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John Gallant Jr.
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John Gallant Sr.
PA Dirt Modified standout and former Nascar driver Tighe Scott
lit up the Northeast racing scene with his always spectacular performing
& looking #28’s. Scott always had
the financing to operate a 1st class operation, and actually came
damn close to winning the Daytona 500 for not a bad pit stop, I think the
year was 1979.
I can say with 100% conviction though
this car ended up in the Middletown drainage ditch a few weeks later during
the Orange County Eastern States weekend.
I was there that day, and watched as Tighe and Harold Bunting in the
Blue Hen #30 did duel in the last chance qualifiers race, the two tangled,
and the end result was the 28 upside down in the drink, with a very upset
Tighe hurling mud balls at Bunting.
Ahhh, the good old days, when a score could be settled with a chunk of
clay and a good arm.
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