Day II Deuce

[NorCam]

Got the Nova today but was more excited about the car that was underneath it in the trailer. I say that as a couple years ago I tried chasing an old C/MP 67 Camaro called Checkmate that was campaigned by Paul Mercure around Michigan. The trail went cold on my hunt for the car but someone out of BC Canada must have looked harder than me as it turned up in Michigan and it was in the trailer today. It's now headed to BC.

Here's the car in question. More on this Nova when I take some pictures of it later on.

[69z2x4]

Originally Posted by NorCam

Got the Nova today but was more excited about the car that was underneath it in the trailer. I say that as a couple years ago I tried chasing an old C/MP 67 Camaro called Checkmate that was campaigned by Paul Mercure around Michigan. The trail went cold on my hunt for the car but someone out of BC Canada must have looked harder than me as it turned up in Michigan and it was in the trailer today. It's now headed to BC.

Here's the car in question. More on this Nova when I take some pictures of it later on.

There is a couple pictures on Kil Kare Raceway Memories (on facebook) of one of the sister car to this car. Has a 31 on the window meaning they were the Division three champs in their class the previous year.

[NorCam]

Originally Posted by 69z2x4

There is a couple pictures on Kil Kare Raceway Memories (on facebook) of one of the sister car to this car. Has a 31 on the window meaning they were the Division three champs in their class the previous year.

Yes...Mike Keener and Paul Mercure are legendary racers who campaigned a 67 and 68 Camaro under the name Checkmate. Prior to this era they ran an early Corvette, and later campaigned a Vega throughout the 70's. I believe they continued racing all the way up to 2006 when they finally took a break, and later returned to race a 2012 Copo which Mike Keener is still active with today.