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Daytona 500
Daytona FL - Feb 15, 2009
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Hylton Motorsports has sponsorship opportunities
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January
4, 2009 - NASCAR legend James Hylton
and Indy Car legend Wally Dallenbach, Sr
will appear at the Motorsport 2009
exhibition at Atlantic City's
Convention City on January 16-17.
A major part of this years festivities
will be devoted to the remembrance of
the Trenton Speedway. The track
was opened in 1900 as a 1 mile dirt
track and was paved in 1957. In
1968, the track was enlarged to 1.5 mile
and also received its familiar "kidney
bean" shape configuration. The
track was closed in 1980 and the former
site is now occupied by the Grounds
for Sculpture and a residential
development.
James
Hylton first race at Trenton was the
1967 Northern 300 in which he
drove his 1965 Dodge to a 10th place
finish (pictured at right). Hylton
would run at Trenton on six occasions
with 2 Top-Fives and 6 Top-Ten finishes
to his credit.
Wally
Dallenbach competed in 27 USAC Indy Car
races at Trenton Speedway and won the
1977 Trentonian 200.
Dallenbach complied 12 Top-Five and 19
Top-Ten finishes at the track during his
career.
Race
winners/pictures and Hylton/Dallenbach
finishes/pictures are linked below:
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January
3, 2009 - 1965 NASCAR Grand National
Rookie of the Year Sam McQuagg died today of
cancer, at age 73 in Columbus, GA.
McQuagg competed in 62 CUP races, including
a win in the 1966 Firecracker 400. He
also recorded 9 Top-Five and 21 Top-Ten
finishes during his career. His
victory at Daytona in the Ray Nichels 66
Dodge Charger (shown at left), marked the
first time that a spoiler had been used in
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One |
52.296 |
172.097 |
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Two |
51.857 |
173.554 |
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52.141 |
172.609 |
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50.125 |
179.551 |
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November 22, 2008 –
EM Motorsports (www.em-motorsports.com)
is proud to announce that legendary NASCAR competitor
James Hylton has teamed up with car owner John Carter to
compete in the 51st annual Daytona 500.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event will be contested on
February 15, 2009 and is NASCAR’s biggest, richest and
most prestigious race. “Christmas has come early
for me” stated the 74 year old NASCAR legend Hylton “I
am thrilled to be able to fulfill the promise that I
made to the fans in 2007 of returning for one more
Daytona 500. My main goals are to become the
oldest competitor to ever run the Daytona 500 and of
course, win the race”.
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1982 - 1986 Chevrolet Monte
Carlo SS |
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Builder: |
Banjo Matthews / Mike Laughlin |
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Chevy 358 |
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Borg-Warner T-10 |
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Chassis: |
Fabricated Banjo Matthews Chassis
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Suspension:
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Front - Screw Adjustable Coils / Fabricated Control Arms
Rear - Screw Adjustable Coils Springs, truck arms and Panhard Bar |
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The
Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS was the workhorse of Hylton Motorsports throughout the
eighties. In
September 1982, James Hylton entered into a relationship with Chevrolet that
provided Hylton Motorsports with enough sheet metal and engines to allow for the
construction of six Monte Carlo
race scars. The first Monte Carlo, a 1982 flat-nose version, was built
using the chassis from
the 1981 Grand Prix which had been constructed from the 1979 Impala 115"
wheelbase car. The Monte Carlo made its maiden appearance on October 10, 1982 at
Charlotte Motor Speedway's National 500, where driver Lennie Pond piloted
the car to a 20th place finish. Pond would later finish an impressive 9th
in the American 500 at Rockingham and 12th at Atlanta's Atlanta
Journal 500.
For
the 1983 season, the 1982 Monte Carlo would receive the 1983 Monte Carlo SS
nose. The first appearance of the season would the Daytona 500
with James Hylton at the wheel. Hylton finished 23rd in the race and
backed up his performance a week later with a 21st place in the Richmond 500.
