Impressions  

I was a fan of Pee Wee back when he had the yellow car. I seem to remember him winning on dirt, maybe Nazereth then winning the next week at Old Bridge. I was at East Winsor when he was chased by the entire pit section and drove down the highway in the race car. I quit being a fan that night.

Many years later, after I had moved to Tennessee, I used to pit crew for a guy who ran the All Pro asphalt circuit, middle of the pack racer. We were at Huntsville, Alabama for a show and there was Pee Wee. He had a Camaro, covered in Mountain Dew sponsorship. He had Darryl Waltrip driving and also had Ray Dillion of Dillon Chassis on hand. He also had Ron Neal of Prototype engines there. These were the tops in the ASA at the time. Pee Wee was really loud and full of bluster, you could hear him anywhere.

Seems they had a problem and Waltrip comes over to see if we had a certain size washer. My friend pulls out a milk case, (real professional looking ) finds the correct washer and hands it to Waltrip. He thanks us and goes back to the car. They run the race and Waltrip runs second to Butch Lindley. Pee Wee is raising all kinds of hell about this and that and here comes Waltrip, who most people think is an ass, coming into our pit thanking us, in the most gentleman like manner, again for the washer. He made one hell of an impression on me that day.