1968 6th Annual 200 - Mile National Championship - Modified - Trenton,N.J.,Speedway

# 1.photo - 1968 6th Annual 200 - Mile National Championship - Modified Race -Trenton,N.J.,Speedway race poster. :cheers: :cool:
# 2.photo - #Flying 11, #V4, #43, and #2x race cars. :cool: :cheers:
# 3.photo - #Flying 11 and #V4 race cars. :cool:

# 4.photo - #43 and #2x race cars. :cool:

#1. Who is the drivers and car owners of #Flying 11, #V4, #43, and #2x race cars? :cheers: :confused: :help:

The poster has "60-STARTERS-60" printed on it. :cool: :cheers:
#2. Who was "60-STARTERS-60" modified race drivers of this race? :confused: :help:
#3. Does anyone has a copy of the starting and finishing order of this race? :confused: :help:

11 - Ray Hendrick
2x - Ed Flemke Sr.

Ray Hendrick won. No Long Islanders in the top ten. I'm pretty sure thats the race that Bruno Brackey was badly burned in and steered the flaming #69 car into the infield lake riding on the rubrail. He won the Qualifier for that race here at Weissglass Stadium on Staten Island that year.

[QUOTE=#1. Who is the drivers and car owners of #Flying 11, #V4, #43, and #2x race cars? :cheers: :confused: :help:
The poster has "60-STARTERS-60" printed on it. :cool: :cheers:
#2. Who was "60-STARTERS-60" modified race drivers of this race? :confused: :help:
#3. Does anyone has a copy of the starting and finishing order of this race? :confused: :help:[/QUOTE]

The v4 was driven by Dick Watson...
The #43 was, of course, "Gramps"...Bill Greco!

Top 10 finishers ... 1. #11 Ray Hendrick Richmond Va.
2. XL-1 Red Farmer Hueytown Ala.
3. #45 Paul Radford Ferrum Va.
4. #23 Billy Hensley Ridgeway Va.
5. #1 Lennie Pond Petersburg Va.
6. #42 Al Grinnan Fredericksburg Va.
7. #3 Bugs Stevens Rehoboth Ma.
8. #24 Ed Royster Middleburg NC.
9. V41 Will Cagle Tampa Fla.
10. #04 Perk Brown Eden NC.

Fred Harbach set a new track record in time trials...35.314...101.942mph!
That's really all I have ... for now...

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Originally Posted by Fat Albert

The v4 was driven by Dick Watson...
The #43 was, of course, "Gramps"...Bill Greco!

Top 10 finishers ... 1. #11 Ray Hendrick Richmond Va.
2. XL-1 Red Farmer Hueytown Ala.
3. #45 Paul Radford Ferrum Va.
4. #23 Billy Hensley Ridgeway Va.
5. #1 Lennie Pond Petersburg Va.
6. #42 Al Grinnan Fredericksburg Va.
7. #3 Bugs Stevens Rehoboth Ma.
8. #24 Ed Royster Middleburg NC.
9. V41 Will Cagle Tampa Fla.
10. #04 Perk Brown Eden NC.

Fred Harbach set a new track record in time trials...35.314...101.942mph!
That's really all I have ... for now...

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While Fred Harbach set a new record in Time Trials it was Tommie Elliott who sat on the pole. Winners of qualifying races at eastern tracks got preferred spots. That rule sucked and was the cause of a huge pile up in 1965. No matter what the rules Hendrick owned Trenton and the '68 win upped his record to 3 wins and 2 seconds in five starts in the Trenton 200. He missed the '67 race when it was postponed twice and he had a conflict. On the third date he was committed to run a GN car for Emanuel Zervakis at Martinsville and Donnie Allison subbed for him in the Tant-Mitchell #11 and finished 2nd to Bugsy Stevens.

That was definately a great race! Trenton was (is) my all time favorite race track. With the covered grandstands and the sound of 60 modifieds with no mufflers it was awesome. And thanks to Howie and Mary Hodge we've got pictures of that great day!

http://www.racerhub.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1519

The '67 Trenton race was a classic too! With Ed Brunnhoelzl starting on the pole. Lee Roy Yarbrough drove Don Houses' XL-1 and Man was Bill Dennis fast in that #54!

http://www.racerhub.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1509