This Month in the 13 Classic Car LOOKING TOWARDS Summary RUMBLER THE FUTURE! 1967 Dodge Dart GTS

1 Table of Contents 15 "Fear Factor" Joe Rogan's 70 Cuda 1 Meeting Place And Time "SICK FISH"

1 Looking Towards 17 Top End Dragways the Future 17 Jamestown College

Story by Masaki Ova 2 BISON 6 Show Times Jamestown 17 Week of December 13th Speedway Driver Bio- 2 Comical Story #13 Dustin Erickson Priest & Nun Jamestown 2 Birthdays 19 Speedway December Jamestown Drag 19 3 Buffalo City Racing Tourism 19 Calendar of Events Nina Sneider Written by Skovy 20 Car Club Sites 3 Muscle Car 22 Truck Stop Coupon History I am very fortunate to have the JVSM Membership TASCA Ford 23 opportunity to congratulate App 5 Comical Story 24 Don Wilhelm, Inc. everybody in our organization. Careful who you have With only an inspiration a short Service Special Paint your porch. year ago, we’ve grown way st 6 Classic Car beyond any of our 1 year Summary expectations.

1955 Chevy Nomad

9 Comical Story Right now, or “RUMBLER” New Porsche NEXT MEETING magazine has grown faster that TH we ever expected. 84 are being 10 Summary of a DECEMBER 11 Legend mailed to members, 200 are

Wally Booth - being distributed throughout THE AWARDS AMC Racing Legend Jamestown, and 719 are being e-

13 Comical Story BANQUET. mailed to people in North Dakota, A Farmer & his cow South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. That’s right, we’ve

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Broke the 1000 barrier to 1003. Priest: Sister, I don’t think the We are still growing also. Every Lord would have a problem, day I’m getting e-mails from under the circumstances, if we people wanting to be added to spent the night together in this the list. Our member list is at 58. one room. I’ll sleep on the couch and you have the bed. Dues are currently due. It’s only $25.00 per year. You can either Nun: I think that would be send them to me, James Valley okay. Street Machines 1113 7th Avenue SW Jamestown, ND 58401 or just They prepare for bed and each pay them at the Christmas Party one takes their agreed place in on December 11. the room. 10 minutes later …

Speaking of which, make sure Nun: Father, I’m terribly cold. you come on over to the KC’s on Tuesday night December 11th Priest: Okay, I’ll get you a and enjoy the festivities. The blanket. (He does). 10 minutes evening will be fun with later … camaraderie from everybody. Prime Rib and Baked Potato will Nun: Father, I’m still terribly be served. Afterwards, there will cold. be a live auction performed by Priest: Okay Sister, I’ll get you Roger Nenow. This money will be another blanket. (He does). 10 raised to cover expenses that minutes later … were incurred for the 2012 startup year. Also, there will be a Nun: Father, I’m still terribly $20.00 drawing. Good Luck and cold. I don’t think the Lord hope to see you all there. would mind if we acted as man and wife just for this one night. COMICAL STORY Priest: You’re probably right … Get up and get your own blanket.

BIRTHDAYS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER

Bonnie Mathias 12/14 Priest & Nun Roberg Gleason 12/15 Steven Huebner 12/19 A Priest and a Nun were on their Tom Ravely 12/21 way back home from a trip when Bob Lulay 12/27 their car breaks down. They are Jim Dodd 12/30 unable to get if fixed right away, so they decide to spend the Miss your birthday? Please night in a hotel. The only hotel contact me at 701-202-7067 in town had only one room whereas I can update your available. records.

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taxes) have risen by 71.8% tourism was $33 for every dollar through 2011. of tax funding invested.

Visitors ‘on the hill’ to Frontier Buffalo City Tourism extends our

NINA SNEIDER Village, the World’s Largest warmest wishes for a Happy Buffalo Monument and the Holiday Season! Executive Director National Buffalo Museum have gone from 85,900 to 134,200 in Nina Sneider, Executive Director, 2012 with an all-time high of BCTF 174,330 in 2010 (the year the World’s Largest Buffalo was rededicated).

Visitation to Ft. Seward increased by 16% in 2012.

Visitation to the Stutsman Museum improves year to year.

Tourism has created 2 full time and 24 seasonal and/or part-time positions.

81,400 brochures have been distributed so far in 2012 – up Often at this time of year, we 40% over 2011. reflect on the year past. Such is MUSCLE CAR HISTORY the case with Buffalo City BCTF is active on YouTube, TASCA FORD Tourism. After almost 9 years in Facebook and is currently existence and countless hours of developing an updated website. volunteerism from Board Members as well as staff, we Volunteers on the Executive and have been called upon by our Full Board levels have attended City Council to again and again as many as 50 meetings so far in prove our worth to them and the 2012 resulting in over $11,000 of taxpayers. in-kind service. The economic impact to Jamestown and Stutsman County through October 2012 is This story and photos are by estimated at $14,500,000. This streetmachineclub.com brings the 8 year total economic impact to Eighty Within recent years, the Nitro Five Million, Nine Hundred class in the NHRA Full Four Thousand, and Four Throttle Series has Hundred and Thirty Eight witnessed an infusion of new Dollars! blood. Today, the second fastest class in the sport includes the With that in mind, I offer you, For an investment by the City of likes of Ashley Force and Bobby the reading public the following: Jamestown, JSDC and Stutsman Tasca, Jr. in its ranks. In regards County of $434,300 in 2012 the to the latter, Bobby Tasca, Jr. Since 2004, lodging and return on investment from recently won Funny Car restaurant taxes (aka hospitality Eliminator at the 2009 NHRA P a g e | 4

