And now,.................... again, if you're from our part of the midwest and you've been around as long as I have, you know the name Stan Lomelino. Stan is as much a down-to-earth, grass-roots racer as you'll ever meet. I mean that with all the respect I can muster. I remember as a kid in high school watching Stan pull into the old dirt strip just West of my hometown. Stan's tow rig was a '48 Merc four door and his trailer was a home built two wheeler. In the back of the Merc, where the seat should have been, was a built-in tool box and sometimes a couple of spare engines. (Did I mention Stan ran a flathead dragster............ an F/Fuel flathead dragster!)
We had invited Stan to all our previous Reunions but his health usually prevented him from attending. He has some breathing problems and the heat and humidity are a little too much to handle.
I was standing at the South part of the park and saw this pair of cars pull into the entrance. I noticed they were pretty neat, but relaly didn't give it much thought. One of our other members came running up to me and said I needed to get to the North end and get some pictures before they disconnected the pair. He said it was extra cool because the '40 Sedan towing the "Rat Rod" belonged to Danny Lomelino,................ and he had his Dad, Stan with him.
Well, we weren't quuite quick enough, but we did get around to a few shots of these two classic pieces of iron. Danny had flat-towed his latest creation with his Super
'40 Ford Sedan. And with them was their good friend and former competitor, Joe Hendricks. Joe still has a flathead dragster but is better known at present for his Nostalgic AA/FD slingshot.
At this point I'll let the pictures do the talking.
Danny's tow vehicle.
And the CREATION!
This was built using a ton of parts from Stan's actual race car.
