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Great pics, as always.........

Carleton's son doesn't have much info reference the cars and their history. Nice enuff to talk to but not much info.
Reed in Neb.

His son raced round track cars for a while then joined up with a business partner and they are building round track cars chasis in outside of Lenior. He did show up for about 20 minutes 2 years ago to accept his fathers induction into the NC Drag Racing Hall of Fame during the Souther Drag Racing Expo in Greensboro.

Wow, pic D has a back half shot of Al Provost legendary wagon.

The Dart Sport in the above pic appears to be the same as the near lane car in the original photo based on the lettering above the front wheel opening being offset towards the front of the wheel centerline. It has "Pro 246" so that would appear to indicate that this photo was taken when he lived in NC (Division 2) while the original thread photo was taken when he raced out of Division 3/Michigan - "Pro 302".

I read an article about when he lived where and then moved. But I forgot the details. Perhaps the time line might eventually help with identifying both "twin" cars.

I have talked to a Couple of Dons Nephews Nieces.They Lived at AKRON,Ohio at one point and time...I will have to dig out some old conversations with them.They knew ALOT about the cars really...I was amazed..


Oh Yea....I'M BACK...



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If anyone can find out what happened to the Demon, it may help a lot. I'm still wondering if it may have been converted into a Dart Sport.

It was a popular practice back then and is what they did with the Challenger, simply changing the grille and taillight sections from '70 to '71 as well as the '72 Duster to a '73. (If my info is correct.)

its good to have you back. JD
i had no idea they lived near Akron?

I believe the Demon was sold to a guy in Virginia or somewhere in the SE. - Reed in Neb.

OK guys, here's what I've figured out. I'll try not to assume anything this time. I dug up a copy of SS&DI magazine from March 1975 with a great article about Carlton. It noted that the majority of 1974 was spent testing with the Yellow Car and that Carlton was returning to active Competition in 1975. The first half of the year with his "old" 1974 car and the second half with a brand new state-of-the-art car. The car in the rear of the photo at the top of this thread? And I think ultimately the Rod Shop car. The article also mentioned the horrible condition of the Yellow Car, indicating that it was retired. During my brief stint as Associate Editor for Mopar Action magazine I wrote a definitive article on the history of the Rod Shop in the October 1990 issue. This was a result of multiple discussions with Gil Kirk, Jim Thompson and others. My notes from that story indicate that Carlton showed up at the Rod Shop at the start of the 1976 season with a Colt and a Dart Sport that was painted all gold. Take it away, Stewart.

many cars and not much documentation, makes research difficult :-)