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Photo ID # a08.08.04_021_NEA_NAZ_0070_1
Car #: #21
Driver (s) : Ray Neary
Location: Nazareth Mile
Date: 1970 or 71
Photographer: Jimmy Parsons
Photo provided by: Mark Yaple
Comments: Ray Neary in the Fred Menschner silver and red #21 on the big track at Nazareth.  Ray tell's a great story about how on this day he was flying down the backstretch (and on the big track what a backstretch it was...)  As he's motoring along, he hears this rumbling coming up on his outside....  as it get's louder and louder he turns his head slightly to catch a glimpse of who in the hell was going even faster than him...  Now before I tell you the rest of the story, some of you may remember that Ray used to wear one of those bubble shields that snapped onto the front of the 3/4 helmets that were pretty popular back in the very early 70s... 

Well Ray found out real fast that when you're doing 100+ on the backstretch of Nazareth, that bubble acted like a parachute and ripped off leaving him surprised and with a face full of Nazareth clay....  all with turn 3 quickly approaching...

That rumbling that Ray heard?  Some guy named Schnieder in a little red #2!

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08/13/04 Kevin B. Absolutely one of the best looking modifieds from the 70s,  Kevin B.
     
     
     
     
     

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