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There can be only one!
This Tory's 96-99 cars for 2000, 2001 or 2002,2003 click each year.
#16 Tory- I've been stripping cars since I was a kid and started building and pitting as soon as they would let me in the pits. I joined the Navy in '88 as soon as I finished high school, so I never got a chance to drive. In '96 I timed my leave right, ran for the first time and was hooked. I have ran ever year since except 98 due to Naval obligations. So far I have won 3 features(gave one away), and numerous heats but mainly just junked a bunch of cars and had a blast in process.
This is a 74 Chevy coil wagon the original Packer mobile
Ryan is next to me in the #17 Badger mobile.
It was a decent car but I didn't last long when a purple leaf wagon with a double frame crushed me.
This frontend damage was done by one shot that pinched my fuel line and bent my aircleaner
Here's my 75 Caprice for Monroe 97. We found this car in Chicago and it was a major rust bucket. I didn't weld a thing changed a few body bolts and ran ready rod from the frame to the radiator support and ran it. We did put a good motor in it and one pipe behind the seat.
This shot pushed my firewall hole into the distributor cap, busted it and the rotor. I was trying to put it back on when he hit me again and almost chopped my hand off. I wish I would have put the pipe in the dash now.
I took in to the pits and everyone said forget it that thing is done but I had nothing to loose so I hooked a Jeep to it and pulled it back out. Jumped on the hood and it was looking decent again. All the body seams in the front of the car were seperated so I knew if I got sideways in the track I was a dead man. I put a new cap and rotor, two spark plug and I was ready to go.
I did some heavy hitting and this thing folded up quick. I couldn't see a thing front or back.
This is how the heat ended with my ramming the third and second place cars against the wall. I broke #24 steering box.
Thats me on top doing my normal roof celebration to get the crowd going.
The distributor wire got pulled out or my nephew who got a feature spot with a compact would have run it but we didn't figure that out until too late.
Mike ran this car in 2 heats and I took it for the feature.
It killed alot on me but always started right up.
I only had about a 10 yard run and his wagon just started going up so I gunned it and over he went. If you see the video you'll be amazed how easy he went over. Paul Hines, who was in the wagon was not injuried and kept driving. When I backed off he flipped upright again and I rolled on my side. It was a very long delay but the crowd was going nuts. So many cameras were flashing, I felt like a movie star.
I finally got rolled upright and lasted until 5th place when the motor was so hot it wouldn't turn over. I would've lasted longer but we screwed up and ran unleaded gas in a '67 327 which requires leaded gas.
We ran this in three trailer races but 3 minutes into the demo I took a hard shot and the steering box fell of the frame.
This car was very solid, very little rust anywhere. I bought it off the IDDA digest. I spent two solid weeks prepping this car. I welded the top of the frame from the bumper to the hump in back and from the front bumper to the firewall. Ran two pipes inside and removed all the body bolts and plated and reinstalled them.
Notice the angle iron across the driver's door and the two across the windshield.
Ready to go
Here's Dean Fox coming after me.
My turn Dean
Russ and I after posing beside the wagonslayer after the heat, tough heat had to kill alot of wagons to earn the trophy.
In the feature I got stuck on one of our rivals Mike Mowery. It worked great we kept moviing but it also protected my rad because I went over him. We finally got apart but by then it was just SRT on the track. We battled it out between 5 of us and I won. One of greatest feelings is to win you first feature, especially Monroe where the competition is so good.
Click here for Tory's 2000 pictures
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