Gatornationals, where Bobby was dealership became a Mecca for In ’65, Tasca Ford was selected also the top qualifier. Ford muscle cars in the late ’60s. to campaign one of five 427 On any given day you could find SOHC A/FX Mustangs, winning If the name “Tasca” sounds enough Boss 302 and Boss 429 both the AHRA and NHRA familiar, it should, as Bobby Mustangs, Fairlanes, Torinos, and Winternationals events back-to- comes from a Ford family heavily Shelby GT350 and GT500 back, as well as the inaugural steeped in drag racing tradition. Mustangs assembled in one place Super Stock & Drag Illustrated Tasca’s grandfather is none other to put the average present-day Magazine “Super Stock than Bob “The Big Bopper” Ford muscle car enthusiast show Nationals.” Tasca, the patriarch of the East to shame. Providence, RI, Ford and Lincoln- Mercury dealership empire. Bob is also the one who coined the term, “Win on Sunday, and sell on Monday.”

In mid-’65 Tasca saw the writing Throughout the ’60s, Tasca Ford on the wall and realized and the Blue Oval Battalion Experimental Stock match racing collaborated on a number of high was quickly replacing legitimate performance projects. For NHRA/AHRA FX class racing. So, example, Tasca and Ford with Ford’s blessing, he

Engineering were the first to commissioned Holman-Moody to shoehorn a 390-427 FE into a ’63 build a Mustang match racer In regards to the Tasca Ford Ford Fairlane, and the ’64 427 prototype to run in the unlimited racing dynasty, Bob began fixing Fairlane “Thunderbolt” was born. class. The new Tasca “Mystery 9” up and selling used cars as a Of course, Tasca’s car was one of Mustang match racer was a huge young man. By the late ’50s, he the quickest and fastest in the success, running 9.82 at 141.28 had his own new car dealership nation, setting the S/S national on gasoline, and the car served (Tasca Ford), and in no time at record at 11.69 at 122.22 as well as a blueprint for Ford’s all, he built it into one of the as winning the NHRA Northeast phenomenally successful 1966 largest volume Ford dealers on Division Stock Eliminator factory-backed Mustang match the east coast. Championship in ’64. racers.

But things moved very quickly in Early on, Tasca realized that high NHRA’s Unlimited Funny Car class performance sold cars, and his in those days. By ’67, Tasca had P a g e | 5 one of the new flip top Mustangs Funny Car before beginning his neighborhood. She went to the running in A/FC, known as the latest assignment. front door of the first house and “Tasca Mystery 7.” Disenchanted asked the owner if he had any by all the mechanical breakage “My grandfather is extremely jobs for her to do. and fires, Tasca teamed up with proud of what I have Ford on the development of the accomplished,” Bobby Tasca, Jr. "Well, you can paint my porch. infamous “Cobra-Jet” Mustang said. And, we have no doubt that How much will you charge?" Super Stock cars, which won the Bobby is equally as proud of his The blonde said, "How about 50 1968 NHRA Winternationals and grandfather! dollars?" The man agreed and ran away with the eliminator the told her that the paint and remainder of the season. ladders that she might need were in the garage. The man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the house?" The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."

A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her In 1969, Tasca began money. concentrating on Ford’s Boss 429 "You're finished already?" he Mustang project (the “Tasca asked. "Yes," the blonde Super Boss”), as well as funding answered, "and I had paint left a ’69 Mach 1 AA/FC, albeit on a over, so I gave it two limited basis. However, by coats.”Impressed, the man season’s end, Bob was on to reached in his pocket for the $50. bigger and better things. At "And by the way," the blonde

Ford’s request, he sold his Ford added, "that's not a Porch, it's a dealership and opened Tasca Ferrari." Lincoln-Mercury in nearby COMICAL STORY Seekonk, MA. He operated that dealership well into the early ’90s when, once again at Ford’s request, Tasca Ford, which his three sons operate, was reestablished in East Providence, RI.

Of course, the name “Tasca” would resurface with the Ford sponsorship of 14-time NHRA flopper icon , which Careful who you have paint brings us full circle back to your porch. grandson Bobby, Jr. His career started by drag racing a 5.0L A blonde, wanting to earn some Mustang prior to attending Frank money, decided to hire herself Hawley’s Drag Racing School, out as a handyman-type and where he started in a Top Alcohol started canvassing a wealthy P a g e | 6

CLASSIC CAR SUMMARY:

1955 CHEVROLET NOMAD

some Corvette styling thrown in Golden Hawk and the Lincoln not be cool and collectible? How Continental and a couple others come everybody wasn’t latching were also in there, I think,” onto those great Chevrolet recalled Miller, a resident of Nomads from 1955-’57 and Caledonia, Wis., south of This story and photos are by Brian keeping them as hobby cars? Milwaukee. “I don’t think I was Earnest (Old Cars Weekly). looking for a Nomad, but I was A lot of old car lovers are still looking for an old car of some Even if his dad didn’t agree with kicking themselves for missing kind. I walked through Jake’s him, Luke Miller was definitely the boat on the Nomads, which yard [in Reedsburg, Wis.] many ahead of the curve on this one. have become among the most times but I never saw this car. beloved cars of the 1950s and a hot ticket whether they are “But one day I finally saw this restored, rodded or original and Nomad in the yard, and when I unmolested. first told my dad about it, he said, ‘Oh, you don’t want that Miller bought into the idea that piece of scrap iron.’ Or maybe his the wonderful wagons were words were, ‘Why do you want keepers, however, and he that piece of scrap iron?’ So couldn’t be blamed for wearing finally I got that Motor Trend that vindicated “I told you so!” magazine and showed him the look on his face for all these article and he said, ‘Yeah, that years anytime he gets behind the might be desirable.’ So we got wheel of his lovely ’55 Nomad. it.”

