Top Photo: Bobby Ely
Second Photo: A friend of
Third Photo: Bobby Ely
Top Photo: Chuck Ely
Second Photo: A friend of
Third Photo: Ely Photos
Top Photo: The undisputed King of the Mini-Stocks, Bob Hackel needs no introduction here. One has to wonder just how many feature victories Bob chalked up all along the Eastern Seaboard with his familiar #97’s.
Second Photo: Another one of the many sleek and speedy #97’s Bob Hackel was so famous for tooling around not just Lebanon, but the entire Northeast. Bob won anywhere he went as was a big proponent of the Mini Stock Class, until it’s ultimate demise in the mid 80’s.
Third Photo: This buggy looks pretty rough, for Bob’s standards, I see a whole lot of rubber donuts along side of her, and seems as if Bob took a tumble in this neat looking #97 Mini. As Bob will attest though, they never look ugly in victory lane!
Additional Comments:
I remember this car, with a different paint job, being called “The Teachers Pet”….though I’m not too sure why. Was it just this car, or were all of his cars called that?
-Benny, Cheshire, MA