I remember Ried Wisniat at atco...
as a child i gained my affection for the duster because of that day..

I was standing in the staging lanes...i was knee high..."the back tire seemed soo big..."
the car was gold and looked like something from Egypt to me..
(we were learning about king tut that week in school)
My cousin told me that it was a plymouth duster....my family all owned plymouths...so i could relate...
Ried was awsome to me that day..
i met him a few yrs ago in Georgia and told him this story.. he loved it...RIP Reid..


...that was also a weekend when Jungle Jim was at the track..
that was the day.. for me...Jungle became bigger than life ...
they had his shirts on sale in the gift shop....
those days at the track for me as a kid were overwhelming
...i wish i could get that feeling back just one more time...!
.like the first time to the circus..only WAAY!! better..
Some time ..Later on...
jungles crew was trailering one of Jims floppers over the Walt whitman bridge and a gust of wind blew the body off....
dad and i were by chance ...came apon them on the bridge.on the way to his office...(orgegon ave south philly...under walt whitman.)
My father told them to drive it down to our trucking terminal/cold storage warehouse..
they could make arrangements to secure it properly ...for the rest of the trip...
i knew that car right away...when i saw it.
seem'd id seen that car everywhere in print as a kid after that.....
.it just sticks out in your mind...
i got more..
cheapst