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02/20/04	Bob Becker	I believe Botz ran it as a #6 at Reading, same color.
02/20/04	3-Wide	I'm thinking it may have been the #2 that's featured somewhere here in the Vault, but maybe some of the Reading faithful can help out here.
02/21/04	Bob Becker	Your right, got a photo of it as the 2, but I saw a photo at another site as the 6.
02/22/04	Scott Pacich	If this was Botz's car, it was after it was rebuilt. Botz took his out of Reading's turn 3/4 early in 1973. The cage was flattened. Bobby Hauer had a similar car (#9). The number 6 was Ralph Brown. Perhaps that is this car?
02/24/04	3-Wide	There weren't too many cars that left the tail that long.... Another one that comes to mind was the Sundowner #6 of Jim Godeke but I think that was a 3 window deal.
03/04/04	Jerry	Anybody remember Dick running Wall in the #6 Falcon and Gremlin in the 70s and 80s? also as the #71 at New Egypt (Mercanti Ford?)
03/04/04	Scott Pacich	TVR (www.thevintageracer.com) has a great set of Reading shots from 1973. I belive this car is in this section http://www.thevintageracer.com/stasiak003.htm . It is the Ralph Brown #6.
04/01/04	Jack	The Dick Lewis #6 Gremlin is alive and well and is still running in GSVSCC events .... NOTE from Jack to us below to provide more info on the #6 that Dick drove: The #6 is the original Dick Lewis Wall and Atlantic City car that was later driven by Rck Senzik at Wall. It is an original car and was at first a Ford Falcon. As far as the info I have received the car was in competition from 1966 -1992. As far as I can tell at this point the car has the longest ACTIVE career of any local stock car. I was told it competed in every garden state classic ?? The car was I believe the last straight axle car running and was later changed to independent. It was built and rebuilt many times. Last year the front broke and hit the rail at Wall. It is almost done. I'm being helped by Bob Pomeroy Jr. He and his dad drove wall - His dad drove #27 Ford powered Hudson coupe nicknamed Wick's Racing. The suspension setup is being done by a man named Nick (dont know the last name) but was Dick Lewis' best friend !!! The car was restored about 5 years ago by Bob Murath, (former tech guy at AC speedway) and I got it last year ..... Dick Lewis often ran as # 9 the numbers he used were bolted to the car so he could turn them to run other tracks. I would like to get and/or see any pictures of the # 6 that you or others may have this would be very appreceted. There is a pic of the car in gsvscc web site profiles. As a footnote, I drove against this car in the Louis Repone owned # 93, #94 sportsman 1978 - 1981. If anyone wants info or has info about the # 6, I would love to talk to them and I look forward to hearing from you soon Thank You ,,,,, Jack
05/15/04	Jerry Hart	When Rick Sendzik drove it wasn't that the last big-block to run at Wall?
03/19/05	Kevin B.	Scotts right, this is the same car on the other site! look at both photos and you can see the rear window, and the left window are cut out the exact same. Kevin B.
03/24/05	Kevin B	Bob Becker is right about Johnny Botz driving this car! look at page 25a in the vault, Kevin Budden..

Photo ID #	a02.19.04_09X_LEW_EWS_0070_1
Car #:	#9x
Driver (s) :	Dickie Lewis
Location:	East Windsor, NJ
Date:	1972
Photographer:	John Sienko
Photo provided by:	John Sienko
Comments:	One of my favorite cars from the early 70's. Someone told me that this may have been a car campaigned previously by Reading driver Johnny Botz. I'm not sure of that, but it was a really good looking car as was the little Gremlin that Dick ran a few years later that is also featured in the Vault. (The 71 Monte in the background aint so bad looking either!)