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“That was my first race car,” Don says. “In fact, one of my first cars period; my transportation car in 1939. Rodger Ward (’59 and ’62 Indy 500 winner) had a wrecking yard in South Pasadena. I lived a couple of miles from there. I drove it on the street and drove it to the lakes, took off the windshield and lights, and went 121 mph … I’m not sure if it was Muroc in 1939 or Harper that I ran. I ran a blower on an early 21-stud Flathead Ford engine. It was basically a stock engine with filled heads to build the compression. The blower that I was using was worn out and it was scraping the case, but it was close enough that it boosted the pressure some. Rodger opened a tire shop in Monrovia and drove for Vic Edelbrock and blew everybody away driving Edelbrock’s Midget when I knew him. Rodger’s brother, Ronnie, built my Sprint Car that won the CRA Sprint Car Championship.” View Related Article
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