STOCK CAR RACING 1976 DEC - WALTRIP SPECIAL, CARUTHERS

 

Within this issue you will discover the following topics:

1)   A FIRST CLASS PROBLEM / SCR Special Section - The tale of Di-Gard Racing Company's problems in becoming a winner, and Darrell Waltrip's efforts to see what he can do about it.

2)   THE PRIDE & THE GLORY - Di-Gard Racing Company was founded over a pinochle game . . . but that's where the lightheartedness ends.

3)   RACER WALTRIP - Darrell Waltrip had all the goods to becoming 1973 rookie of the year. . . and missed it; he has all the goods to becoming a superstar in GN racing. . . but will he with Di-Gard?

4)   GREAT INK, INC. - Even when Darrell Waltrip drops out of a race in a Di-Gard car, he has that something needed to make it a moral victory.

5)   SPEED AGE MAGAZINE - The original giant of the auto racing media is revisited by its original editor & publisher.

6)   PUROLATOR 500 - Like most of 1976's Grand National schedule, the stop at Pocono International Raceway had some surprises in store. . . especially at the end.

7)   PACK YOUR SCORECARDS WHEN YOU HEAD NORTH - The Northeast's biggest LMS event became famous for its big scoring hassles.

8)   JIMMY CARUTHERS - Before he died of cancer, Caruthers managed to leave a mark on his profession that was accompanied with a belly-laugh.

9)   THE SAGA OF THE LOST SPEEDWAY - Dan Meservey had a dream of promoting damned good races at Lakeville; it turned into a damned horrible nightmare.

10)   HARTMAN: POST 1975 - What's Butch Hartman like looking back at 1975, the first year within memory when he didn't win the USAC stock car title?

11)   STREET WISE - A new form of stock car racing, that doesn't cost an arm, a leg and a mortgage is popping up around the country.

Plus other hot racing items.