Paul Root wrote:
> Back in the early 80s, my brother and I went down to Hallet Raceway in
> Oklanhoma for a weekend. We worked corners to get in free.
That's our local track.
> Newman was there.
>
> Saturday night, we were camping across the track from the paddock.
> Apparently some drinking was going on. Pretty soon, we saw a car
> go out on the track. I can't remember which one, but I think it was
> one of Bob Sharp's Z cars. It was driving backwards up the front
> straight, into pit row backwards and around again.
>
> Another car did it. Then the Morgan (number 55 with the circle line
> drawn threw it) car of the owner (?) of Hallet. It went around a
> couple times, and then high centered itself on the tire wall. Opps.
> Word in the paddocks the next day was that Newman was driving at the
> time.
Owner of Hallett, Mike Stephens. Stephens Brothers Racing is Mike's two
sons, Shane and Scott. SBR is repairing my Victor TF right now.
-Rock http://www.rocky-frisco.com
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