And so began a 44-plus-year odyssey that has taken Miller around the country many times in his wagon and transformed him into one of the most devoted “Nomaders” — as the wagon owners call themselves — and most visible and active national club members. Miller estimates he has rolled up about 250,000 miles in his Nomad and holds a It seems so obvious now: how streak of 42 years in which he could a handsome, two-door “I think I saw something in about has piloted the car to a national hardtop station wagon with “Tri- 1968 in Motor Trend magazine meet under its own power. “I Five” Chevy Bel Air DNA and about 10 collectible cars, and the was number 250 of that first club Nomad was in there … The [the National Nomad Club, P a g e | 7 formed in 1970],” he said. “That front of each one of the wheels, crank was broken between the ran until 1988, and then the in what they call the dogleg No. 4 and 5 main, but it still ran.” Chevrolet Nomad Association area.” came into being, and that’s been Ultimately, Miller installed a 350- 24 years there. I’m the only At the time, Miller needed a car cid V-8 from a 1968 Camaro and member that has driven their to get back and forth to school, mated it to a three-speed with Nomad there every year for 42 and a guinea pig to do some overdrive. It’s not exactly factory- years. And there are about six of tech-ed training on, so the issue, but it is a set-up that has us that have been to the Nomad Nomad became his daily served him well for 30 years. This meets every year.” transportation and restoration past year Miller had the Nomad training car. He initially made due completely restored from the with a few decidedly “un-Nomad- pavement up at Ken’s Klassics in like” parts, including bucket seats Muscoda, Wis, and the 350 and a four-on-the-floor shifter stayed under the hood. from a Pontiac GTO. “Everybody that saw it with the bucket seats said, ‘Boy that would be neat with the front seat in it.’ I had the front seat, but it was in kind of tough shape,” Miller recalled Not bad for a car that Miller first with a laugh. used as his college beater while he went to school at the He eventually swapped out the University of Wisconsin-Stout. It original six-cylinder engine in was there that he studied to favor of a 265. The Powerglide become a tech-ed teacher, which that came from the factory was he turned into a career. He didn’t also removed in favor of a three- figure the decision to buy a speed. Miller later removed the Nomad would give him a 265, too, in favor of a 327 mill permanent hobby, but once he “that I got at a local dealership in got the car running, Miller never Reedsburg. That engine had let it go. some damage, though, so I took it out at Stout and had it restored “No, it didn’t run. It was missing — put a new crank in it and the intake manifold. I don’t think bearings… The first time we [it had been running recently],” drove it to a Nomad meet was in he said. “It had a ’62 calendar 1970 out in Colorado Springs, that was on the sun visor, I and we drove it back and had found that when I opened the car just gotten back when my up. It might have been sitting brother said, ‘I wanna go up to since 1962… Jake’s might not Wisconsin Dells and watch them have gotten it until 1967, who race.’ Well he came back at 2 in knows? Maybe that’s why I the morning and knocked on my hadn’t noticed it. door and said, ‘Luke there is something terrible wrong with your car. It was shaking and “But it was pretty complete, vibrating real bad.’ “I still have the 265 sitting on the other than one headlight were stand back home,” Miller said. missing and the eyebrow over the one headlight. The turn “So we towed it back to town It wasn’t the 235-cid six-cylinder signal was missing. A dent was in and pulled the pan down and the or optional 265 V-8 that made the fender and there was rust in P a g e | 8 the Nomads so attractive with the standard two-barrel, the door wagon proved to be far anyway. It was their all-new, bigger power plant was rated at more popular than the two-door modern-looking, creative styling 162 hp. Buyers could get 180 Nomad sport wagon. According that turned the Nomads and their horses if they moved up to the to the Standard Catalog of Pontiac Safari cousins into such four-barrel version, or they could American Cars 1946-1975, only trend-setters. go to the top of the performance 6,103 of the sporty two-door ladder and order the “Super wagons were built for the first Power Pack” option with 195 hp. year, compared with 24,313 assemblies of the four-door hauler.

The Nomads debuted in 1955 as one of Chevy’s class of “Hot Ones,” showing off Bel Air trim and some features that had been borrowed from the Corvette Nomad prototype that had For all its appeal, the Nomad was appeared at the General Motors a bit of an oddity at the time and Motorama at the Waldorf Astoria it was the most expensive car in Hotel in New York City in 1954. the entire Chevrolet lineup, which The Nomad was a previously didn’t help its first-year sales unheard of combination of a performance. Production grew flashy hardtop coupe and a modestly to 7,886 for 1956, and utilitarian station wagon. then slumped slightly to 6,103 for 1957, which signaled the end of the first-generation run for the original Nomad.

