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The Back Story:
The Hudson owned by Bernie
Manzollini and Ozzie Phillips is in the process of having a very bad night. On this night, the car is probably driven by
Warney Carr or Earl Nimmonds, or quite possibly even being crashed by Doc Gray.
Somebody is going to have
to own up to it.
This car was one of the
last 6 cylinder Hudson’s
to race at the Valley. For years, Hudson’s had a
tremendous advantage. The rules back
then were show stock, run it the way it came off the showroom floor. Hudson’s had
two carburetors and aluminum heads, from the factory,
AND were 308 cubic inches...no
wonder Henri Bouchard was unbeatable in the early 50s in his Hudson Hornet.
Note the lack of the high
banks. This was taken before the speedway got the facelift that we are all
familiar with now. This was before boiler plate too. As you could imagine the wooden boards launched
more than one competitor "out of the ball park" on a weekly basis. Good Times, Good Times.
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