Re: whats this??
Kevin
Bill H. owned all his cars. The Mr. Bardahl name came from Bill H. selling the Bardahl oil products and additives. Of course Bardahl Oil also gave him money in form as a sponsorship abeit small as it may have been. I'm taking this from a SS&DI mag that said Bill was one of the larger dealers for the Bardahl products back in the day-hence the nickname-I'm thinking he received the name out of reverance or people could not pronounce or remember his last name.(kinda like how Joe Hrudka was nicknamed "Mr. Gasket" when he was selling his home made gaskets from the tailgate of his station wagon at the drag strips way way before the business was born) The article said this was how Bill received his sponsorship from Bardahl- by his connections as being one of the top dealers. Remember these were the days when the car owners name/nickname on the door was bigger then the sponsors (Grumpy's Toy, Ronnie Sox etc). Most sponsors were lucky to have small decal on the front fender in those days.
Bill still owned some of his old cars well into the early '80's and had them displayed in a special room at GV raceway along with all his trophies/memorabilia etc.
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