Convenience options included From the back, the Nomads power steering and brakes, looked like they should have power seat, electric windshield been included in the Corvette wipers, air conditioning and a family photo, with seven vertical lengthy list of other goodies. Miller admits he had no idea how spears lined up on the forward- collectible and valuable the sloping tail gate, but with tail Before any adds-ons, a V-8 Nomads would eventually lamps that mimicked the other equipped Nomad carried a base become when he first dragged ’55 Bel Airs. sticker price of $2,571 — about his car home. He was just happy 100 bucks more than the six- to have a car to call his own, The new 265 V-8 had an cylinder version and about $210 even if it had a salvage title. “I overhead-valve design with more than the full-sized four- was driving my mom’s ’50 Chevy higher compression. In base form door Bel Air wagon. The four- and then her ’53 Chevy, and then P a g e | 9 this one came along, and it was Then Ken came with his trailer my mom died we inherited about the first one that ever had my and took it over to Muscoda and two-thirds of what it cost to name on the title,” he said. “I he had it until the last week in restore this car. think we got it in early April, June,” Miller said. “I kind of put maybe, and by May we had it him under the gun, because on running. I had to have the local the Fourth of July I had to have it constable come out and look at for Sacramento [for the Nomad it… He inspected it. I guess he national meet]. He just did a looked at the VIN and a couple great job with it. I’m very happy things and he said, ‘Yeah, it’s with it.” OK.’ So the title is stamped ‘previously junked and reconditioned.’ I just got the title “So Dad’s money is being used to re-done again and thought fix up that old piece of scrap maybe they could forget that, but iron.” they didn’t.”

Miller also spends time behind the wheel of his ’56 Safari wagon, 1967 RS/SS Camaro and 1969 Malibu convertible, but it is the Nomad that will forever be his favorite. “It’s just been a great, fun car, and we’ve met a lot of great people with it,” he said. “The club is just a great family organization.” COMICAL STORY

After more than four decades on the road with his wagon, Miller This past summer, Miller said his decided to give the car the full was one of 32 1955 Nomads at restoration treatment this year. the national meet. He expects to New Porsche. This time he was ready to turn be there again every year he is everything over to a professional able, driving his car to the show shop, and Ken’s Klassics provided A wealthy guy picks up his latest site. “My wife gets a little toy, a new Porsche and goes to a splendid restoration, complete concerned because she says this with a stunning Regal Turquoise show it off to his friends. He is our bank account,” Miller parks it on Rodeo drive and just and India Ivory (paint code 612) laughed. “But actually, most of two-tone paint job. “I stripped as he opens the door, a truck the money came from my mom. sideswipes it, tearing off the door the entire interior and most of She passed away in 2010 and my the glass out of it at home … dad passed away in 2000. When P a g e | 10 and nearly killing him in the SUMMARY OF A Maskin, a C/Modified Production process. competitor at the tracks around LEGEND: Detroit saw where Bob Swaim, formerly with the Ford Motor WALLY BOOTH... Company, had accepted a position with American Motors. AMC RACING LEGEND He wasted no time in calling Swaim and scheduling a lunch meeting. It made sense because their offices were only five miles apart.

The rich guy stumbles out in This story and photos are by John shock and starts screaming “My Jadauga (National Magazine & Porsche, my brand new Porsche! Competionplus.com). I just paid 100K for it and its ruined" Richard Maskin had a morning ritual back in 1971 from which he The cop who arrives on the scene rarely deviated. He’d head into tells him, "You rich guys make his office at his grandfather's business, Barnett Pontiac, sit me sick; you nearly got killed and Dick Maskin all you care about is your down with his cup of coffee and material possessions. Good god read the morning newspaper. Maskin learned that Swaim had man you are lucky to be alive, One day, instead of reading his already offered a deal to “Dyno” look at your arm, your hand is local paper, Maskin instead as part of a major missing!" picked up an automotive news publication. While he didn't know push for the American Motors it at the time, that simple change brand in NHRA . Swaim The guy looks at his arm spurting told him there were two smaller blood and screams " " Oh my of routine would forever change the course of his life. programs in addition to god, my Rolex is gone! What Nicholson’s major Pro Stock happened to my Rolex?" effort.

One of those smaller programs had all but been earmarked for a friend of a friend of Roger Penske’s – Rich LaMont. Maskin got the final spot on the team.

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As quickly as the opportunity They had to transform the image disadvantage for a little while materialized for Maskin, it fell like of being the grocery-getter until they figured out how fast a rock. Rambler manufacturer to a high those canted valve Fords were – performance alternative from the they put some weight on them. “I got a call from Swain telling traditional “Big Three.” Booth, That got everyone back in a pack me that Ford had anteed up Dick Arons [then aligned with together.” when they realized Nicholson was leaving,” Maskin said. “Dyno was Booth] and Maskin had to pretty cheap in those days, so he undertake building an engine Booth added that a few stayed with Ford. The AMC virtually from scratch. manufacturers pitched in to get program almost fell apart and I the program off of the ground. almost lost my deal. There wasn’t going to be anything.” "We finally got JE to machine some pistons from TRE castings, Maskin recommended Wally and General Kenetics made us Booth as the perfect replacement some camshafts,” said Booth. for Nicholson. At the time, Booth “The rest we pretty well did on was second only to Bill “Grumpy” our own." Jenkins in terms of success in Chevrolet Pro Stock. Besides, According to Booth, the basic Maskin had purchased engines AMC components weren't that from Booth and Dick Aarons for bad, despite the company's non- his C/Modified Production racing image. Camaro.

