A bit of trivia: this 4-speed 1968 HEMI Road Runner coupe was originally purchased new in 1968 by the older cousin of a school mate friend of mine. It was driven on the street for a while then converted to a Super Stocker and run in the SS/D class beginning somewhere around 1969.

Fast forward to the late-1980s: I found out who the original owner was quite by accident one day at Raceway Park when I struck up a conversation with a guy named Fred who was hanging around this car in the pits. Fred told me he once owned a Hemi Road Runner--this one-- purchased it from a guy in New Brunswick named Jimmy Jackson. I exclaimed,"Hey, I know that car! It belonged to the cousin of a school friend of mine! I never saw it but heard about it." Fred went on to relate to me how his Road Runner was stolen a couple times in the late 1970s and was lucky to recover it both times.

Small world, huh?

Mopar Atlantic Nationals photos, early 1990s.











Same race, might be from another year.