I raced this 1955 Chevrolet in a few programs during the 1974 racing season at “81” Speedway north of Wichita, Kansas.  It was co-owned by Daniel Hauserman, Gary Hyde, and LaVoy Johnson all of Wichita.

This car was equipped with a 5-gallon can of water anchored in the trunk with a hose that ran under the car and up to the radiator.  I could flip a switch on an electric fuel pump in that water line and spray the radiator down with water while the race was under way.  I was initially skeptical of the system but it actually worked pretty well.

One of the more memorable races of my career was while driving this car.  I had started third in a field of 24 cars in a 50-lap A feature at “81” Speedway and had run has high as second place before fading to fourth place by the 34^th lap but still close enough to see race leader Alan Dodson.  The right rear tire on the #91 Chevy blew out on that 34^th lap sending me to the pits for a fresh one.  It took my pit crew ten laps to change the tire so I rejoined the race on the 44^th lap only about 100 yards in front of the leader and, thus only that far from being eleven laps behind.  I was able to maintain that 100-yard or so distance for the last six laps of the race finishing in a disappointing thirteenth place – Mike Cornelison photo

 

 

 

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