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	[[Image:bobwilles.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]BOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the [[SLO-POKES]] in the early 1950s in Dubuque was to reject the image of wild driving up and down city streets. Another was to promote the construction of a track in Dubuque. ~~The club~~ members had to travel to Chicago to race their 120-mile per hour racers. ~~The~~ club ~~members~~ included Bob Willis, president; Joe Willis, vice president; and Leonard Pitz, treasurer~~. The local club established that any member arrested for violation of a city ordinance or state laws who paid a fine had to pay half the same amount to the club's treasury~~.		[[Image:bobwilles.jpg\|left\|thumb\|250px\|Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]BOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the [[SLO-POKES]] in the early 1950s in Dubuque was to reject the image of wild driving up and down city streets. The local club established that any member arrested for violation of a city ordinance or state laws who paid a fine had to pay half the same amount to the club's treasury. Another was to promote the construction of a track in Dubuque. Club members had to travel to Chicago to race their 120-mile per hour racers.

			Original officers of the club included Bob Willis, president; Joe Willis, vice president; and Leonard Pitz, treasurer.

	In the 1960s, Willis and [[MAUER, Noel\|Noel MAUER]] built and raced a nitro-burning, Hemi-powered, front-engine rail.		In the 1960s, Willis and [[MAUER, Noel\|Noel MAUER]] built and raced a nitro-burning, Hemi-powered, front-engine rail.

Randylyon: New page: Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray GrantBOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the SLO-POKES in the early 1950s ...

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New page: left|thumb|250px|Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray GrantBOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the SLO-POKES in the early 1950s ...

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[[Image:bobwilles.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray Grant]]BOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the [[SLO-POKES]] in the early 1950s in Dubuque was to reject the image of wild driving up and down city streets. Another was to promote the construction of a track in Dubuque. The club members had to travel to Chicago to race their 120-mile per hour racers. The club members included Bob Willis, president; Joe Willis, vice president; and Leonard Pitz, treasurer. The local club established that any member arrested for violation of a city ordinance or state laws who paid a fine had to pay half the same amount to the club's treasury.

In the 1960s, Willis and [[MAUER, Noel|Noel MAUER]] built and raced a nitro-burning, Hemi-powered, front-engine rail.

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WILLIS, Bob - Revision history

Randylyon at 20:02, 24 November 2012

Randylyon: New page: Favorite Stock Car Drivers of the 1950s. Photo courtesy: Ray GrantBOB WILLIS. One of the reasons for founding the SLO-POKES in the early 1950s ...