Subj : Re: Local bull rings
To   : DAVE DRUM
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun May 12 2024 16:24:00

>  > The night I met "Herc" Parlelli Jones, Roger Ward and A.J. Foyt were
>  > there as well. And local lad, Jerry Russel, showed them how it's done.

>  MP> Wow!  That was quite the cast.

> The nice thing is that they were just folks. Not a prima donna in the
> bunch. Sort of like STeve McQueen when he was racing motor sickles in
> the Califunny desert. Or Paul Newman on race weekends. Lots of people
> don't know that besides being a movie star he was a very accomplished
> racer in real life.

> When I was running the Hoosier Road Race program I often changed his
> Goodyear tires for him (before the Goodyear truck showed up) and shared
> table space at nearby restaurants.

A lot of the racers coming up back then started on the local tracks and
were more down to earth than some of the prima donna "road racers" today.
I was never around Paul Newman so I am glad to hear it was that way also.

Mike


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