Hylton Motorsports purchased an unfinished Laughlin front steer chassis from
Lennie Pond and constructed a second Monte Carlo SS. The team's remaining
1981 Pontiac Grand Prix was also converted to Monte Carlo SS standards. A 1982 Buick Regal built over a Laughlin chassis was also purchased from NASCAR
team owner Bob Rogers. Rogers had campaigned the car as the number 37 car
and it had been driven by Tim Richmond, Neil Bonnet and Donnie Allison. The
car's best finish had been a fifth at the 1983 Cracker Barrel Music City 420
at Nashville's Fairgrounds Speedway with Neil Bonnett driving. Canadian driver
Trevor Boys would compete in 23 races during the 1983 Winston Cup Season for
Hylton Motorsports driving its Chevrolet Monte Carlos. Boys would record a
season-best finish of 9th at Richmond's Wrangler Sanfor-Set 400 in
October.
For
the 1984 Winston Cup Season, Boys would compete full-time for Hylton Motorsports
in the team's Chevrolet Monte Carlos. The team constructed a new Laughlin
chassis Monte Carlo SS for the season, which gave Hylton Motorsports a total of
five race-ready Winston Cup Monte Carlos for competition. During the July 29th
Talladega 500, the new build Hylton Motorsports Monte Carlo would be
severely damaged. While running in fourth position ,Boys would flip the
Monte Carlo seven times after being involved in a crash with Tommy Ellis.
Boys would record a season-best finish of 10th at Dover's Delaware 500 in
September.
To begin the 1985 season, driver Lennie Pond and Hylton
Motorsports brought the repaired Monte Carlo SS that had been flipped at the
Talladega 500 to Daytona. Pond was running in the 11th position when a
flat tire on lap 178 ended an impressive day for the Virginia driver.
During the season Hylton Motorsports would add two new cars to its fleet with
the purchase of a Chevrolet Monte Carlo from Bill Terry as well as a new-build
Laughlin chassis Monte Carlo. The former Bob Rogers Monte Carlo would be
totaled at Atlanta's Coca-Cola 500 when Lennie Pond crashed on lap 144.
Hylton Motorsports would also campaign its cars in the majority of the races
with the number 49 rather than the familiar number 48.
Both
the 1986 and 1987 seasons would be challenging ones for the team. Rookie
driver Wayne Slark destroyed the Monte Carlo built from the 1981 Grand Prix at
Rockingham's Goodwrench 500 on lap 96. During the fall 1896 race at
Rockingham, another rookie driver named Johnny Coy, Jr would destroy the Monte
Carlo purchased from Bill Terry. During the 1986 Winston Cup season,
Hylton Motorsports had fallen from the Top-25 in Owner points for the first time
since its inception. This meant that there would be no more provisional
starts and the NASCAR point fund money would not be available. The 1987
season would be highlighted by an 18th place finish by Australian driver Tony
Spanos at Martinsville Speedways' Sovran Bank 500.
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Story of James Hylton's legendary victory at the 1972 Talladega 500 |
Pictures and Results from NASCAR races at Nashville |
Narrative of the GN East Series |
EM Motorsports |
Race Week Marketing |
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Special
Thanks to Evelyn Hylton, Hank Kohn, Russ Thompson, Ed "Stretch" Overton, Bob
Durnell, Ray Lamm, Fred Marchman and Tommy Marchman for all the amazing photos
from the past; to Faye DeTuccio for her leadership and determination in handling
the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame project; to 1960 Grand National Champion Rex
White and Harlow Reynolds for all their work on the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Project and to Allison Droke, Sherri Hoenshell, Bethann Puterbaugh, Chris
Knight, Don Radabaugh Andy Belmont and Jim Finfrock for the help during the 2006
season. Thanks also goes to Ray McCormick, Ted Christopher and Carl Long for the
2007 season and to John Carter, Doug Barron, Johnny Davis, Lori Morgan and Tyler
Tucker for the 2008 season.
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