-----Dale Smith-----

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-----Dales black W30 67 442 is in the hands of a well known collector/restorer in south Florida now. That was a very cool car. Dale went through an Oldsmobile period before he got involved in Chrysler products.
-----He also restored an absolutely beautiful 440/six-pack car to the same high degree. It had a very crispy Dvorac built 440 in it. Thats what Dale took out in front of his shop at his annual party and did the monstrous burnout in. Ive lost track of that car. Someones got a very good six-pack car out there.
-----Dale saw me having a bit of fun with Red Alert and decided to come racing with me but went the Hemi direction instead. He ended up with one of Sox and Martins 68 Hemi Cudas. It also had a Dvorac motor that made a ton of HP!!! Had the same quality of work as everything Dale touched.
-----At one of the "Field of Dreams" annual races at Quaker City he was supposed to race Porterfield but Bill broke before it could happen. Dale had Ronnie there that weekend to drive the Cuda. They talked me into running Ronnie bracket style. It didnt take much talking! They wouldnt give me much, but I thought "when am I ever going have a chance to race RONNIE SOX"!!! Dale was loving every minute of all this. I can remember his huge smile to this day. I got lucky and Ronnie stood the Cuda on his bumper trying to catch me. I barely eaked out a win, but a foot is as good as a car length. Dale was the first guy over to my space after I parked to congratulate me. Thats just the kind of guy he was.......Bill S