“I told Swaim that Booth was the best guy to handle it,” Maskin said. “I told them that I couldn’t do it because I didn’t have the Dick Arons resources, the experience and I just wasn’t old enough – only 22 There was only one problem. or 23.” Nobody had any parts readily available. "They had a good block to begin with,” Booth said. “It had a wide “We didn’t have anyone making bore and a short stroke. If you any parts for us during those remember, the American Motors AMX's had done pretty well in days,” Maskin said. “I learned the Super Stock. The basic AMC business I am in today as a result design was better than most of the axiom ‘necessity is the people gave it credit for." mother of all inventions.” Swaim made the call to Booth The early AMC engines ranged in “We had to make a lot of stuff for letting him know there was a displacement from 342 to 370 those cars to make them cubic inches. bunch of parts and cash available competitive. We lobbied for for the person who took the AMC weight breaks and wheelbase. “The AMC engine was no Pro Stock deal. It was more than Once the Ford guys figured that different than any other in that it just taking cash and going racing out, Glidden went to the 1970 had its share of problems,” for Booth, Maskin and LaMont. Mustang and Roush had the 4- Maskin said. “It obviously wasn’t designed to be a race engine but door Maverick. We were at a P a g e | 12 it won a few races in its day. It their first victory came at the That season was the one that won some NASCAR and on the 1974 in almost didn’t happen for the AMC Trans-Am circuit. The engine was Gainesville, Fla. team as Booth said that NHRA pretty good and they had some tech director Jack Hart had special blocks for those programs "There had been some personnel notified him that their cylinder that we got our hands on. The changes at AMC," said Booth. heads would be illegal for 1976. cylinder heads were the largest "Swaim and the other people problems. We just started making backing the program had been Since much of his funding had our own with AMC’s blessings shifted to other parts of the fallen through, he raced Pomona with their suppliers and tooling. company, and it was all but with a Vega that he’d leased from We basically didn’t have a official that they were going to Andy Mannarino. He lost in the motorsports centre, we had a put their resources elsewhere. first round at that event. That guy that we’d call and it wasn’t The Gatornationals win early loss would come back to any sweat for them to issue a absolutely saved the program, haunt him, as well as an early part number.” and Swaim's replacement, Bob departure in Gainesville. Booth Wheat, was instrumental in capitalizing on the win. He had lost the championship that year been hired to promote racing, to Larry Lombardo by six rounds. and after the Gatornationals, he finally had something to promote. The program reached its highest point in 1976 when Booth met It certainly would have been Dave Kanners (driver for Maskin) tragic if it had ended then since in the final round during the we had gone from nothing to the NHRA Finals at Ontario, Ca. Booth began with a Tom Smith- winner's circle in just slightly over Booth won. built Gremlin X while Maskin and two years." while Maskin and original partner Jim Gilbert started with one, they Cylinder head technology, now were the first to convert to a Maskin’s money-maker, was Hornet. The aerodynamic discovered to be the key to difference between the two body making the AMC cars run quickly. styles was as clear as night and Booth drove his Hornet to the top day. Neither were sleek air- qualifying spot at the 1975 U.S. cutters, but the Hornet did have Nationals. an advantage and that came to “Between Me, Wally and Dick, we light in an April 1973 test session made a lot of progress in the five when identical engines were ran years we had to work on the in each car. program,” Maskin said. “Wally won a lot of races and was fast. "The Gremlin was about three At the end of the deal, we were and a half miles per hour and a fast, too. We made it to the finals tenth of a second slower than the a few times but never won a Hornet," said Booth. "After that, I national. We did win some points ordered a new Hornet from Smith The following year, Maskin races though. The glory day was that we debuted at the Spring reached four winner’s circles the final round when Wally beat Nationals in June, and we started us in the finals. We were low et (Springnationals, U.S. Nationals, to run better.” and top speed of every round.” Fallnationals, World Finals) and The AMC team had worked finished runner-up once en route “The energy crisis came along tirelessly to bring the to a third place finish in the and we lost most of our backing. combination up to speed and championship point standings. P a g e | 13

I had another sponsor, who was COMICAL STORY “And then?” Bill asked. going to give me a great deal of money as well. I lost a couple of “Well”, Fred said, “I sat back hundred thousand dollars of down and began milking her sponsorship in two phone calls. again. Just as I got the bucket We continued on self-funded full, the stupid cow knocked over because we already had the bucket with her tail”. everything there.” “Hmmm”, Bill said and nodded his head.

“Some things you just can’t A Farmer and his Cow. explain”, Fred said.

Farmer Fred was sitting in the “So, then what did you do?” Bill asked. neighborhood bar getting drunk. His neighbor, Bill came in the bar “Well”, Fred said, “I didn’t have and asked Fred, “Hey, why are Booth and Maskin ran a few more any more rope left, so I took off you sitting here on this beautiful seasons and finally closed up my belt and tied her tail to the day, getting drunk?” Fred shook shop in 1979. Maskin went on to rafter. In that moment, my pants his head and replied, “Some create Dart cylinder heads and fell down and my wife walked in things you just can’t explain.” “So Booth returned to his engine … Some things you just can’t what happened that’s so building business. explain”. horrible?” Bill asked as he sat down next to Fred. "I was racing some on my own money that year,” Booth said. “I “Well”, Fred said, “Today I was was running over 160 mph in test sitting by my cow, milking her. at Orange County (Int'l Raceway) Just as I got the bucket full, she two weeks before the lifted her left leg and kicked over Winternationals which was real the bucket.” “Okay”, Bill said, good at the time. We broke my “but that’s not so bad.” “Some good motors during those tests things you just can’t explain”, CLASSIC CAR though, and I showed up at Fred replied. SUMMARY: Pomona with garbage under the hood. At that point I felt like I “So what happened then?” Bill 1967 Dodge Dart GTS was done, but I ran the rest of asked. Fred said “I took her left the races anyway to meet my leg and tied it to the pole on the obligations with the sponsors. left”. “And then?” Bill asked. After the year was over, that was it. I retired from racing." “Well, I sat back down and continued to milk her. Just as I got the bucket full, she took her right leg and kicked over the bucket”. Bill laughed and said, “Again?” Fred replied, “Some things you just can’t explain”. This story and photos are by Bruce “So, what did you do then?” Bill Cladwell (Auto Trader Classics). asked. “Well, I took her right leg Not all the great Mopar this time and tied it to the post musclecars were B-bodies or E- on the right” Fred replied. bodies. Some excellent A-body P a g e | 14

