BOB BARKHIMER

FORMER ROADSTER AND MIDGET RACER. ESTABLISHED CALIFORNIA STATE CAR RACING ASSOCIATION (C.S.C.R.A.) IN 1949 AND BROUGHT HARDTOP RACING TO STOCKTON 99 SPEEDWAY. BROUGHT TEN OF HIS TWENTY-ONE TRACKS UNDER THE NASCAR BANNER IN 1954. STILL IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT AT 81 YEARS OF AGE, 'BARKIE' WAS TRULY ONE OF A KIND.

(PHOTO FROM THE ED ANDRETTA COLLECTION)

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