Thanks for the great video Kev,, Yup, "Hubert Platt" Or nickname "Mouth of the South", a great promoter of southern drag racing.

Great video.The 'Dick Loehr gold Stampede Maverick Pro Stock' was bought by $andy Elliot and became Barrie Poole's second Pro Stock. It was acid dipped to the point you couldn't shut the door by the door handle or it would push in a couple of inches. Pro Stock technoligy was moving so fast in those days that the car quickly became obsolete and wasn't raced very long. I wonder where it is today?

SWEET! Hey,Welcome Bob! It's John from St Thomas Raceway Park! Glad you made it here! Will see you soon!

Post in the intro section and tell us about yourself.Ontario Rodders like to know!

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BORDERBANDIT wrote:

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hi John..how ya doing...Merry Christmas

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          Good Bob.Merry Christmas to you as well and a bonus 2014!

Barrie working on my

car

Thanks Bob! Great shots.

yes the Chicago show last month

thanx for those pix awesome

I thought both Barrie Poole and John Elliott drove back in the day when they had more than 1 car at an event ? When I saw them at the Indy Nats in '67 ( or so ...I'm getting old ! ) , I remember Poole in the Comet and Elliott in the Mustang .

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if you have the ertl model Elliot mustand you will find the front fender decal says budwiser and not sandy elliot

Man,, what a transition the St. Thomas track has taken over the years.

Here is an old photo at ST Thomas Dragway. One of the I B R A   Bracket events

yes it was..by new owner of the car,,a towing accident on the QEW

JPB... The John Elliot Mustang you posted was crashed at St. Thomas by John. He didn't race much after that.

here it is today

BORDERBANDIT wrote:

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john my friend peter French owns that car and is restoring it as I type this. it will debute at the CK Nationals next year..buy the way he wants to buy that magazine from you ..Bob

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                     Bob,I will have it @ your event in 2014.It's in a safe place.

JPB The damage to the car was minor but at the time John told me it was a very scary ride.He sort of lost interest in drag racing and moved on to other interests.I think the changes in Super Stock racing was a big part of it and he really didn't want to run Pro Stock or brackets .My favourite John Elliot racecar was his 427 two door Comet when it was painted solid red. Ran great and looked great.

Wheres Barrie ?   I thought he was a young guy from the sixties like me     

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if car is finished,we'd be honored to have him bring car. To 10th annual ELTA summer bash.Cool piece of local history!

Keeping it Blue Oval,Bob what ever happened to the '64 Thunderbolt that was campained by Barry Poole and Dan Akin ? Was black with gold graphics used to race @ Sparta.