DAARA 2009 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS PART THREE

JIM HEILAND HAS HIS CHEVY NOVA IN HIS SHOWROOM FOR THE WINTER UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF BART SIMPSON..

ON OCTOBER 24th BOB BAILEY AND HIS FRIEND BORIS WENT TO A CAR SHOW AND PLACED THIRD WITH HIS OFFY MIDGET..SINCE HE HAD THE ONLY RACE CAR AT THE SHOW HE WASN'T SURE THE AWARD WAS FOR BORIS OR THE MIDGET..RAIN HIT THE SHOW AND BY THE TIME BOB GOT BORIS IN THE VAN HE HAD A GAMEY SMELL FROM BEING WET..AT LEAST BLACK BORIS HAD A CLEAN DRIVERS SUITE..(Bob Bailey photo)

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TOBI SMITH IS COMING ALONG ON HIS #2X 1971 PINTO..(Larivee photos)

JIM AND SARAH KASERMAN WERE IN MIAMI TO SEE THE DISNEY CHRISTMAS CAROL TRAIN..(Kaserman photos)

SCOTT KURTZNER'S DIRT MODIFIED FRAME IS FINISHED AND POWDER COATED..(Kurtzner photos)

LOOK AT WHAT JIM HEILAND WOKE UP TO MONDAY IN MINNESOTA AFTER A WEEKEND AT THE TRACK..

Dave Cash's father-in-law "The Last of a Rare Breed" Bob Casto passed away at the age of 81..Bob raced midgets with his friend Red Lanham thru the 60's and 70' and was always trying to build a better race car..Bob belonged to B.A.R.A . Buckeye Auto Racing Association, Winchester Indiana Speedway OLD TIMERS CLUB and ATLANTIC RACING CLUB to mention a few..Bob then moved to the World of Outlaws in 1979 with the purchase of the yellow and black Gambler #98 from C.K. Spurlock which is the car Dave now drives with D.A.A.R.A..He and Red ran any track that would let them in along with drivers like Danny Smith, Sammy Swindell, Steve Kinser and the Blaney's along with the local drivers at their respective tracks..There are several active members with DAARA who new and raced with him..Kenny Coleman,Tom Coghlan and this past years guest speaker Jack Calabrase along with members of other clubs like Dave Hatcher #5 midget who was at Darlington..

FROM TOM COGHLAN: I knew Bob back in the late 60's early 70's when he and Red Lanham would come and run with Atlantic United Midget Racing Club events..Also Bob and Red would come to Daytona in February during Speeedweeks when AUMRC ran the 4 day event at the Daytona Memorial Stadium on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings in the early 70's..Bob also ran with at Cattaraugus County,Little Valley N.Y., JFKenndy in Philadelphia Pa and Huntingdon Fairgrounds Huntingdon Pa and a few other tracks with us but I have misplaced some of my old news articles and entries lists..Bob was a great competitor and joker..What Red didn't think of Bob would think of and doing it..
I had basically forgot about Bob until DAARA's banquet this past February when Dave and his wife Connie walked out behind Vivian and I after the banquet when Vivian said hi and asked where they were from, when Connie said Dunbar W.Va and before I could say knew a midget racer from Dunbar, Connie said her father was Bob Casto..What a small world running into the Dave and Connie..Bob was one of the old breed midget racer and he will be missed..

Joe Farnsworth is working on a big rat rod project. This is a 76 Peterbilt cab on a motorhome chassis. It has a Dodge Cummins diesel, with a 5 spd trans..It has been ongoing in our shop for 5 years. This year we set up the rear body. It was a 16' flatbed that is now shortened to 14'..It has a dump cylinder to raise the body so the 8' ramps can be set to load a modified or the bantam..It has an electric winch mounted at the front of the body..The truck has 19.5 tires..The cab and wiring are next years project.

RICHARD PASTOR HAD A BAD FLIP AT WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY THIS SUMMER..HE WALKED FROM THE NON DAARA ACCIDENT.

