THIS IS MARVIN BERTHOLF FROM MT. HOLLY A SECOND YEAR PUSH TRUCK DRIVER WITH HIS CHEVY BLAZIER....RIDING SHOTGUN WITH HIM IS HIS UNCLE DAVID BERTHOLF..
WHO SAYS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PICKUP TO PUSH WITH..JIM COOK OF CONCORD , N.C. IS SELF EMPLOYED AS A RACING TRANSMISSION BUILDER..HE ALSO RACES SHORT TRACK IN THE AREA..HE USES HIS FORD F-350 CUBE VAN QUITE WELL..ALSO A TWO YEAR VETERN AT THE "DIRT TRACK" HE ALSO HELPS OUT THE AOAS SERIES...THIS YEAR 2002 HE WAS BACK WITH HIS FORD PICKUP....
PIERRE SLAZIAK WAS DRIVING THE LOWES TRACK PUSH TRUCK WHEN BICYCLE POLICE TRIED TO ARREST HIM IN THE PUSH OFF AREA..THEY SAID THE TRUCK WASN'T LICENSED BUT IT WAS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND RELEASED HIM..VERY EMBARRASSING.
This 2000 photo is Edward "Bubba" Kenney's 1978 F-150 with 300,000 miles and still ticking...Only on its second motor the Salisbury,N.C. truck was passed down from his dad and is still a nice looking pusher..He works for United Aerial as a shop foreman doing fabrication in the stock car industry...
THIS 2001 PHOTO SHOWS EDWARD "BUBBA" KENNEY OF SALISBURY, N.C. HIDING FROM US BEHIND HIS NEW FORD F-150...WE LATER FOUND OUT WHY HE WAS BEHIND THE DOOR...
2002 BUBBA HAD SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT HAND AND PUSHED ONLY ONE NIGHT AND BROKE A STITCH....
JEFF WORTMAN FROM CROUSE , N.C. WAS A FOREMAN FOR F.T. WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION SHOWN HERE ALONG WTH HIS "SHOTGUN" CHRIS SHORT ALSO FROM CROUSE , N.C....F.T. WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION WAS ONE OF THE MAIN COMPANIES TO BUILD THE CHARLOTTE DIRT TRACK...AS A BONUS TO THE MEN THEY HAVE PUT PUSH BUMPERS ON MANY OF THEIR COMPANY TRUCKS...2002 WAS THE THIRD YEAR THEY HAVE PUSHED AT CHARLOTTE...
Bob Beach has been involved with sprint cars since his early days in Calfornia...We must forgive him for wondering when he drove in the Wine and Cheese SCCA series in Floida a few years ago.. But one good hurricane did the trick and off to Charlotte he went.