Where are they now?

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biker6403

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"Racer" Rick Bayer,"Mopar"Mike Sonderman,CC Corbin,Lou Thery,Kevin Goss,Bo Smith Jr.,Bert Cheatem,Tom Utley,"Gentleman"Jim Maly. Let's have fun with this.:cool:
 
As far as I know C.C.Corbin has a custom shop in Atlanta, Lou Thery is still in the area. The others Im not sure of.
 
Kevin Goss is still around the Godfrey/Brighton area semi-retired.
Old man Lou Thery is dead.
Not sure about the others.
 
I worked with Bert at Chrysler. He retired from there and racing. Livin' the good life now....lol as he says.
Mike Sonderman past away will be 10 years ago this September.
I seen Jim Maly at the Full Moon car show couple years ago.
Rick Bayer goes to my mother in law for hair cuts...lol
 
what d h,,all them guys i raced with are dead or retired,,guess i am the dummy for working every day n as long as they can pour me in my sh**t box i will still race...
 
Tom Utley runs ctc Emergency Auto-lock out service and roadside service and car bbean tanning..But still gose to tri city and watches.....
 
Oscar1 said:
Don Hobbs died several years years ago from cancer. We lost a good one in him!
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I’ll second that….got my first taste of racing pitting for Don when he drove the Stroh’s beer car.
Dennis Sellers works for a local excavation company. Asked him a year or two ago if he ever goes to races anymore and was told no. The flying deuce was a good driver no doubt about it.
 
see kevin at pdq in brighton once in awhile,Lou thery did die a few years back,Tom utly can be seen at tri city alot over the season.
 
Herman Hanradt,Rick England, and how bout some White City memories,Bill Patton,Wes Weinmann,Mike Null Jr.,"Big"John Seets,or Don Rottler,Rich Steyh,Greg Klein,Jim Shereck?
 
Herman still lives by Bellclair speedway and works for Petroff towing. Rick Steyh lives in Cedar Hill and races vintage cars and sometimes a vintage midget
 
biker6403 said:
Herman Hanradt,Rick England, and how bout some White City memories,Bill Patton,Wes Weinmann,Mike Null Jr.,"Big"John Seets,or Don Rottler,Rich Steyh,Greg Klein,Jim Shereck?
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Hammerin Bill Patton still lives in meadowbrooke and has his boy racing micros in the area. they travel all over and do alot of winning
 
I just talked to Don Rottler a couple of weeks ago... he finally retired from Southtown Dodge after about 30 years of turning wrenches there. Since he quit racing, he has been bulding/selling some beautiful custom hot rods. I asked him if he ever thought about returning to the track, and mentioned that even his hometown rival and friend Tom Vogt (who quit racing around the same time Rottler did) came out of "racing retirement"... his reply was "hell no! Not with the silly rules they ahve in place now!" He stated that it costs 10 to twenty times more to run a car nowadays then what it did when he last raced... yet pay-outs are the exact same. (He has a point)

Plus, he also said that "racing isn't like it used to be." He said that "racing was racing" when the fast cars had to start in the back like they did when he raced. Nowadays they get to start up front and to him, "that's not racing either." (he has a valid point there too)

I don't look for him to be back in a car anytime soon. LOL!

If you think about it... what he said kind of makes sense... I do miss the "old days" when it WAS a whole lot more fun.
 
cmora said:
Herman still lives by Bellclair speedway and works for Petroff towing. Rick Steyh lives in Cedar Hill and races vintage cars and sometimes a vintage midget
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Going to try and get Herman and his wife Elaine to Highland this Saturday for The 50th Anniversary since my Dad pitted for him in the 80's and Early 90's
 
how about bert griffin, ron griffin, bud pursley, now that is an old name,
steve quetermouse, who almost ran over me once, bert cheatem to name a few and forgive the spelling
 
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