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Photos and text by Randall Cook, he and Mac Miller ran the car. "We ran the Boyle Valve car at Lawrenceburg last night in conjunction with both USAC sprint cars and a full modified program. We were pitted in a pretty hot spot as well with the sprinters being started just behind us and then returning from their runs in front of our spot in the pits. You really had to keep your head on a swivel.
It was a night show and my camera had problems with both low light and lots of dust floating through the air. And I had trouble getting any really good on track shots since the infield was kept clear of people and the entire track was surrounded by a pretty fine mesh catch fence. Some of them came out halfway decent.
Lawrenceburg has been extensively modified over the last few years to where it is now a very fast 3/8 high banked dirt track. And since VARC actually races in their heats and features the Boyle car mostly ran at its own pace down low and out of the way of the leaders who would flash by at speeds easily over 100 MPH. But Tom still looked solid in both of his runs.
Dr. Dicks must have hit a big hole at some point during the first heat since he managed to break off the right side headers off of his engine. Several cars then proceeded to run over the broken header so Tom will have to make an entirely new one this winter. At least this happened at the end of the season and not the beginning.
Weather permitting the BVS car will be at the Jungle Park Reunion next Saturday.
Note: For identification purposes please note that there are several photos of both Tom and Dr. Dicks with former modified and sometime IMCA sprint car driver Steve Perkins. Steve is now very involved in vintage racing and has become a friend to us all over the last few years.
RJC"
014 Lawrenceburg Sept 28 2013 017
Photos and text by Randall Cook, he and Mac Miller ran the car. "We ran the Boyle Valve car at Lawrenceburg last night in conjunction with both USAC sprint cars and a full modified program. We were pitted in a pretty hot spot as well with the sprinters being started just behind us and then returning from their runs in front of our spot in the pits. You really had to keep your head on a swivel.
It was a night show and my camera had problems with both low light and lots of dust floating through the air. And I had trouble getting any really good on track shots since the infield was kept clear of people and the entire track was surrounded by a pretty fine mesh catch fence. Some of them came out halfway decent.
Lawrenceburg has been extensively modified over the last few years to where it is now a very fast 3/8 high banked dirt track. And since VARC actually races in their heats and features the Boyle car mostly ran at its own pace down low and out of the way of the leaders who would flash by at speeds easily over 100 MPH. But Tom still looked solid in both of his runs.
Dr. Dicks must have hit a big hole at some point during the first heat since he managed to break off the right side headers off of his engine. Several cars then proceeded to run over the broken header so Tom will have to make an entirely new one this winter. At least this happened at the end of the season and not the beginning.
Weather permitting the BVS car will be at the Jungle Park Reunion next Saturday.
Note: For identification purposes please note that there are several photos of both Tom and Dr. Dicks with former modified and sometime IMCA sprint car driver Steve Perkins. Steve is now very involved in vintage racing and has become a friend to us all over the last few years.
RJC"