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Old Drag Racers Reunion
Sept 29 - October 1, 2006
Panama City, Florida
Old Drag Racers Reunion
Sept 29 - October 1, 2006
Panama City, Florida
2006 Event Flyer
Final mail out 2006 Old Drag Racers Reunion
From Sol Stewart
This is long...lots of information...please read very carefully.
Friday Sept. 29th Legends Of Drag Racing Dinner/Ceremony
We only have 63 tickets left fot this Dinner-Ceremony. When they are all gone, we will be full....Sold out. Friday, Sept.15th is the date I have to meet with the caterer and turn in the money and the head count for the dinner. Any money received after Sept. 14th will be returned. NO TICKETS, if any are left, will be sold after that date and no tickets will be available at the door on Sept. 29th. A Panama City police officer will be taking up tickets at the door and only persons holding a ticket will be allowed in. The door opens at 7pm CST, a cash bar will be available thru out the evening.
The buffet will be served at 7:45pm and the Ceremony will start shortly thereafter.
Special guests for the Dinner/Ceremony will be Don Garlits, Darrell Gwynn, Jerry Gwynn and Buddy Martin.
There is a fair chance Roy Hill and David Pearson will come with Buddy Martin.
How to get tickets to this? Contact me.
A video production company from Nashville, Tenn. is coming to the ODRR to video interviews for a SPECIAL "The Early Days of Drag Racing". They were at the big NHRA Reunion in Bowling Green, Ky. several weeks back and heard about our Event and now they are coming to Panama City to see what we are about.
Do we have any members of the ODRR who use Royal Purple Oil Products? Bobby Likis has this company as one of his major sponsors. Bobby would like to interview at least 3 of you on his National Radio Show on Saturday morning Sept. 30th, direct from the Car Show. PLEASE get in touch with me if you use the Royal Purple products and would like to be interviewed on national radio...just might be something in it for you!
Charlie Morris from the famous 422 Racing Group in Penn. will be at the Reunion doing interviews and gathering information and pictures for his new book, "Drag Racing In the 60's".
HALL OF MEMORIES 8:30am CST Saturday morning, Sept. 30th Ball Room
Again we ask everyone to bring old drag racing pictures, memorabilia, and racing artifacts and place them in the "Hall of Memories" for everyone to see, enjoy and reminisce over.
Share these old treasures with others, just as the car show people share their cars in the Car Show.
CAR SHOW 8:30am CST Saturday morning, Sept. 30th Rear Park Lot Motel
PLEASE let me or Rob Cole know if you plan to enter your car in the CAR SHOW. It is FREE ENTRY and we are expecting a big turnout.
PHIL BONNER is bringing his famous 1964 T-Bolt to the CAR SHOW. We understand a gent from central Fla. is bringing the "FireBall" Roberts 57 Ford round track car...300HP 312. Also there is a good chance Marvin Panch will bring his 62 Pontiac round track car, thanks to the help of his good friend and ODRR member Sonny Rollo. There is a good chance that we will have as many as 7 origional 1964 T-Bolts at the CAR SHOW. We hope Todd Werner will bring his 1968 RONNIE SOX BARRACUDA.
PLEASE let me know if you would like to enter the "CACKLE FEST" during the CAR SHOW. This will start at 11am. We will also have a limited number of cars for the "BURN OUT" contest(10) which starts a 11:30am. PLEASE let me know if you would like to enter your car in this. Trophies will be awarded in the Car Show, the CACKLE FEST and the BURNOUTS.
DRAG RACING SATURDAY NIGHT
Any cars entered in our CAR SHOW will be able to run in a special Bracket Race at the local drag strip on Saturday night. Entry fee for car and driver will be $40.00 and there will be a 100% pay back...For Instance...if we have 20 cars from the CAR SHOW race, there will be an $800.00 payout. There will be a special race for ODRR members over 75 yrs. old. Already there has been one protest filed that claims GEORGE WARREN is not old enough to race in this event. He will be required to provide a birth certificate proving he is 75 or older. Also, ELLIS MILNER (WOW, 49 yrs. in drag racing) is bringing his beautiful 1957 Chevy PRO MOD car to the CAR SHOW and for his daughter LYNN MILNER to drive in a MATCH RACE Saturday night at the track. LYNN is an outstanding PRO MOD racer and consistantly turns the 1/8 mile in the 4.20's at better than 170 MPH.
Below is a partial list of Race Cars we hope will be ready to race after the CAR SHOW...
- AUBREY PADGETT...."BIG IRON" CHEVY
- ROBERT McLELLAND..."BIG CHIEF" PONTIAC
- BILL TRIPOLI...SS/DA 67 FAIRLANE 427
- RUSTY GILLIS...69 MUSTANG 428CJ
- WILLARD O'BRIAN..."OLD RUSTY" CHEVY
- JIMMY SPINKS..."COUNTRY BOY" CHEVY
- R. D. HELMS...CHEVY
- SPEEDY BALL...CHEVY POWERED FORD
- JOE TEUTON...426 HEMI BARRACUDA
- CHARLES COOK...WILLYS COUPE
- MARCO DeCESARIS...DICK BRANNAN'S T-BOLT
- TOM GOULD...28 TIMES NAT. RECORD CORVAIR
- JEFF NELSON...71 MUSTANG
- MIKE OSBURN... 1964 FORD 427
PLEASE advise me if you would like to race your car at the local drag strip on Saturday night Sept. 30th. The car must be in the CAR SHOW Saturday morning in order to get into our SPECIAL BRACKET RACE Saturday night.
HALL OF FAME CEREMONY - SATURDAY 2pm MOTEL BALL ROOM
The WORD is out...there are two or three of the 2006 Hall Of Fame inductees who may get "ROASTED" real good....LOOK OUT RANDY....There will be celebs galore for everyone to meet and talk to....
THE HOST MOTEL THE HOLIDAY INN SELECT PANAMA CITY, FLA.
The phone # for reservations is 850-769-0000. REMEMBER to tell them you are with the OLD DRAG RACERS REUNION to get the good room rate.
For more information, contact:
Sol Stewart
PO Box 144
Jackson, AL 36525
Phone: 251-246-5588
email: t_pet@bellsouth.net
See, also, 2002 Article, 2003 Article, and 2004 Article.
See, also, 2002 Photos, 2003 Photos, 2004 Photos, and 2005 Photos
See, also, Old Drag Racers Reunion Hall of Fame and 2004 Old Drag Racers Reunion Video.
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