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[[Image:schuster-2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]MARTY SCHUSTER. | [[Image:schuster-2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Autograph Album of Favorite Stock Car Drivers. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]MARTY SCHUSTER. On August 13, 1952 Schuster finished 4th in the time trials, second in the second heat, and second in the feature at the Dubuque Sports Bowl. (1) | ||
On August 30, 1952 Schuster surprised the audience by taking three-tenths of a second off "Spike" Weber's record of :18.4 in the time trials. In the first heat, he finished third. He finished fourth in the feature. (2) | |||
[[Image:buggies.png|left|thumb|300px|c.1969. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]In 1968 Schuster began his dream of "duning" similar to the California experience in sand dunes to the Tri-State area with the construction of a "brush buggie" at his home. Beginning with a '56 Bruick, Schuster removed the body and took 32 inches out of the frame. Then he constructed a new body and used the same engine. | |||
After enjoying the ride through valleys and up the hills on his Diamond-S Ranch in Wisconsin, he began work on a race track--35 feet wide and one quarter-mile long. This led to the organization of the Mississippi Valley Brush Buggies--six individuals. By January 1969 there were eighty applications for membership. Rules were established including the fact that each person had to construct his own buggie. | |||
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1. "Tucker Takes Title," ''Telegraph Herald'', August 14, 1952, p. 21 | |||
2. "Butch Kennedy Wins Three Stock Races," Telegraph Herald, August 31, 1952, p. 19 | |||
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Revision as of 00:23, 25 May 2018
MARTY SCHUSTER. On August 13, 1952 Schuster finished 4th in the time trials, second in the second heat, and second in the feature at the Dubuque Sports Bowl. (1)
On August 30, 1952 Schuster surprised the audience by taking three-tenths of a second off "Spike" Weber's record of :18.4 in the time trials. In the first heat, he finished third. He finished fourth in the feature. (2)
In 1968 Schuster began his dream of "duning" similar to the California experience in sand dunes to the Tri-State area with the construction of a "brush buggie" at his home. Beginning with a '56 Bruick, Schuster removed the body and took 32 inches out of the frame. Then he constructed a new body and used the same engine.
After enjoying the ride through valleys and up the hills on his Diamond-S Ranch in Wisconsin, he began work on a race track--35 feet wide and one quarter-mile long. This led to the organization of the Mississippi Valley Brush Buggies--six individuals. By January 1969 there were eighty applications for membership. Rules were established including the fact that each person had to construct his own buggie.
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Source:
1. "Tucker Takes Title," Telegraph Herald, August 14, 1952, p. 21
2. "Butch Kennedy Wins Three Stock Races," Telegraph Herald, August 31, 1952, p. 19