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Originally Posted by 70rs/ss
I only ever knew him as wheelchair Bob, I know Frank pretty well, he is going to build me a 496. As a matter of fact he is the the one who allowed me to touch a ZL1 Alumuinum block (one of what 15 ever made!) That scene in the late 80's was wicked, I had a blast being around those street terrors!
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I "LOVE" hearing stories about all those long-time hard running drag racers/builders. Surely they are overshadowed (unfairly) by the "BIG" names in the sport. I have stumbed across a few websites that feature the "local" small time drag strips that flourished in the late '60's thru mid-70's.
Case in point.... after a year of drag racing on the 1/8 mile (or there about) straight away at Heidelberg Raceway (a
"DIRT" oval track near Pittsburgh, PA) ..... Pittsburgh International Dragway was built.
One of the "local favorites" and aquaintance of mine was Jack Schulte (see
dedication pic below). He was a great guy. I knew Jack not only from the drag strip but before then from the "street scene" of the early sixties. I will always remember the time a friend of mine & I was replacing the cam & lifters in my SB '67nCamaro.... hood up in the driveway and Jack drove by....saw that we where working on my car and stopped to help us.
HERE IS A TRIBUTE TO JACK found on the PID website:
Jack's name came up more often than any other during all the discussions about a P.I.D. reunion. Jack was there the day the track opened and it was described as the saddest day in his life when the track closed. Rich Major said that on many occasions as he arrived at the track at the start of the day, Jack would be there waiting for him."
"Jack was known as the Mayor of PID and he not only raced at the track but he could be counted on to fill in and help out wherever he may be needed. Jack got the very most out of the least, many times using other racers' discarded parts to beat them. He was a master at figuring the minuscule edge that was available by running a 1962 Chevy as a Biscayne instead of an Impala, or by using a white hood to deflect heat."
"Although Jack raced at tracks all over the tri-state area, it was PID that was his home. We miss Jack as much as Jack missed PID, which is to say, very much. "May he rest in peace"
Ahhhhh.... those where the days my friends.... we thought they'd never end....
but they did.
BTW.... the Pittsburgh International Dragway (PID) reunion is Sept 13th @ Pittsburgh Raceway Park .....Don Garlits is the special guest.
http://www.pittsburghinternationaldragway.com/