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Msg ID: 2758855 I Hope You Are Not Tire(d)... +0/-0     
Author:Lenny Swider
1/13/2023 4:54:47 PM

I was given a Nascar tire by my brother Jim. He was leaving Pocono speedway after the race a few years back and these pit crew guys from Kevin Lapage's crew (Kodak #4) were giving away used Goodyear tires. He remembered that I had a man cave in my basement and thought I'd like it for down there. Well it sat down there for years. My kids when they were small used to climb in it and roll each other into the walls with it. Then one day I got this bright idea to take it to racecar shows and get autographs on it.

Well what started out as a few autographs turned into over 220.

It was a labor of love dragging that thing around to race tracks. I've met the greatest bunch of people over the years because of that tire. It has signatures from Drivers, car owners, track officials, photographers and even a few Lettering guys. I've taken pictures of everyone who has signed it.

One sad fact is that there are quite a few that are no longer with us.  Joe and I have been working on this and it's time to start sharing them with you. Feel free to add any comments. Would love to hear your stories.

I'm only going to post a few a week so I don't bore you too much, lol.

Here we go!


 

 

 Ty Constantino

 

Horace Drake

 

Rich Eurich

 

Dick Durica

 

Kevin Collins



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Msg ID: 2758888 I Hope You Are Not Tire(d)... +0/-0     
Author:clevco
1/14/2023 12:26:55 AM

Reply to: 2758855

Last pic it looks like Bobby B back there??



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Msg ID: 2758944 I Hope You Are Not Tire(d)... +0/-0     
Author:Lenny Swider
1/14/2023 5:47:55 PM

Reply to: 2758888
You are correct, that is good guy Bobby Bachman.


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Msg ID: 2758923 I Hope You Are Not Tire(d)... +0/-0     
Author:3-Wide
1/14/2023 1:20:24 PM

Reply to: 2758855

Thanks for posting Lenny....  Over 200 signatures, and a sore back!

That tire has become an amazing piece of history, and capturing the signatures in photos is really pretty cool.

I'll create a "Lenny's Tire" section in the main site, and everytime you post "Tire Signature Pictures" here on The Message Vault, I'll add them to the main site.  That way, folks will have a chance to watch the total grow and have one place where they'll all be listed.

Great work Lenny!

 



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