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Racing Discussion / Re: PLEASE READ - User Database PURGE
« on: December 15, 2012, 03:49:47 PM »
I would love to stay please, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone.
 

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 08, 2011, 03:19:05 PM »
Half Fast Bob....the fiasco that took place was in 79 and Alan got the car back the next week and finished the rest of the 79 season. He went  just one weekend without the car.
The colorful weld car Al drove in 79 was refered to as the circus wagon, I believe the guy who lettered the car(who I know very well) came up with the term circus wagon and it stuck.

The pic in which had Alan, Danny and pep pepicelli, the car pepicelli is driving is the weld car Alan drove in 78(red with white trim) before the circus wagon.

Bob did you get the picks of Alan's troyer cars, I will send more pics and I do have the black #24 mitsubishi car.



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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 08, 2011, 07:41:57 AM »
Here is a pic of the car Alan drove that Tico Conley owned in 1980 which was the first full year they were together.
In 1979 is where Alan drove the Scott Stackus car which Tico Conley bought and drove himself that year for a double header at Canandaigua one night. If memory serves me correct Alan had sum sort of leagle issues with Wembly Construction with the  car and he had it taken away for that night. I heard that Will Cagle was involved in the matter and sided with Wembly so that Alan wouldn't have his car to race so Will could win the Canandaigua track championship that year. Now this is what I heard back then so I hope that somebody comes on and that might know the exact circumstances of that event but thats what I heard.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 07, 2011, 10:43:44 PM »
Heres another dirt trackin magazine cover.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 07, 2011, 02:32:32 PM »
Here is a dirt trackin magazine cover I dug up.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 06, 2011, 01:46:35 PM »
Half Fast, Alan past Jack Johnson for the lead on lap 49 and won the race with Davey Moore 2nd and Jack Johnson 3rd. Had to look up the lap Al took the lead on as I can't remember everything as that was a while ago.

As far as Mike goes he was crew chief foa Al in 83 and after that he want to nascar and lost track of what he was doing.

The weld cars were a great car in there day, a little tidbit that I found out a while ago is that the troyer car in 81 was a copy of the weld cars of the late 70,s with up to date technology. 

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 06, 2011, 11:32:41 AM »
Half Fast Bob and kt, I was a 14 year old kid back in 81, helped on Alan,s race cars only at the tracks until I graduated high school and then I was able to help Alan more at the shop and through the 80,s and it was a good time during that span, so ya I was at both canandaigua and rolling wheels for those shows and you,re right about the heating problem, Mike Hillman and crew took the radiator out of the old car and installed it in the new troyer for the wheels show and as you can see in the pic here the rad was pretty tall for the car so the nose piece would not fit.
 
It was fun to watch Alan drive through the field that day.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 01, 2011, 11:59:50 PM »
The car hasn't been lettered because it came straight from Troyer's shop to the race track.
As far as the tires go back in those days you could pick from all sorts of compounds and  different tire companies, McCreary, hoosier and goodyear which was still in the mix in those days.
Here is a pic of the car the next week all lettered.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 01, 2011, 06:08:37 PM »
yep the first one, set track record and won the feature that night.

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Racing Discussion / Re: oldies but goodies
« on: April 01, 2011, 12:07:10 PM »
Hi all, I just signed on, great site and topics. Here is a pic I had from 1981, this is the first Troyer car driven by Alan Johnson on opening night at Canandaigua speedway

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