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nouse ana tnere iney caugni Route 62 into Columbus.Virginia.arChuck McWilliams, OneOf WH Favorite DriversThere’s a saying that nice guys finish last. That doesn’t hold true for Chuck McWilliams, of Union, Ky.t one of the most popular stock car racing drivers of Western Hills racing enthusiasts. He is known as one of the nicest guys and cleanest drivers at the Tri-County Speedway, and one of the mostsuccessful. •It hasn’t been a Cinderellasuccess story for the 33-year-old McWilliams, who started his racing career in 1955 behind the wheel of a 1940 flathead Ford. After three years at the Hilltop S'peedway, he had a two-year vacation from racing, returningLawrence bur gChuck McWilliamsInd., in 1960. In 1964 at theNorthern Kentucky Speedway he began consistently hitting the checkered flag and wound up that year as track champion.In 1968, McWilliams, drivingfor Skileraft Sheet MetalProducts as ^iis sponsor, roaredto 18 feature victories and the track championship. This year,with a 1967 Dodge Charger, he has compiled five feature wins and a 100-point pad in trying to retain that championship.Chuck Too NiceSome people think that Chuckis “too nice*’ but their advice todrive rougher generally falls on deaf ears.fc»»»When somebody hits me 1 try to overlook it,” Chuck explains “Usually they don’t mean it. If 1 ever got into real trouble they’d be the first To help me out.McWilliams’ 14-year racing career hasn’t been all championships and glory.1 remember getting ready for one race,” he recalled “We put a Pontiac engine in a Chevy. The minute we startejJ up, itbackfired, and the whole carcaught fire.**’- :* *u■r-McWilliams is often asked about his famous, or infamous, upside down” victory. He and another driver were nearing the end of a feature at one of the local tracks with Chuck in the lead and another driver pressuring him.Suddenly, as the pair divedinto a pack of slower traffic, thetwo leaders tangled. Recountingthe meilee that followed, Chucksaid: “I flipped several time* arid the car wound up on it* top-They stopped the race, but *fight erupted and somehow afree-for-all started in Jhestands.”
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The News
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Jul 01, 1969
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