Mopars like the Dodge Dart 340 small-block was added to the Eventually, the 440 wedges and slipped under the radar. That low Dart engine lineup. The 340 was 426 Hemis found their way into profile image has made for some a bored out 273 (4.04-inches these lightweight cars although pretty slack jaws when junior versus 3.61-inches). those versions were almost Mopars dusted more muscular- exclusively used for drag racing. looking cars. One thing Novas lacked in 1967 was a big-block engine. Many The Dodge Dart started out as an enthusiasts thought that the A- economical compact car, most body Dart and Barracuda would often propelled by the stalwart be great platforms for a big- Mopar slant six engine. The Dart block. The combination of a stayed close to its roots for most lightweight car and a big engine of its life span, but not all Darts is the basis of hot rodding. were dull. The Dart GT was a nice blend of sensibility and fun, but it was the addition of an “S” In many ways the 1967 Dodge that really put the sport in the Dart GTS 383 can be considered Dart GTS. In some Dodge print the car that beat the Road ads, GTS was GTSport. Runner to the punch. The big engine/lightweight car formula was in place, but the Dart GTS was a more luxurious, better- appointed car. Road Runner The legendary Mr. Norm (Norm customers quickly tired of taxicab Kraus of Grand-Spaulding Dodge interiors and wanted bucket seats in Chicago) supposedly asked and hardtops (with roll-down Dodge to offer a big-block A- windows). Darts like Gregg body model. Dodge said the big Barrette’s feature car already had engine wouldn’t fit, but Mr. Norm the nicer interiors. The 1963-1966 Darts were OK showed them that it could. looking, but the restyled 1967 Gregg’s 1967 GTS has a flat hood Darts were much more Squeezing a 383 into the A-body instead of the power bulge vents handsome. One of the Dart’s required a few changes and found on the 1968 GTS. As such, main competitors was the Chevy compromises such as modified the 1967 model is a cleaner Nova, and the restyled Dart exhaust manifolds, relocated looking car and a bigger surprise looked as good as, if not better motor mounts, a new K-member, to unsuspecting competitors. than, the Nova. and no air conditioning or power steering. The lack of air conditioning wasn’t a big deal since most high performance customers considered A/C an unnecessary drain on horsepower. The lack of power steering was a more serious compromise, since the 383 weighed almost one hundred pounds more than the small- block 273. Novas could be equipped with 283 or 327 V-8s, but in 1967 the The 1967 383 Darts and Dart V-8 displaced only 273 cubic Barracudas were the just the inches. In 1968, the excellent start of big-block A-body Mopars. P a g e | 15

THE FEAR FACTOR 1970 it symbolizes how far he's come since the days of touring the HEMI-POWERED ‘CUDA: country as a fledgling stand-up comic.

Reality-Show Host Joe Rogan Commissioned Rad Rides by Troy to Build the Hemi- No doubt, the car had to be truly Powered Sick Fish 'Cuda unique to capture the sentimentality it represented. This story and photos are by Weslie Few builders are as well known Allison (Rad Rides). as Troy Trepanier. Being the darling of the automotive press As the shenanigans of each and a fixture on the hit TV series episode of Fear Factor draw to a Rides has a way of doing that, close, host Joe Rogan enlightens and his list of celebrity clients viewers by announcing to the grows by the day. winner, "Evidently fear was not a factor for you." That line has We already broke the news that been repeated enough over the Troy's working on a drop-top '67 past five seasons to become a Lincoln Continental to sweeten catch phrase of sorts that reflects that World Series trip for Boston the show's success. In the Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez. cutthroat world of reality TV, In addition to the inherent stress that's an awfully long time to of delivering a hallowed E-body survive, and it has no doubt that justifies the six-figures-and- imparted its host with some then-some price tag, the crew monetary flexibility with which to had to work within a tight six- buy steel-crafted toys of month timeframe to coincide with hedonism. its scheduled debut on Bud Brutsman's Rides show on TLC.

Most Hollywood celebs opt for That was the bad part. The good blinged-out Hummer H2s, part was a relatively big budget Bentleys, traditional wanker to exercise creativity, with the exotics, and (gag!) trendy gas- only criterion being "make it electric hybrids, but Rogan did cool." Ah, the beauty of a double- the right thing and had Rad Rides edged sword. by Troy build him a '70 Barracuda. The car means more A big part of making that to him than the average ego- deadline was starting out with a carriage, as it pays tribute to a car in relatively good shape. clunker Mopar his mom gave him Again, it was a rather laissez- before he made it big. In a way, faire process for Joe. He told Rad P a g e | 16