Jim Heiland writes that DAARA member Mark May is moving from Marshfield, WI to the Daytona area..He is excited about racing with our DAARA members with his 1973 Dodge and 1964 Dodge..

JIM HEILAND IS ON THE ROAD FROM MINNESOTA TO DARLINGTON..

BOBBY HALL MADE A LONG HALL FROM HIS HOME IN IRON STATION, NC TO THE DECATUR COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS IN GREENSBURG, INDIANA ON AUGUST 8, 2009..HE WAS PART OF THE SALUTE TO TQ MIDGET RACING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MIDWEST TQ RACING LEAUGE (MTQRL)..(Janet Smith photos from MOVRCC newsletter)

DAVE DENNIS FROM BOONVILLE, IN IS SHOWN HERE AT SALEM SPEEDWAY DURING THE 50th JOE JAMES/PAT O'CONNOR MEMORIAL RACE..(Lacer photo)

CARL AMOS WAS ALSO AT SALEM SPEEDWAY FOR THE USAC RACE..CARL AND DENNIS WERE PART OF THE 43 CARS THE MIDWEST OLDTIMERS VINTAGE RACE CAR CLUB HAD AT THE TRACK..(Lacer photo)

WE HAVE A NEW DAARA MEMBER FROM ENGLAND..HE IS EZ WALKER AND HERE IS SOME OF HIS TOYS..

JERRY HANCE SENT THIS PHOTO THAT WAS FOUND SHOWING A 1920 GROUP OF CARS THAT WERE PART OF A RACE SOME WHERE IN THE JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA AREA..

A FUN TIME WAS HAD LAST WEEKEND AT THE COLUMBIA MOTORSPORTS PARK IN LAKE CITY..KNEELING IS RONNIE ROHN WHO WON THE SUNDAY SHOW FOR OUR DAARA CAR..STANDING FROM THE LEFT IS BILL JORDAN, CASEY JONES, DON STIVES, BILL McPEEK, RICHARD SMITH, GEOFF YODER, RON HESS WHO WON THE SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW, AND RICHIE IVERSEN..

THIS IS BILL JORDAN FROM BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA AND HIS 1936 FORD..(McPEEK photo)

THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS WRITTEN BY GERRY HAFER FOR THE SUMTER EXPRESS..

PRESIDENT BILL WENDT AT THE "FROG FOLLIES" CAR SHOW IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA..(Knapp photo)

WANDA AND KEVIN DAUGHERTY WERE AT THE "FROG FOLLIES"..IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE HER WITH OUT HER FIRESUIT AND HELMET SHE DRIVES A PURPLE AND GREEN SPEEDSTER AT ZEPHYRHILLS..(Knapp photo)

THERE IS STLL ROOM TO ADD YOUR PICTURE TO THE REST WHO HAVE COMPETED IN THE 2009 SVS RACES..(JimmyJeep collages)

DAARA MEMBER CLIFFORD GRAY SENT ME THIS PHOTO FROM WWII..THIS WAS HIS FATHER'S CREW THAT FLEW IN A PBY4-PRIVATEER AIRPLANE SIMULAR TO THE ONE THEY POSED IN FRONT OF. RAYMOND GRAY WAS A TAIL GUNNER IS PICTURED THIRD FROM THE LEFT IN THE BACK ROW..THEY WERE SHOT DOWN ON THE 9th OF MARCH IN 1945..RAYMOND AND ONE OTHER SURVIVED THE CRASH IN THE SEA OF JAPAN AND WERE PRISONERS IN CAMP OFUNA WHICH WAS THE WORST WAR CAMPS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1945...

AFTER THE WAR RAYMOND DROVE A STOCK CAR SHOWN HERE AT THE ORIGINAL JAX SPEEDWAY PARK.

THIS CAR HE DROVE AT THE NEW JAXS SPEEDWAY..

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