Between my dad, my brother, my uncle and I, we have a total of 5 vintage modifieds. Three are set up for racing, one is a show car that we fully restored and race a little bit, and one is in the same condition it was when it came off of the track in 1971. We belong to two racing clubs and have about 10 dates on the schedule so far for 2017.

One club is Milwaukee Stock Car Racing Association or MSC for short.  http://milwaukeestockcar.tripod.com/

The other club is Badgerland Vintage Racers which is a newly formed club.
http://www.badgerlandvintageracers.com/

The blue 75 and the orange 66 are race ready cars. The green 40 was restored from a pile of scrap and has quite a bit of time and money into making it look the way it does.

This one was sold to us by a racer that last raced it in 1971. It is close to being a regular at local shows.

Here is a quick video of a test drive down the driveway:

These are the five cars we currently have. There was one that my uncle had that he has since sold. That one still comes to the shows we attend up north in WI and MI.

My next few entries will talk a little about the cars individually.Until next time.

Darrin

Let me take you back to Saturday, March 4, 2017

At 9:37 a.m., my brother Jeremy sent me a text with a picture of a vintage modified for sale on Facebook. I simply responded "That's pretty cool. And affordable."After a few text messages back and forth, I decided to contact the seller with a few questions on specifics. The car seemed like it would be a good fit for our clubs. I sent a picture and some specifics to my dad who happened to be eating breakfast with my mom at this time. The next free weekend I would have available to go would be in three weeks. Today was not the day to go:

• I was on call for work
• The car is 7 hours away (each direction) and 500 miles (each direction)
• It's already after noon on a Saturday
• I have to bowl in a tournament on Sunday at noon
• Bank was closed

Between my dad and I, we had enough cash laying around. He offered to drive on the way home. I got his blessing that the price was right.  My wife gave me the OK to go throough with this crazy idea. I called my uncle to see if his trailer was available. Found a coworker to take my on-call.

All the puzzle pieces fell into place so we decided to go for it. I picked my dad up, we went to my uncle's to get the trailer, and the three of us hit the road.

3/4/17 @ 3:00 p.m.: We began our journey to pick up the car

3/4/17 @ 9:30 p.m.: We arrive in Slayton, MN at the person who is selling the car's house (I made good time)


3/4/17 @ 11:00 p.m.: We have the car loaded and are ready to head back home:

3/5/17 @ 1:00 a.m.: We stop in Blue Earth, MN to fill up on gas and my dad takes over driving

3/5/17 @ 6:00 a.m.: We are getting closer to home. About an hour to go:

3/5/17 @ 7:30 a.m.: I arrive back at my house just in time to relax and bowl some of my worst games ever. It will be worth it and we can't wait to see what this car can do.
Next entry will be an update of our cars and clubs. Stay tuned!
Darrin