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 When my dad was just 19 years old, he had went to the races with
his brother Leroy.  The best memory's that I have is when he drove his #40. He was a great racecar driver. He loved to start at the rear of the pack and blow them away, which he did a lot. They could stick him in the wall and he would say that was just racing. The crowd would boo him and he would just smile and wave at them. He really thought that was funny. The only reason they didn't like him was because he was a winner. He raced at Fremont, Attica, Eldora, Millstream, Lakeville, Wayne County, Mansfield and Zanesville. He raced any where he could. It didnt seem to matter if he was at a track that he knew very well or it was his first time there, It didn't matter where he raced, he usually won. I remember once going to a racetrack and the guys came over to the car and was laughing and saying "We will blow him away with those bicycle tires" , they ran much bigger tires than what we did. Well we went out that night and won the feature. Well those same guys came over and wanted to know where we got our bicycle tires. My dad was a hero to me. He will live on in my heart forever. He was one of the kindest people that I have ever meant. He was loved by many people and still is. I know that I sure miss seeing him in his firesuit and racing his #40. I know he loved his racing. I am sure he is in heaven racing with his brother and uncle Dick. To anyone that would have any information they think I might like to have please pass it along to me. I really dont know too much about Dad's racing career because I was just a kid back then. I also thought that I would have the rest of my life to ask him all these things that I wish I knew right now. 1. Art Ball, Tiffin, 65 2. Gug Keegan, Green Springs, 62 3. Jim Linder, Fremont, 58 4. Herbie Robinson, Adrian, Mich. 54 5. Mark Keegan, Fremont, 51 6. Jim McCune, Toledo, 45 7. Wayne Maffett, Sr., Mansfield, 44 8. Harold McGilton, Fremont, 40 9. Al Franks, Fremont, 34 10. Wally Heminger, Fremont, 32 11. Rollie Beale, Toledo, 31 12. De Genzman, Fremont, 26 13. John Beaber, Gibsonburg, 24 Tim Sabo, Fremont, 24 14. Jim Fleming, Bellevue, 23 15. Rick Ferkel, Tiffin, 22 Roy Sheets, Fremont, 22 16. Paul Strasser, Sandusky, 20 17. Darl Harrison, Bettsville, 19 Gordon Holbrook, Oak Harbor, 19 18. Jim Ward, Sandusky, 17 Bobby Clark, Fremont, 17 Jack Hewitt, Troy, 17 19. Dale Hasselbach, Fremont, 16 Wendell Smith, Bettsville, 16 Chris Kiser, Fremont, 16 20. George Fosco, Sandusky, 14 Clay Keim, Fremont, 14 21. Jim Leaser, Fremont, 13 22. Dave Marko, Genoa, 12 Bob Sears, Jr. Hessville, 12 L.J. Connors, Clyde, 12 23. Bill Hahn, Gibsonburg, 11 Fred Linder, Burgoon, 11 Wayne Maffett, Jr., Mansfield, 11 24. Dale DeLong, Whitehouse, 10 Dave Blaney, Cortland, Oh. 10 Jeff Hoffman, Tiffin, 10 25. John Auxter, Lindsey, 9 Jeff McCoy, Tiffin, 9 Ross Jones, Port Clinton, 9 STREET STOCK CHAMPIONS 1978 - Rob Fisher, Fremont 1979 - L.J. Connors, Clyde 1980 - No points kept 1981 - L.J. Connors, Fremont 1982 - Larry Lavoy, Bettsville 1983 - Jeff Hoffman, Tiffin 1984 - Jeff Hoffman, Tiffin 1985 - Dan Roepke, Gibsonburg 1986 - Wayne Maffett, Sr., Mansfield 1987 - Loren Sautter, Grand Rapids 1988 - Ron Beckstein, Jr., Bowling Green 1989 - Jeff McCoy, Tiffin 1990 - Wayne Maffett, Sr., Mansfield 1991 - Jeff Babcock, Bradner 1992 - Tom Beam, Woodville 1993 - Wayne Maffett, Sr., Mansfield 1994 - Wayne Maffett, Jr., Mansfield 1995 - Dennis Filliater, Fremont 
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