We're shooting a Buddy Martin documentary

Next week I'll have the same crew that shot Dads documentary in the museum to shoot Buddy Martin and his story. I have some people from the industry coming in to tell stories, but I thought it important to get his history down. Many aren't aware of all of the things he did that impact the sport of racing to this day. Looking forward to getting all this tape down. If you have any questions you'd like to ask Buddy, please put them in the comments below and maybe we can work them in.

For those not familiar with the movie on Dad, here is part 1 of what we shot 3 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwiZKEJK4O8

That's good news, and long overdue. Thanks for doing that !

That'll be great, thank you. These guys are literally walking history with a perspective on that time period that most of didn't get to experience.

that will be a welcome addition to preserve more history.
thank you for doing this !

That's cool!

As others have said, the stories need to be documented while some of them still around.

If it's anything like your Dad's it will be a great watch. Thank you!

I just want to know two things (that may or may not be a pun ) from Mr. Martin all about this A12 6BBL Road Runner and if he was checking out the engine or what I think he was checking out and no bad feelings toward him just a thumbs up if he wasn't looking at the engine, I wouldn't have passed up the opportunity given the chance....................ah at checking out that A12 engine

I'd like Buddy to tell us about how the relationship with Jake King developed, how Jake was recruited, what made him a standout/how was he sure Jake was the right person,
and anything he can remember about what Jake did differently than anyone else.

Sounds great,thanks for letting us know!

I watched part 1 of the Herb story this morning. Great stuff. I found it interesting that Herb credits his career as a paper boy with developing his tenacity. Because the same is true for me. I built up to 4 routes, and absolutely HAD to deliver ALL the papers, every day, no matter what. Skipping a day, or not finishing the routes when there was a blizzard was not an option. If I was short papers or any got spoiled, I had to go to the store and pay retail for replacements at a loss. But it had to be done. And that sticks with you.

Exactly the same here for me with delivering 170+ daily papers and 150+ Sunday papers (Pittsburgh Press) and sometimes having to stuff the sale fliers on Sunday morning at 5am to boot. And this was in hilly, cold, snowy, rainy southwest Pennsylvania. I got the job when I was one year too young to actually be a paperboy and being short didn't help either, I had to shorten the straps on the paper (carrying) sacks for the first couple of years. I saved as much money as possible so I could buy a Honda Super 90, then started racing motocross then off road and then qualified to represent the USA in Six Day off road competition in six events in Austria, Czechoslovakia (still communist at the time ), Sweden, Germany, France and then the Isle of Elba Italy. Before the Czecho event my local newspaper did a story on me and started the article with how I got to that point from delivering newspaper for them, saved the money and bought my first motorcycle. Yep, rain, shine, snow, hand carrying on foot and 7-days a week (and sometimes on holidays that most would have off) 360+ days a year (tougher than being a mailman or mail carrier for the most part) that taught me a lot especially that you had to be prompt and consistent when you delivered. If you were late you got complaints as most people planned their day as to when they sat down to read the daily and Sunday newspaper, so don't mess up

MikeR

I think the generation that grew up during the time of my Dad were built similar. Overwhelmingly families didn't have a lot of resources. It was an eat what you kill environment with many having a direct reward for hard work. There will never be another generation like that again, in my opinion. There was no expectation that someone would do something for you, you did for yourself. Things are a bit different these days.

Thats great. I thoroughly enjoyed the doc on your Dad.

Cool, because I’m not that familiar with the Martin side of S & M...

That's the part I want to pull out. Everyone saw the end product, the "cake" so to speak. I want to get the story on all of the ingredients that it took to make the cake.