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Pittenger Road - Selma's Thunder Alley

Posted by Pete Williamson on March 22, 2009 at 4:32 PM

Who had the "Baddest" car in Selma? This has been an on-going debate for decades. Lets keep it rolling (pun intended). Tough to say who had THE baddest car at the time. Back in the days when drag races (and fights) on Pittenger road were a common everyday occurence, it was fun standing in my yard along the road watching two locals go at it head-to-head, engines roaring, tires squeeling, cool burnouts with lots of smoke and marks on the hot tar covered road. It was exhilirating to see such a spectacle. In my opinion, the baddest cars in the seventies in Selma came from owners that lived on Pittenger road. Both Albert Hughes '68 Chevelle SS 396 and Dick Myers GTO  ('65?) were two of the baddest cars around. The Sewell Brothers were some of the top dogs in the sixties, then switched to motorcycles. And on the other end of Pittenger Road, north of  highway 32, was Jeff Kirkpatrick who was constantly building different cars for speed. There were other cars from Selma during that era, some that were equally as bad.  And there were even some from other areas of Delaware County but those don't really count. I challenge anyone to run over my memories as best you can. We can settle it all here or on Pittenger Road...

Categories: Wapahani High School Memories, Selma High School Memories, Center High School Memories

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7 Comments

Reply wapahanialumni
05:35 PM on March 22, 2009 
If this is the Dick Myers that had the old Meadowlark Club Pool, he graduated with me in 1971:)
Reply Pete Williamson
05:54 PM on March 22, 2009 
THE ONE AND THE SAME.
Reply Robert Vandevender
04:17 PM on April 17, 2009 
Class of 1977. I had a 1971 Camero that took me through my Senior year. If I recall, Lisa and Lanna Hammer of my class each had white corvettes.
Reply Pete Williamson
07:12 PM on April 17, 2009 
Robert Vandevender says...
Those cars were no slouches by any means but they weren't the baddest around at the time. Richard Williams (class of 75) had a 70 Z28 that blew most everyone's doors off during the late 70's. Westside of Indy to the Trailer park on E.Riggin Rd at hwy 3...in 30 minutes. I know because I was with him. Winter of 1976 to be exact. Our slowest speed all the way to Muncie was 125 mph. Crazy!
Class of 1977. I had a 1971 Camero that took me through my Senior year. If I recall, Lisa and Lanna Hammer of my class each had white corvettes.
Reply Lou Evan Carraway
07:54 PM on June 15, 2009 
I beg to differ, Robert V. of '77! My maroon & white '64 Nash Rambler with FM radio, eight ashtrays & no seatbelts was THE best car on Pittenger or anywhere else (AND it made the cut on Greg Haney's "Old Days" video), so there!
Reply Pam Carter
07:54 PM on July 23, 2009 
I think you are right. Albert had the most righteous car of all time. He is dearly missed.
Reply Pam Carter
07:56 PM on July 23, 2009 
Jeff graduated with me in 73. He was always involved in some kind of car thing.

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