Curtis Turner raced a Lark

[Sam Ensley]

Last week I bought two diecast racing Fords of Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly. I have been fans of both of them since the late forties. I intend to put them in a shadow box frame, and I was looking for some pictures to go with them. I found a great picture of the two of them racing nos. 26 and 12 in 1956 on the old Daytona beach course. While reading about Turner, I was surprised to learn that he had once raced a Studebaker Lark. Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner

Curtis Turner should be in the NASCAR Hall o Fame, but it will never happen because he was a thorn in Bill France's side.

[sweetolbob]

Curtis Turner should be in the NASCAR Hall o Fame, but it will never happen because he was a thorn in Bill France's side.

Smokey Yunick, in his book, agrees with you on "He should be and why he's not".

Bob

[BobPalma]

Right on, Bob & Sam.

If you like Curtis Turner (and I do, too!), you can't do better than to read Robert Edelstein's book, Full Throttle: The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner.

It was published in 2005 and is an excellent read on the toipic. BP

[GinettaG12P]

It is alleged that Curtis Turner could cut a 180 in the middle of a two-lane bridge in a ton-and-a half rack truck and never spill a drop.

[JRoberts]

I believe this picture is from the Compact sedan race at Sebring. There were three Larks as I recall. Fireball Roberts drove one. I don't remember who drove the third one. Holman Moody prepared the Larks.

[Hallabutt]

Any relation to Seattle native and West Coast midget legend "Cactus Jack" Turner? He also competed in the Indy 500 for years.

[studegary]

I believe this picture is from the Compact sedan race at Sebring. There were three Larks as I recall. Fireball Roberts drove one. I don't remember who drove the third one. Holman Moody prepared the Larks.

Chauncey ("Jocko") Maggiacomo drove the third Lark when they raced at Lime Rock Park (Connecticut). I don't remember if he also raced at Sebring.