Photos taken at the 1987 Southern Nationals. LaHaie was driving himself at this time.

Wayne.

Gotta love those low bodied/ low windscreen fuelers where you could let your mullet flap in the breeze at 260 m.p.h! I also like the Winston banners on the fence. Sure was nice having them when we did.

Wonderful memories. And yes, don't worry all you Lexus SUV driving-soccer moms and politically-correct white collar, Crocs-wearing Dads (most of whom don't browse this site)... your 'tweener kid will not be scarred for life by reading the word "WINSTON"; nor will they get lung cancer by reading the God awful "W" word. But note the man furthest on the right, holding the starter's button. There's a man you can teach your kids to study. He is a legend. If you wanted to do a little staging duo; he wouldn't conspicuously look at his watch in front of the TV cameras.... and he didn't take crap from anybody.....and if he didn't like what you were doing - he'd shut your butt off so fast you wouldn't even what just happened....without even blinking an eye. That was when Kimmy was working on her Dad's motor, too.

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If you ever see me driving a Lexus SUV -OR- wearing Crocs ... you may fire at will. You will be doing me a favor.

'87 was a good year for the LaHaies ... they were WINSTON Champions. Winston was a good sponsor for NHRA/IHRA/NASCAR while they lasted and they are missed.

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Great memories of Buster!

Notice that throughout his entire career Dick Lahaie used Engle cams , even today the Larry Dixon dragster has an Engle cams sticker on it . You don't see many top teams use those cams any more they all use Crane or Comp or Erson and Bullet . Lahie must of been quite product loyal .

[There's a man you can teach your kids to study. He is a legend. If you wanted to do a little staging duo; he wouldn't conspicuously look at his watch in front of the TV cameras.... and he didn't take crap from anybody.....and if he didn't like what you were doing - he'd shut your butt off so fast you wouldn't even what just happened....without even blinking an eye.]

I've always wondered how many pairs of cars Buster saw go down the track in his career. You see him in every picture from the sixties to the nineties. I saw him at the 1981 NHRA Div.2 banquet in Atlanta. He was fuming about NHRA doing away with modified class. There will never be another one like him.

Wayne.

I was hopeing Dick O would come out of retirement [ he's bound to have finished that 67 Nova by now ] and he has been at least seen around a few races the last two years.
A great consummate racer and a credit to the sport.
Eddie Hill is another one of that caliber who is missed.

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