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Originally Posted by mrays
This 68 Cuda Hemi Super Stock is a factory BO29 car that was sold new at Midtown Plymouth in Dayton OH to Bill Vanwey. He campaigned it during the '69 season before selling it to Billy "The Kid" Stepp. Billy converted it from a TorqueFlite to a 4 speed, but he sold it to Ronnie Sox before he completed it. This car is 1 of at least 4 68 Hemi Cuda's that Sox & Martin campaigned. It is part of Tom Abrams collection. It was bid to $170K.
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----Later this BO29 ended up with Dale Smith in Bloomington Ill. He brought it back to racing specs for nostalgia stuff. Dale (RIP) and I were close friends and he wanted to go to the same nostalgia stuff I was doing with Red Alert. Around 93 or 94ish we both went to the Field of Dreams at the Quaker City get together and Dale got Ronnie to show up. Ronnie brought his Pro-Mod Comet and the big rig. He was supposed to run Bill Porterfield in the No.1 ZL1 with the BO29 in some match races, but Bill broke something during testing. The promoter came to me and asked if I'd step in among a few others. Of course, I said yes. I didn't care how bad he beat me as I could say "I raced Ronnie Sox". I said, you guys got to give me something as Dales car was a second and a half faster than RA and we settled on 3/4's of a second. I wasn't exactly happy, but what the hell! We did our burnouts and there were a lot of cameras out there for the race. I still believe that Ronnie just wasn't used to someone leaving 3/4 of a second before him. I, of course, didn't see him leave and I hooked up as well as I ever did. I saw him coming but it seemed like he was too far back. I hadn't seen him stand the car practicly on the bumper. Ronnie had holed the oil pan on the way down but didn't know it and was chasing me down. I just squeaked by him and felt pretty damn good going back to the pits. We were pitted next to each other, and I went over and (stupidly) gave him a Red Alert hat. Moments later I saw him throw it in a trash can. Ronnie did not like to be beat, even in a little nothing race for him. My modest racing claim to fame.....Bill S