Rides what he wanted, and they Moving rearward, hints of change Dakota truck before it went to went out and bought a car to are far less apparent and the the crusher. The Elephant mates start with for $13,000-one that overall look is more subdued. To to a Bowler-built 727 automatic was mostly rust-free and straight, hide the ugly stock stamped tied to a Gear Vendors save for a pair of dinged-up subframe, Rad Rides lowered the under/overdrive, providing six quarters. In trademark Trepanier rocker panels accordingly, forward gears. Finishing off the fashion, the host of subtle visual creating an illusion of the car driveline is a 3.54:1-geared cues isn’t recognizable at first squatting lower than it really is. Strange Engineering Mopar-style glance, but their individual Out back, a custom roll pan Dana 60 rearend swinging from a elements become more blends into the quarter-panels as custom four-link suspension prominent upon closer study and if crafted from a single piece of extensively modified to more innovative when steel. The rear bumper and accommodate the pavement- considering the craftsmanship taillights get the flush-mount hugging ride height. they required. treatment as well, and a custom rear spoiler complements the newly chiseled lines. Blemishes like the door handles, side- marker lights, and emblems have been shaved for a flawless complexion. We hear that a subtle paint scheme was planned until Rogan saw the bare-metal work-in-progress on our Oct. '04 cover and liked it in plain silver. Besides, judging by looking at all Rogan has no performance data It ultimately hits you as a three of this month's feature on the car yet, but we think it brilliant artistic statement. The cars, silver are the new red. would make for a good episode most obvious change is the AAR of Fear Factor and serve as 'Cuda hood, not often seen in retribution for all the times Joe shiny paint, and the cotton-gauze has antagonized his contestants air cleaner peeking out from its as they contemplate eating live flared scoop. Further enhancing Madagascar roaches, or as they the hungry-look theme is a tremble before walking on a 3- custom front lower valance that inch-wide beam suspended integrates a scoop of its own hundreds of feet in the air. surrounded by more AAR-like Imagine: Put Rogan in the right winglets on both sides. Widened seat as Nextel Cup driver and and mounted flush, the front SoCal resident Jimmie Johnson bumper is from a (forgive him) From the outside, the implication puts the 'Cuda through its paces '69 Camaro. of Sick Fish is clearly one of on the oval at California modern sophistication. Dig Speedway, just inches away from beneath the skin, however, and the wall. an animal emerges that satiates our visceral desire to accelerate like a rocket sled. Nestled into an engine bay that's blacked-out, Chevy style, is a fuel-injected, 650hp, 528ci Mopar Performance crate Hemi, which happens to be the very same engine plucked from 's Troy-built Hemi

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If, after a dozen or so laps, field is where the new sports Rogan can keep from soiling arena would be constructed. The himself, we could shake his hand new football practice field would and say, "Evidently fear was not be located south of the Larson a factor for you."So Joe, Jimmy, Sports Center/YMCA. and NBC, what do you say? A fair amount of dirt work still has to be done at the location of JAMESTOWN COLLEGE the new practice football field, This story by Masaki Ova, Editor-in-Chief which would have to be done two of Jamestown College Student Media years prior to the construction of Center. the new sports arena. The area

will need to be smoothed and The master plan of Jamestown leveled off for the new field. College was revealed Nov. 13 to

the student senate. The master “You don’t just build a practice plan included a new arena, a new field overnight and play on it the football practice area, and off- next year when it’s not ready,” campus housing development. he said.

A high priority of the master plan Once the Orlady Hall project is is for the construction of a new TOP END DRAGWAYS done, JC will have to look into sports arena, said Heck, vice getting the site ready for the SABIN MN president of planning and construction of a football practice administration at JC. The arena field. The area south of the would be either attached to the Larson Center is currently in use Larson Sports Center/YMCA or on “WHERE SPEED KNOWS by Roers Construction and the east side of the current NO LIMITS” Development for a place to park facility. their equipment.

The arena would house JC’s Housing for students has become basketball and volleyball squads a high priority to the JC Board of and provide more locker rooms Trustees. and training rooms. Jimmies

For a complete schedule: basketball and volleyball will play “What’s going to happen on www.topenddragways.com their games in the new arena as housing on campus given the fact opposed to the Jamestown Civic that the demand for housing Center and the Hansen Center. could grow significantly if some

of this development happens out “We would like to see events on in Spiritwood,” Heck said. campus,” Heck said. “We don’t

have any control over the Civic One possibility for an off-campus Center.” building would be for the JC-

owned land just west of 12th The arena would cost between Avenue Northeast, but it would $10 million to $15 million, he be on-campus and would not said. make sense have an off-campus

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“It’s really still all in the very try to stick to it as close as we preliminary stage,” he said. “A lot can to the concepts that were of this will depend on what’s developed at least.” happens in Jamestown. DRIVER BIO:

#13 Dustin Erickson

“If the supply of it (off-campus housing) increased relative to demand, maybe our needs are Driver Hometown: much smaller than if there was a Jamestown, ND huge demand and no supply and Racing Class: students who wanted to live off- Wissota Street Stock. campus couldn’t find a place. It Family Members: might change the scale of the Miranda, Ethan & Karli. operation.” Crew Members: Blaine, Randy, Bryan, Josh, Terril Another high priority item of the & Mike L. master plan includes the Sponsors: construction of a road that Ox Racing Supply, Xtreme Auto connects College Lane to Seventh Repair, Qual Chiropractic, The Street Northeast in the summer Buff Bar and Lanes, The Medicine of 2013. Heck said that the Shoppe Pharmacy, Dakota purpose of connecting the two PowerLift Doors, DJ’s Home roads is to keep traffic moving Center in Carrington, Central smoothly and to keep traffic Auto Repair and Services, West away from the heart of the End Hide and Fur, Kitchen campus. Solvers, Cavendish Farms.

