About Stooge Expertise 8 year crew member, 25 year NASCAR historian with VAST collection of
NASCAR data (stats, photos, old magazines, books, programs). I know all
or can find all about NASCAR Winston Cup trivia, including stats, driver
facts, race records, pit & inspection info, pics of old cars and
drivers, etc.
Experience Almost 40 year fan, 8 years on pit crew, high traffic NASCAR website, hundreds of old info sources including pics
Education/Credentials Life: lived it for 8 years, been following it for almost 40 years, been to more than 200 races, worked shoulder to shoulder with many of the drivers and crewmen of the present and past, been quoted in magazines and newspapers, website listed in a book, had picture published in Nextel Cup Scene (was Grand National Scene back then). *Just quoted in a Las Vegas magazine last month (Feb/March '07) about the Vegas race*
Question Friday Hassler was one of the great independent Chevrolet driver/owners of the late 60's till his death at Daytona. He was all Chevrolet in era filled with Mopars & Fords. Is there ANY type of memorial to this stalwart driver ? I hope he is remembered at the new Nascar Hall of Fame. Thank you !! Ray
Answer Sorry, but as far as I could find there is no Friday Hassler memorial. Unfortunately, the independent drivers get overlooked in NASCAR history. Everybody has an independent driver that was a favorite (I was a CooCoo Marlin fan) and everybody feels their favorite deserves a memorial, a shrine, or some recognition. Unless one of those fans decides to start that memorial it is not likely to happen. Will he be remembered in the Hall of Fame? He might get a blurb about his co-driver win at the fastest Bristol race ever run but that will probably be about it.
