It started as out as a dreary, foggy, somewhat doubtful day along the rocky Maine coast. However, the members of the "Wicked Good" Vintage Racing Association are a very determined bunch and cancel out about the time the water actually gets too deep to drive through. Early in the overcast dawn, they loaded their old stockcars and headed for Owls Head just a few miles south of Rockland, Maine. Many had to travel for several hours to reach the renowned show site. By the time they arrived and rolled in with their treasured vintage racecars, the sun had burned the haze away and rewarded them with a perfect day for their efforts.
    
      As the racecars started rolling and were getting lined up, it was easy to see this was going to be a great exhibit. When they were all placed with plenty of room for some of the younger fans to hop into some of the cars and try them on for size, the gates were opened and the day began.

     When the public and other display vehicles began to arrive, most were surprised to discover a display of true vintage racecars of yesteryear like few had ever seen before. Some of the cars were faded but intact, as they had come from old barns where they had not seen the light of day for many years. Others were brightly painted and had been restored and smoothed to things of true beauty. Many had been restored to fine running old race condition but proudly wore the scars and dents of many competitions in their glorious pasts. A number of them even bore the marks of some very recent action on a number of the racetracks of Maine.

     There were also a number of cars in the line up, that had been rescued from the woods, fields, and bogs, where they had been parked or discarded for decades. It was amazing to see many fans go straight to these cars first. More then once the sound of "I REMEBER THIS CAR!!" was heard from a spectator. Mother Nature had not been kind to these cars. Their old war wounds of the oval battlegrounds had left many deep rips, tears, and deformed body panels, were so marked by time, no traces of original color remained. They had served their drivers well, right to the end. But it is not the end. These pieces of motor sports history are about to be rebuilt, and return to the track and race again. Men who remember when their childhood heroes drove them will drive some.

    A number of us have even been lucky enough to own a car formerly raced by one of our heroes, while doing laps beside another car being driven by the original driver himself. If that isn't a fantasy come true, what could be?

    Lots of vintage cars, spending time with good friends, making new friends.

                           What a great day it was.