Other items of the master plan Racing Bio: that will be carried out in the Started racing in the Bomber near future include: Class in 2004. I have 2 feature * Renovations to Orlady Hall. wins in Lisbon and 1 in * Renovations to Taber Hall. Jamestown. I raced in Bombers * installing a chairlift this spring for 4 years until 2009 when I in the Voorhees Chapel to make started racing WISSOTA Street it handicap accessible. Stock. This will be my 4th year in Street Class. “It is very much a dynamic plan and things change on the go sometimes,” Heck said. “What’s in here isn’t necessarily what’s going to happen even though we P a g e | 19

money to advertise we then spend time out in the community getting sponsorship dollars from various businesses and people in the Jamestown area. After we get those monies raised we print up promotional flyers and posters and go back out in the community to spread the word of the upcoming races....before we know it July is upon us! The The JDRA is taking December off. That statement The JDRA swells in July to almost

may seem a bit obvious to most double its membership as people See the finest dirt track racing since the general population isn't come in to help set up for the 2- around featuring Wissota Street thinking about drag racing in day event. Once the races are Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, Super December. To the members of over the the Association again Stocks, Modifieds & Late Models the Jamestown Drag Racing drops back down to the core along with Bombers and Hornets. Association though, drag racing is group and the work continues as Watch 250+ drivers compete, now a year-round thing (minus we gather the numbers and enjoy the great food and have our mini-break this coming statistics from the races and start tons of dirty fun. The best value month). putting together ideas and for your entertainment dollar. improvements for the next year. The process for hosting the Complete results at Annual Drag Races in Jamestown If you are interested in joining SpeedNetDirect.com has always taken a vast amount the JDRA or just want to keep up of work from a small group of with the various activities The speedway was much dedicated people, but until the throughout the year, check us honored to be named the last couple years they didn't have out on Facebook, on our website: business of the year by the to start getting too serious until a jamestowndragracing.com or Jamestown Chamber of few months before the races in email us at Commerce. Thanks to all our July. Things have changed a bit [email protected]. staff, drivers, fans and sponsors in recent times-the JDRA has We meet every 3rd Thursday @ for making this special award grown in numbers and as of this 7pm starting in January held at possible. past spring now owns their own the Fire Hall...changes and Timing System! reminders are posted on Facebook. If you're still left wondering what could possibly occupy our time July 27-28, 2013 here we come!! year round-let me fill you in. The beginning months of the year are 2013 CALENDAR OF EVENTS when meetings are attended 01/13 Barret-Jackson both with the Jamestown to Car Auction Regional Airport (which allows us 01/20 Scottsdale, Arizona to take over the taxi ways for 2 01/16 Russo & Steele full days of fun in July) and with to Car Auction the Tourism Foundation (which 01/20 Scottsdale, Arizona has so graciously helped fund us 01/18 Silver Auctions to Car Auction year after year). After meetings 01/19 Fountain Hills, Arizona are attended and paper work James Valley Street 01/15 started to ensure that we have a Machines place to host the races and Monthly Meeting P a g e | 20

Jamestown, North Dakota 06/08 Bismarck, North Dakota James Valley Street 09/21 01/17 Jamestown Drag Racers 06/09 Buggies-N-Blues Machines Monthly Meeting to Car Show & Music Festival Don Wilhelm Inc. Jamestown, North Dakota 06/09 Mandan, North Dakota 3rd Annual Car Show 01/25 NDSRA James Valley Street Jamestown, North Dakota 06/11 Cabin Fever Car Show Machines James Valley Street 10/15 Mandan, North Dakota Monthly Meeting Machines 64th Grand National Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 01/25 Roadster 06/20 Jamestown Drag Racers Jamestown, North Dakota to Car Show Monthly Meeting James Valley Street 11/12 01/27 Panoma, California Jamestown, North Dakota Machines 02/08 53rd World of Wheels 06/21 Prairie Cruisers Car Club Monthly Meeting Car Show Medora Car Show Jamestown, North Dakota Kansas City, Missouri Medora, North Dakota James Valley Street 12/17 James Valley Street 06/21 MSRA Machines 02/12 Machines Back to the 50's Awards Banquet Monthly Meeting St. Paul, Minnesota Jamestown, North Dakota Jamestown, North Dakota 06/27 Jamestown Drag Racers 02/21 Jamestown Drag Racers Monthly Meeting Monthly Meeting Jamestown, North Dakota CLUB SITES Jamestown, North Dakota 06/28 Badlands Drifters 02/22 Counts of the Cobblestone to Cars in the Park 2013 02/23 Counts Car Show 06/29 Glendive, Montana 02/24 Rapid City, South Dakota 07/11 Jamestown Drag Racers James Valley Street Monthly Meeting 03/12 Machines Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 07/11 Counts of the Cobblestone Jamestown, North Dakota to Rod Run 02/21 Jamestown Drag Racers 07/14 Rapid City, South Dakota Monthly Meeting James Valley Street 07/16 Jamestown, North Dakota Machines 04/05 Toppers Car Club Monthly Meeting to Car Show Jamestown, North Dakota

04/07 Fargo, North Dakota 07/18 Jamestown Drag Racers 04/13 31st Prime Steel Car Club Monthly Meeting to Car Show Jamestown, North Dakota 04/14 Grand Forks, North Dakota 07/19 Prairie Cruisers Car Club James Valley Street Car Show 04/16 Machines Dickinson, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 07/25 Jamestown Drag Racers Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 04/18 Jamestown Drag Racers Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 0726 Jamestown Drag Racers Jamestown, North Dakota to Airport 1/8 mile Drag Race James Valley Street 07/28 Jamestown, North Dakota 05/14 Machines James Valley Street 08/13 Monthly Meeting Machines Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 05/16 Jamestown Drag Racers Jamestown, North Dakota Monthly Meeting 08/17 Crookston Classic Cruisers Jamestown, North Dakota Car Show 05/30 Greater Dakota Classics Crookston, Minnesota to Devils Run Show & Auction James Valley Street 09/17 06/02 Devils Lake, North Dakota Machines 06/07 Classtiques Car Club Monthly Meeting to Rod Run Jamestown, North Dakota P a g e | 21

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