Yep that's Steves car and Jerry Temple's Camero in the water box. Both guys have had the same cars forever.

Saturday, September 23-Sunday, September 24 - PID-Keystone Nostalgia Nationals

At this race the pavilion is loaded with pictures from past years and is a chance to talk to guys that would be able to answer most of your questions. Fantastic race and lots of fun.

I can vaguely see his name painted on the top sill of the drivers door.
TROUBLE? He may have had another car there(DartGTS)under that name or he was having a bad run or he was in violation of ET safety rules??? Kinda a code warning from the tower to the tech guys at staging or at the line.
Some guys had probl;ems with the Elephants and went to the cheaper more popular RB's that ran very close or better and were lighter.
I know many an original Hemi street car that ended up with an RB replacement in the Hamsters nest. Just imaging a race car environment. Just the facts.
I would ask Jim Kramer at this point or Greg Lane.

Is that a marker light on the front fender of the fish? SS cars had glass fenders and no marker light on front.

That LRE looks like a 79 from the horizontal grille bar. I vote for spring/summer of 80.

The bottom 2 pics show changing leaves and bare trees, but anyones guess on the year.

Cool post.

You're right, the lre is a 79.

here are the pics i have of the dart[s]. may be the same car, may not. i don't have a clue, and my friend doesn't know either.

The "trouble" connotation on the time slip was when requesting a run after regular time trials were over and a racer needed an extra pass to sort out a issue.The orange Dart is now owned by Bud's Auto sales.To the best of anyones recollections the 68 Cuda was not an original BO29 car.

thanks for chiming in bob ! was the blue dart a different paint scheme on the red [orange ?] one, or were they different cars ? and if the cuda wasn't an original BO29, where does the certicard belong ? a mystery gets deeper ! i wonder if anyone over at bud's auto remember this guy, or knows anything about this certicard ? the "trouble" connotation is now clear. thanks for that info !

The Dart was a sorta plumcrazy paint and was also a non L023M car.The certicard is questionalble as the original Darts and Cudas were Statement Of Origin cars with body in white computer punch tickets.Your cirticard last digits show it is 9 builds from the Cuda we have ,299138 and it's 299147.The Dart/Cuda registry should show who brought that car if it exist.Ron at Buds acquired that Dart a few years back and if memory serves me correctly it belonged to Howdy Johonson and A guy call Go,Go Jerry.I last seen the dart many years ago at Stape's Street abnd Strip shop.
If I get a chance I will research your cirticard.

one other piece of info on these cars is on the back of framed dart, there is this info.

1978
Bob Baughman's '68 Dodge GTS
426 Wedge Stage III

and

Graham Framing Studio
Box 76, R.D. #4
Ligonier,Pa.
Phone 593-7241

i need to scan this info into my files. it would be great if you could find the time to research my card ! i was surprised this card even existed because, like you, i always believed all you got was the "statement of origin". certicards were used for warantee work, correct ? so, as these cars were not intended for street use, and had no drive train warantee, why would one of these cars come with this card ? as these cars are popular, i wonder how many have survived, and how hard would it be by those in the know [certainly NOT me by any stretch of the imagination] to trace the number on this card ?
thanks again bob ! you are a great service to this hobby !

I am familiar with this VIN#. The car is still around - was for sale a while back - not sure if it changed hands or not. Was originally owned by a well known OH 727 builder.

Mark Janaky
1968 Hemi S/S Registry

I have checked my info ,if my notes are correct this car was at the reunion in Carlisle in 93 (white)and again in 2008 in Ohio (multi colored )owned by Paul Emero ,thats if my notes are correct .If so its now in Florida .

i am very interested in learning about the history. any contact info you may be able to provide would be greatly appreciated. pm me if it may be sensitive, or not willing to be shared. you may act as a go between if necessary. thanks for stepping up !

interesting to know as well. anything you may be able to provide will be appreciated as well !

This is where things get complicated,many owners do not want the S/N published for various reasons.ie: questionable ownership,partnerships,rebodys,and all out fake cars.Some just want their privacy respected and wish to remain anonomous.
We have seen many cars duplicated by the use of remade S/Ns,data plates,SoOs and certicards.It is unbelievable what some will do to authenticate a car for profit.

you are 100% correct bob. i'm still fascinated by this card and would like to learn more.

Car is currently owned by Steve Fox 502 639 7593. Tag should be reunited with car!

There is further information on ClassRacer that says it could be Ray Christian's original car. Not another car he build later that was a clone.

Emero is kind of an usual name, perhaps you can track him down.

Bill

that is the intent ! but before i commit, iron clad proof is necessary to prevent this from falling into the wrong hands. i will try to contact mr. fox over the coming weekend. if anyone knows this man, please let him know a call is forthcoming.