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The 1964 Southern 500

 

The Event will be held over two days on Labor Day weekend , September 4^th and 5^th 2010 at the Low Country Motorplex in Charleston, South Carolina.

 Tony Puzzello

1710 West Avalon Circle

Charleston, South Carolina

29407

843-906-7101 

Schedule of Events

 

Saturday, September 4, 2010 – Southern Sportsman

                                                                  Southern Muscle (ECHORR SS) 

Sunday, September 5, 2010 – Southern 500 

 The Sportsman class on Saturday will run on the TKO oval in “Southern One” , the first race of the 2010 – ’11 season for the Southern Sportsman Series. The supporting class of this series is the “Southern Muscle” cars which follow the ECHORR “SS” rules. Both of these events are points paying races, counting towards the season championship.

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 Rules for the Southern Sportsman class can be viewed here: 

http://www.doyleperformance.com/dotnetnuke/Sportsman/201011SportsmanRules/tabid/213/Default.aspx 

Rules for the Southern Muscle class can be viewed here: 

http://echorr.com/page16.php 

Bodies in the Southern Muscle class are American HP form 1960 to present. 

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1964 Southern 500 Entry List

 

#3     Buck Baker                 1964 Dodge            Jeannie Walker

#41   Jim Paschal                1964 Plymouth         Bill Kurtz

#43   Richard Petty              1964 Plymouth        Skylar Spake

#11   Ned Jarrett                  1964 Ford               

#54   Jimmy Pardue             1964 Plymouth

#1     Billy Wade                   1964 Mercury

#19   Larry Thomas              1964 Ford

#06   Cale Yarborough         1964 Ford              Tommy Jakubowski

#46   J.T. Putney                  1963 Chevrolet

#53   Bob Cooper                 1963 Ford              Ray Utz

#02   Curtis Crider                1963 Mercury         Roger Corrie

#6     Cotton Owens             1964 Dodge            Brian Wess 

#48   Bobby Keck                 1963 Ford

#9     Roy Tyner                    1964 Chevrolet      Tom Bowman

#36   Major Melton                1963 Dodge

#09   Roy Mayne                   1962 Chevrolet      Aaron Wess

#03   LeeRoy Yarborough     1964 Dodge

#49   G.C.Spencer                 1964 Ford

#71   Sam McQuagg              1963 Ford

#26   Bobby Issac                   1964 Dodge          Dwayne Hoyle

#64   Elmo Langley                 1964 Ford

#28   Fred Lorenzen               1964 Ford             Kevin Browning

#27   Junior Johnson              1964 Ford             Anthony Tomlinson

#16   Darel Dieringer              1964 Mercury

#45   Bud Moore                     1963 Plymouth

#04    H.B.Bailey                     1964 Pontiac

#7     Bobby Johns                  1964 Ford

#25   Paul Goldsmith              1964 Plymouth

#76   Larry Frank                    1964 Ford

#82   Bunkie Blackburn          1964 Pontiac

#10   Buddy Baker                  1964 Ford

#5     Earl Balmer                    1964 Dodge           Alan Moss

#55   Tiny Lund                       1964 Dodge           Chris Walker

#58   Doug Moore                   1964 Chevrolet

#86   Neil Castles                   1962 Chrysler

#42   Bill McMahan                 1963 Pontiac

#60   Doug Cooper                 1964 Ford

#63   Don Hume                     1963 Ford

#21   Nelson Stacey               1964 Ford

#52   E.J.Trivette                    1962 Chevrolet

#13   Bud Harless                   1964 Ford

#88   Jimmy Helms                 1962 Chrysler

#01   Ed Livingston                 1963 Mercury

#0     Frank Graham                1962 Ford         

  

 Rules – Southern 500 Tjets  

Email your driver choice to Bill Kurtz at:

Tjetracer@msn.com

Or post it on the Southern Sportsman yahoo group at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SouthernSportsmanRacing/

 

Chassis

        1.  The only legal chassis is an original Aurora brand Thunderjet.
        2.  The chassis shall remain unaltered except in the instances 
    noted below.
         3.  The vertical gear plate rails located on top of the plate may be
               trimmed for body clearance purposes. 

Magnets 

 

1.  Magnets shall be original magnets manufactured exclusively for
             the Aurora Thunderjet chassis and shall remain unaltered.

        2.  Magnets may be shimmed by the use of non-ferrous materials 
    only.

Gears

  1.The 15 tooth plastic crown gear shall remain an original Aurora
     Thunderjet part.
  2.  All gears shall remain unaltered except for cleaning and/or
      polishing. 

Armatures

        1.  Armatures shall be an original Aurora Thunderjet brand and
             motors can be balanced
        2.  Armature commutator plates may be cleaned and/or polished.
        3.  Armatures may measure an average of no less than 16 ohms
             from pole to pole. 

Electrical

         1. Pick-up shoes with any type of step similar to stock are permitted
             (American Line, BSRT 504, Wizzard E82, Slottech). The step shall
             remain unaltered.

         2. The rear hook and front tabs may be altered to limit shoe travel.
              No material may be added.

         3. Pick-up shoe springs shall be an original Aurora part or an
             identical replacement (i.e. BSRT).

         4. Pick-up shoe springs may be trimmed or stretched.

         5. Any copper/carbon composite brush shall be legal and may be scored. 

        Wheels, Axles, & Tires
         1.  Wheels -  Double flanged wheels may be used ( Aluminum, Brass or Plastic including any combination of the 3 ).

 Plastic spacers my be used on the front axle to reduce movement. 

They must be mounted to a stock tjet axle.  The completed chassis will roll through a 1“ tech block. Complete car must pass through 1 1/8" tech block.

         2.  Any readily available tire with a size between maximum .380 and
              a minimum of .350 that is produced for an original type wheel may
              be used.

         3.  Glue, silicone, or other adhesive materials may be used to
              secure tires to wheels.

 If you have any questions please feel free to ask.