Top: Brian Berger
Second: Hotrod
Third:
Steve Lloyd
Fourth: John Gallant Jr.
Fifth Photo: John Gallant Jr.
Sixth Photo:
Larry Faulkner Jr.
Top: Unknown
Second: Hotrod's 110
Third:
Steve Lloyd
Fourth: John Gallant Jr.
Fifth Photo: John Gallant Jr.
Sixth Photo:
Faulkner Family
Top Photo:
The always exciting Buddy Palmer came into his own in the Big Block ranks after a very successful sportsman career by teaming up Gordon Sands for a few years. Buddy scored two career valley wins, grabbing a victory in ’84 & ’85 in Sand’s “King’s Machine”, mocking the moniker of the cars owned by Marilyn Buanno that Maynard Forrette drove, the “Queen’s Machine”. I have a feeling there’s more to that story than just that, if memory serves me correctly, I think there was a bit of a conflict between them, but that could have just been good old Uncle Art hyping the situation.
Second Photo:
My first year at Syracuse in the pits. I took a bunch of shots of Valley guys I liked and cars I’d only seen in the pages of Gater and AARN on my awesome 110. With a little push of the automatic button, look what I captured.
Buddy got that spot thanks to the multiple “Bayly, Martin and Faye” spots for inaugural 358 run at the mile that LV supported back then, since I think half that deal was Howie's to begin with.
Does anybody remember without looking up who won that 20 lap race in 1980?
Third Photo:
I’m really going to stick my neck out here and say this is Buddy
Palmer aboard the Gordon Sands #32 in this picture. I have 0.0 doubt though that that is Harry Behrent in the #3.
I’m thinking this is 1980, maybe even
1981, because of the “aerodynamic” hood on Behrents car brought on by the “Batmobile”. 2 reasons I say this is because I don’t
see an Ottomobile anywhere on the 32, and if it is ’81, Larkin had already
moved to the Williams #44.
Let the debates begin.
Fourth Photo: Pretty sleek looking Sands Lavoy #32. By the lettering, looks to be an Alberti chassis
Fifth Photo:
I’m guessing this was the first car for Buddy Palmer?
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