Scragglier times: the feature winner at Boone, Curt Houge (center), along with car owners Jim Twedt
(left) and Chuck Larson, would be clean-shaven when they next appeared at Boone.
Boone, Iowa (May 4, 1968) – Driver Curt Houge and car owners (and builders) Jim Twedt and Chuck Larson vowed they’d never shave until Curt tasted victory in the weekly super stock races at Boone.
The beards went down the drain Saturday as Houge won the feature on the high-banked, quarter-mile track.
Curt took the lead from George Barton, who started on the pole, on the first lap of the 15-lap feature and you could almost see a broad grin through dark, fuzzy beard as Houge took the checkered flag moments later.
Curt, Jim, and Chuck first made unofficial vows not to shave last February when they started working on their 1957 Chevy with a 327 cubic-inch engine. Curt’s car is also one of two cars equipped with power steering at Boone Speedway. The other car belongs to George Barton.
So, the Houge racing team shaved off their beards and now there’s a rumor floating around the pits, says track manager Vern Carman, “The Houge success story might start a trend among the normally superstitious drivers.”
Results –
1. Curt Houge, Ames
2. George Barton, Des Moines
3. Joel Rasmussen, Ames
4. Gene Schattschneider, Algona
5. Ray Busch, Ogden
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