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Photo ID # G10.04.10_292_MIC_EWS_0076_1
Car #: #292
Driver (s) : Al Michalchuk
Location: East Windsor Speedway
Date: 1976
Photographer: Ace Lane Jr.
Photo provided by: Ace Lane Jr.
Comments: It was the 2nd year for Al's Gremlin and this time (car was dark blue in '75, light blue in '76 and white in '77.  It had a 427 out of a Corvette for all 3 years...)  The chassis was actually a one off from former modified driver (and current URC runner) Mike Kostic, who reached out to Al to see what he could do with it...  I think the car was actually pretty close to a Profile Chassis, but was scaled down just a bit throughout...  Even still, the car was pretty heavy, and looking back, its performance was probably compromised by Al running used tires pretty much all the time...  I think Al said he had about $3500 into this car and at a time when other guys were showing up with Grant King and Kenny Weld creations , it soon became quite an accomplishment to win a modified heat.... or score a top 5 feature finish in pretty much a home grown, leaf spring car.

Here it is almost 35 years later and I notice celebrating the moment along the frontstretch fence in the background is Al's wife Peggy (in blue), possibly daughter Jennifer (white t-shirt) and son Alex (being held by Peggy)...  And the guy with the plaid shirt and the "Cat Diesel Power" hat looks to me like a 15 year old future webmaster!
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10.27.10 Charlie Miller What a very special memory. It was a special time as well. Yes the little guy could still pull off the occasional upset with a win now an again. To be there and witness your hero doing just that , had to be a special moment.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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