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Photo ID # G02.25.10_016_TIL_FLM_0060_1
Car #: #16
Driver (s) : Hirby Tillman
Location: Flemington, NJ
Date: 1963
Photographer: Ted & Bob Lowery
Photo provided by: Bob Lowery
Comments: Comment from Bob:  THIS PIC YOU AND THE GUYS MIGHT FIND INTERESTING. 1963, MY FIRST TRIP TO FORT DIX  SPEEDWAY (NOW DIRT-  NEW EGYPT )  AND HERBY TILLMAN WON THE FEATURE . THEY GAVE HIM A FEW EXTRA $$$ AND HE PUT THIS POSTER ON THE CAR (COVERING THE THE (SWEET) IN SWEET 16.  THE PICTURE IS THE NEXT DAY AT THE BACK PIT ENTRANCE GATE.  I TOOK THIS PICTURE.  THIS IS THE FIRST CAR HE BROUGHT TO FLEMINGTON. 327 CHEVY , 4  TWO BARREL CARBS ON A STAGARD STROMBERG MANIFOLD.  IT BECAME INJECTED LATER.  THIS BODY DID NOT LAST LONG AT FLEMINGTON  EITHER .
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02.25.10 George Gwynn Herby Tillman, another of the many Floridians who ventured to the
incomparable northeast modified circuit, back in the day, to seek fame and fortune.
Others who ventured north included: Will Cagle, Rags Carter, Buzzie and
Wayne Reutimann, Gil Hearne, Jackie Evans, Tommie Elliott, Pee Wee Griffin,
Bobby Brack, Bobby Malzahn, Jack Choquette and Bobby Allison (before
moving to Alabama). Sprint car racers included Bobby Allen and Steve Smith.

Let me know if I've missed anyone.

George Gwynn
Frederick, MD
02.26.10 Joel Naprstek My good friend Marty Little from south Florida informs that this car is an ex-Bobby Allison car that Tillman brought north.  I seem to recall a woman (Mrs. Tillman) in the stands at Middletown with one of those small, handheld airhorns blasting it off each time Tillman's name was announced of the PA system. Funny the things that one identifies with about something.
02.28.10 Marty Little George - Add to your list Gary Balough, Dick Anderson, Spud Murphy, Nokie Mallory, Vince Pantuso, and Jeff Dufresne and on the sprint side Richard Lupo and Joey Allen. 

Yes, the Sweet 16 sedan was a former Bobby Allison 312 that he ran at Vineland and other tracks during a 1960 visit to NJ. Herby was building a coupe and Bobby wanted that rather than the sedan so they traded cars and it worked out well for both.
03.07.10 Charlie Miller Great photo! By the looks of those header pipes , I bet that poster didn't last very long!
09.22.11 Jack Walker Great Shot !!
12.15.12 GE

I believe it later became the FIVE of Cookie Hause.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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