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George M. Wilkins
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- Brownsburg, IN
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Jungle Park Reunion 2009
Started this discussion. Last reply by Roy caruthers Jun 28, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
I was able to go to the 2009 Jungle Park reunion and had the pleasure of spending the day with Ed Hitze Jr., Donald Davidson and Don & Chris Cumberworth. I would say that there were about 15 cars…Continue
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George M. Wilkins left a comment for john sullivan"Hey John, sorry it took me so long to respond. I had to start my own company due to being laid off and I've been way to busy. I still keep in touch with some of Mike's kids and I got to drive for one of his cousins or maybe he was a…"
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Mike Johnson Qualifying at Kokomo
"THANKS FOR THIS PICTURE IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF MY FATHER AND I ATTENDING RACES AT KOKOMO WHEN I WAS A BOY. AND YES I AGREE MIKE JOHNSON WAS ONE HELL OF A RACE CAR DRIVER AND HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR HIS FANS. JOHN"
Dave Hatcher left a comment for George M. Wilkins"Thanks for the info on Randy Roberts. I'll take a look at that website. I somewhat doubt it's one of his cars, as during all my searching, I was even able to talk to the guy who did the gold leafing #5 on Pepi's car. Everything just…"
George M. Wilkins left a comment for Dave Hatcher"I'll see what I can find out. BTW, Randy Roberts always had a beautiful black #5 in gold leaf. He's won the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association 9 times. You can see it on RMMRA's website.
http://www.rmmra.org/history.shtml
I…"
Dave Hatcher left a comment for George M. Wilkins"George, if he happens to be thinking clearly, and you get a feel that possibly he could give a valid answer, could you work in a question about the black midget with the gold leaf #5 just to see if he has any memory of whom he got it from? I've…"
George M. Wilkins left a comment for Dave Hatcher"Thanks for the info on Pepi. I'll make some time and call him. It seems as though his memory from a long time ago is good. But his short term memory is not very good. I could be wrong. Regardless, I need to call and check in on him. Again…"
Dave Hatcher left a comment for George M. Wilkins"George, sorry it's taken me a while to get back. You ask about where PePi is. When I talked to him a few years ago, he was at Northern Indiana Health Care Center in Marion, In. The phone number for him was 765-674-3321 ext 73050. Let me know…"
George M. Wilkins left a comment for George M. Wilkins"I'm confused on how I respond to some of these comments. Actually it's more like where I should respond. I noticed this window above your's Andy. I'll get the hang of it."
Profile Information
- Where did you hear about us?
- Shane Paxton
- How long have you been a race fan?
- 46 Years
- Tell us about yourself.
- My Dad drove midgets right after his return from WWII. He had a very successful career winning over 40 races one year driving for the Robertsons, two brothers out of Muncie, IN. Dick Fraiser use to drive the car, but Dad got the ride after Dick moved onto driving jalopies. The car was a copper color with white scallops. It was a Kurtis Kraft midget #12 and was often called the Offy killer. Ed Hitze, Sr. wrote a book on Kurtis and there is a picture of my Dad winning the feature at Anderson about 1948.
I drove sprints and midgets for 10 years in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. I was the ROY with WWAR midgets, the 1995 Paragon Sprint Car Champion, and the 1996 HARF sportsmanship award.
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Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 10:14pm on September 15, 2009,
Pete Banchoff said… - Welcome to Open Wheel Racers reunion, George. Look around and check out the pictures and fan pages. Your pictures are outstanding!
Pete in Michigan
- At 2:29pm on October 2, 2009,
John Potts said…
- George, if I find out you had an oval slot track when I was at IRP and I didn't know about it, you're in deep doggy-do.
You can e-mail me at indybigjohn@roadrunner.com
- At 10:13pm on October 2, 2009, Dave Hatcher said…
- Many thanks George. I'm really enjoying your posts. It's neat that you remember Southworth. I've traced the history of this car back to PePi Marchese. Did you ever run with him? I can't get anything past PePi owning it. I've contacted him, but he's in a home after his bad head injury at Eldora in 92 and unfortunately with the shape he's in, we cannot have much of a conversation.
- At 1:13pm on October 6, 2009,
Andy towler said… - hello george I just love this site how are you doing have good day
- At 10:09am on October 7, 2009, Andy towler said…
- good morning George How is The Weather Your Way Clear Hear About 70's Thank you liking my models you commented on other day
- At 3:01pm on October 7, 2009, George M. Wilkins said…
- I'm confused on how I respond to some of these comments. Actually it's more like where I should respond. I noticed this window above your's Andy. I'll get the hang of it.
- At 7:24pm on October 10, 2009, Dave Hatcher said…
- George, sorry it's taken me a while to get back. You ask about where PePi is. When I talked to him a few years ago, he was at Northern Indiana Health Care Center in Marion, In. The phone number for him was 765-674-3321 ext 73050. Let me know how he's doing if you make contact sometime. Many thanks, Dave
- At 4:42pm on October 12, 2009, Dave Hatcher said…
- George, if he happens to be thinking clearly, and you get a feel that possibly he could give a valid answer, could you work in a question about the black midget with the gold leaf #5 just to see if he has any memory of whom he got it from? I've had no luck in tracing the history past him and basically had to give up. This may be one last shot. Only do this if the situation is appropriate based on how he sounds to you. Many thanks, Dave.
- At 8:21pm on October 13, 2009, Dave Hatcher said…
- Thanks for the info on Randy Roberts. I'll take a look at that website. I somewhat doubt it's one of his cars, as during all my searching, I was even able to talk to the guy who did the gold leafing #5 on Pepi's car. Everything just went to a dead end. It was really disappointing. Any idea where this Randy Roberts may be located now?
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