Interesting connection between two of the men in the Top 11 of the all-time Florida sprint car win list. They are Kenny Adams and Wayne Reutimann. Both had a son (stepson) racing in the new pavement Silver Crown cars in the 2006 USAC Silver Crown season. They are Byrn Gohn (#8 - stepson of Kenny Adams), and Wayne Reutimann, Jr. (#00 - son of Wayne Reutimann).
It’s an amazing list. One amazing story on that list that really is quite a story that most never heard is Lee Scrape. He won against the All Stars at Jax Raceways 2 nights in a row. Hometown boy beating all the big dogs! He told me after the first one on Friday they went out and really whooped it up overdoing it a bit so after the second win he was so tired he had to be helped out of the car.
Thanks for renewing this thread.
Looking down through that list got me thinking how FEW of those I’ve never seen race before. Gonna have to figure this out when I get the chance.
Thanks Again for making me stroll down memory lane.
Curiosity got the best of me… had to count. Only 19 on that list that I’ve never seen race. But the quality on this list is not only outstanding, but very diverse.
What’s great about this list is that a lot of these guys weren’t no slouches in full-fendered stock cars, including at least two Governor’s Cup wins (Wayne Reutimann).
Another cool thing?
Three of the top ten on that list - Wayne Reutimann, Jim Childers, and Scarborough - all drove my dad’s Late Models over the years - and won in it.
Here’s Wayne at St. Pete with a heat win in 1980:
Here’s Scarborough at the 1977 Governor’s Cup (we ended up 6th in this one):
…and Childers, winning the biggest race of our career, the 1981 Coca Cola 200 at DeSoto:
I seen him run at the little Lakeland interstate speedway. But I don’t remember if he won.
At least their recognition lives on, way too cool lets remember even the directed… Right? Almost a yes or no…
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Here’s a pic of Bobby Allen’s grandson. 2010 Lincoln Speedway 358 Champ. What’s the old saying–“The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree”. or some such quote.
Sprint cars?
I can remember seeing both Buzzie and Wayne driving URC Sprint Cars when they ran at Sat. nite Stock Car tracks. Middletown, N.Y., etal. Buzzie drove the #19 of Jim Howie of Allamuchy, N.J. and Wayne was in a yellow #20 that Brett Hearn drove later.
I seem to remember Frank Riddle driving a sprint car with four individual pipes per side with flares at the end of the pipes. Boy did they ring!
Emotionally, it is hard for me to accept that he isn’t still driving a sprint car somewhere…
[QUOTE=Jimmy McKinley;144412]What’s great about this list is that a lot of these guys weren’t no slouches in full-fendered stock cars, including at least two Governor’s Cup wins (Wayne Reutimann).
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Winner’s Plaque from Wayne Reutimann’s first Governor’s Cup win in 1965, at Golden Gate Speedway in Tampa.