Posted by chuck on 4/14/2006, 1:38 pm, in reply to "Re: trying to find history on a car"
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:Freeport stadium tried to build up interest in their lagging "modified six" fields by having the roofs cut off of the cars and calling them open cockpit modifieds. One of the promoters at the time was Duke Donaldson who had part ownership in some Indianapolis cars and was an open cockpit enthusiast. (as well as being one of the most egotistical and worst stock car promoters ever!) Anyway Mickey Corr cut the roof off his car but left it so that it could be bolted back on when he wanted to race elsewhere. For a couple of summers he and his wife Fran would go own vacation with their racecar and he would race other places. Before this orange number 40, Mickey owned a non-ford number 140 and a modified number 1401/2 that were driven by Bob Lamoreaux. Hope this helps some.
