FORD ROADSTER OWNED BY "WILD BILL DAVIS"..

BILL WENDT'S #71 HILLIGAS MIDGET SHARES THE FRONT PAGE OF VINTAGE OVAL RACING MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 2007..PLUS IT APPEARS AGAIN WITH A PRI SHOW ARTICLE IN THE MAGAZINE..

THE ABOVE PHOTO IS JIM AND SARAH KASERMAN'S SON ARMY MAJOR RICHARD KASERMAN WITH MARINE GUNNERY SERGEANT HIGGINS..THEY ARE PART OF A JOINT SERVICES OPERATION IN ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ.

EIGHT OF OUR CLUB MEMBERS MADE IT TO CHARLOTTE COUNTY MOTORSPORTS PARK TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 20, TO BE PART OF THE FT. MYERS FOX CHANNEL 4 "WILD BILL LIVE" MORNING SHOW...DISPLAYING THEIR DAARA CARS BEFORE DAYLIGHT WE SALUTE THEM..PICTURED ABOVE IS BILL WENDT'S #71 MIDGET,THE CAGED SPRINTS(which were a big hit) OF JACK SAPP #77, JAY YAHNKE #7, SUE YAHNKE #7, VINCE CAPPELLI #2, ROY CAMPBELL #10, AND SAM MORROW'S #0..AT THE FAR END OF THE LINEUP IS THE #21 FORD SUNLINER OF JIM KASERMAN..(Kaserman photo)

THANKS TO JAY YAHNKE WE HAVE SECURED 5 ADDITIONAL DATES AT CCMP FOR OUR 2007 "SOUTHERN VINTAGE SERIES..THEY ARE: APRIL 28, MAY 26, JULY 28, AUGUST 25, AND SEPTEMBER 29.

DAARA PRESIDENT DALE MILLER AND SECRETARY CYNTHIA HARTLINE HAVE FORMED A NEW MOTORCOACH TOUR COMPANY COVERING THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA.

THE USAC SILVER CROWN CARS HAVE CHANGED A LOT...AT THE TOP IS JOHN LAWHORN'S #5 FROM PEEBLES, OHIO...NEXT IS THE #00 CASE CONTRACTING CAR DRIVEN BY ZEPHYRHILLS OWN WAYNE REUTIMANN, JR..

JIM HEILAND WROTE THIS STORY ABOUT OUR FEBRUARY SHOW..IT APPEARS ON THE IMCA OLD TIMERS WEBSITE.

JERRY PAQUIN SENDS ALONG THIS PHOTO FROM THE MID 90's..TAKE A LOOK IN THE BACKGROUND..DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD TOILETS IN THE PITS..?

NO ITS NOT AIRBOAT RACING BUT TRACK DRYING AT ORLANDO SPEEDWORLD THANKS TO TRACK MANAGER RUSTY MARCUS..(JJ photo)

JIM KASERMAN HAS INSTALLED A NEW FRONT BUMPER ON HIS 1951 FORD WITH PARTS FROM SPEEDWAY MOTORS..HE WAS HELPED BY THE FAMILY TEAM OF JERRY AND SCOTTY ADEMA WHO ARE FATHER AND SON SPRINT CAR RACERS AND CAR BUILDERS..JIM SAYS SINCE IT IS COSTLY AND A LOT OF HARD WORK, HIS RESOLUTION FOR ZEPHYRHILLS IS NOT TO SPIN AND END UP FACING THE ONCOMING FIELD..

WITH ALL THE SNOW IN OSWEGO, N.Y. JIM SHAMPINE DRIVE IS COVERED UP..(Fesko photo)

THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO OSWEGO SPEEDWAY..(Fesko photo)

CUSH REVETTE, JR. IS GOING TOPLESS OR MAYBE ITS HIS NEW CONVERTIBLE AREA 1957 CHEVY WHICH IS READY FOR ZEPHYRHILLS..

DOUBLE TROUBLE FROM THE REVETTE FAMILY..CUSH,JR. AND CUSH SR. WITH THE FAMILY'S WALL BANGER STABLE...

CYNTHIA HARTLINE AND BILL MCPEEK GET DALE MILLER AND HIS #40 VW POWERED READY FOR JIMMYJEEP TO PUSH OFF SATURDAY AT SPEEDWORLD..(JJ photo)

IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHEN YOUR GREATED BY VULTURES IN TURN ONE AT SPEEDWORLD..(JJ photo)

DAARA PRESIDENT DALE MILLER JUST GOT HIS TREVIS ROADSTER BACK FROM THE PAINT SHOP.

JOHN McCARTHY PAST PRESIDENT OF NEMA WILL BE INDUCTED THIS MONTH INTO THE RACING HALL OF FAME IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. HE HAS WORKED THE VINTAGE CAR RACING AT NHIS AS RACE DIRECTOR FOR YEARS AND PLANS ON BEING AT THE DAARA MEET IN ZEPHYRHILLS..(Harbaugh photo)

John McCarthy was a part of the Stock Block Revolution that occurred in the Northeast Midget Association in the 1960's. As a car owner, John won many features with drivers like Lou Fray and Dave Humphrey: John was one of the first owners to field the Badger a midget that looked similar to an Indy car with a side mounted Chevy ll engine.As the Northeast Midget Association president in the 60's and again in the 70's. He introduced the split show format Where the division cars and drivers teamed up with cars and drivers from other forms of racing. Bob Miour, longtime race photographer, remembers John as an outstanding president. He built NEMA up to the point where we were running three times a week. He worked with the promoters to make races exciting. He was really one of the best presidents in NEMA History.Today, we welcome John McCarthy into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame..(Harbaugh photo)

WOODY WOOLDRIDGE AT THE WHEEL TALKS RACING AT LOUDON, N.H. 2006 WITH ERIC CALDWELL AND TOM TIERNEY..(Wooldridge photo)

NEW MEMBER GORDON BIRD FROM TAVARES, FLORIDA WITH HIS #7 1934 HUDSON BODIED MODIFIED.

THE FOLLOW CARS ARE OWNED BY NEW MEMBER DON HOUCK FROM SCHUYLKILL, PENNSYLVANIA AND HE IS PLANNING RUNNING AT ZEPHYRHILLS IN FEBRUARY..

#F1--1932 FORD 3 WINDOW COUPE..FLAT HEAD FORD POWERED 1950'S ERA STOCK CAR..RACED AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY, READING FAIRGROUNDS, NAZARETH, PORT ROYAL, AND OTHER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRACKS..FIRST CAR DRIVE BY JOHN MACION.

#1--1934 FORD 3 WINDOW COUPE..FLAT HEAD FORD POWERED 1950'S ERA STOCK CAR..RACED AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY, READING FAIRGROUNDS, NAZARETH, PORT ROYAL, AND OTHER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRACKS..WON THE POINT CHAMPIONSHIP AT WILLIAMS GROVE IN 1954..DRIVEN BY BILLY MILLER OF CARLISLE, PA.

#17--1934 FORD 5 WINDOW COUPE..FLAT HEAD FORD POWERED MID 1950'S TO 60'S STOCK CAR..RACED AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY, SILVER SPRINGS SPEEDWAY, PORT ROYAL, AND OTHER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRACKS..WON THE POINT CHAMPIONSHIP AT SILVER SPRINGS IN 1961 AND 1962..DRIVEN BY LYNN WYBLIE.

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