AT 63, DRIVER ALLAN IS OLDIE BUT GOODIE.Byline: Ken Berger Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Bob Allan just looks like the guy next door going to work in the morning. He could be someone's dentist or a shoe salesman. On some days, Allan's office is the race track, and speed is his tonic. At 63, Allan isn't taking it easy. He's flooring the gas pedal, rubbing fenders, racing stock cars down at old Barberton Speedway. ``I should have started when I was 20,'' Allan said one day at his auto parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
Allan races in the Street Stock division at the northeast Ohio speedway not far from his shop. He finished 10th in the point standings this season, dropping out of the top five because of a blown engine in the next-to-last race. Allan got started in autocross au·to·cross n. A competition for automobiles that tests driving skill and speed. [auto(mobile) + (moto)cross. , driving a rebuilt 1986 Mercedes around pylons to test his driving skill. He joined a Mercedes club that held meetings and competitions at places like Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside of the town of Lexington. (Mid-Ohio has also colloquially become a term for the entire north-central region of the state, from south of and Watkins Glen International Watkins Glen International (nicknamed "The Glen") is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip at Seneca Lake owned by International Speedway Corporation. . ``Probably 130 miles per hour is the best we've done in those,'' Allan said, stifling a yawn. ``I decided I wanted to go fender to fender.'' Allan bought a Legend car - ``basically an old Ford with a motorcycle engine A motorcycle engine is an engine found in a motorcycle, which serves to propel the motorcycle. The motor typically sits immediately under the fuel tank, in between and just forward of the rider's legs. in it'' - but got bored and wanted to run the stock car races. He traded up to a '78 Oldsmobile Cutlass, dropped a 350 cubic-inch Chevrolet engine in it and went racing. ``I don't think I'm any better a driver than anybody else,'' Allan said. ``It's a real seat-of-the-pants type deal. |
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