Jason Wolford

Jerry Ferguson "Yankee Peddler" This is the original car!

Jerry Ferguson is an "outside" Texas Outsider, as he lives in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He and his brother Tom (also a Texas Outsider) grew up there, and spent most of their time drag racing in Top Fuel as crewmembers. Jerry has been a Mopar fanatic from early years, his first Mopar a '70 Duster with a 340. His favorite car though, has always been the 65 Hemi Belvedere. Even as a teenager, the roar of the Hemi had captured his heart and mind, and he always dreamed of owning one. Many years later, he discovered an old slant 6 car that someone had dropped a 440 into. It had rusty quarters, sagging springs, and a motor that vibrated so badly you could hardly see out of the windshield. Undaunted, he bought the car, brought it home, and began to fix it up. After a few anemic attempts, he decided to go all-out and make this car what he really wanted. After a 3 1/2 year restoration, with paint barely dry and a new 426 HEMI under the hood, Jerry took the car to the Indy Nationals, casually entered the car show...and WON IT! He received the MOPAR ACTION award, got a feature article in the magazine, and was the Cover Car. Even though this car was a clone, it was drop dead gorgeous! At a later car show, an individual approached Jerry and offered to buy the car. While it was not for sale, Jerry offered to trade it for what was on the other guy's trailer...an original but unrestored 1968 Hurst Hemi Dart! The deal was struck, and three years of restoration later Jerry is proud to be the owner of Bill Flynn's "YANKEE PEDDLER." The car is painted and displayed in exactly the same form as when it was raced back in the late 60's and early 70's. This car is truly a National Treasure. Jerry is a Wildlife biologist for the State of Louisiana. In addition to the Yankee Peddler, Jerry has a Nostalgia Super Stock 65 Dodge Coronet, and co-owns another 65 Coronet wagon with his brother.

Bob Fermier East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame inductee

Bob Fermier began his racing career in 1958 in New York. Moved to Florida and continued racing until 1971. A driver and owner of the Fermier Brothers hot rods. Drove '49 Ford/Hemi C/G, '49 Ford Stock, '56 Mercury D/G, '60 Ford/427, '62 Ford/406 B/S, '65 Comet/427 SS/C, '70 Mercury Cyclone E/SA. Raced at numerous tracks throughout the North and Southeast. Car owner and driver for Steve Honnell and Jerry Hallman 1965 National Record set at Warner Robbins, Ga. '62 Ford 406 B/S. 1965 won NASCAR Winternationals National Championship, Spruce Creek, Fl. Won many class eliminator races throughout his career. Very active in the nostalgia drag race movement.