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The new book "The Offy Killer", Chet Wilson - The Man Behind The Legend,

is now available. This book covers the entire life of racing legend Chet Wilson and his

family. There are hundreds of racing and family photographs in this 240 page book,

with a great section all in color. Photographers included in this work include,

Warren Vincent, Jerry Leep, Kenny Greteman, Tim Malone, Leroy Byers, LA Ward,

Armin Krueger, Tim Passmore, and many more. Also included is work from artist

Roger Arndt.

Sections of this book include stories, articles and pictures on midget racing, sprint car racing,

super modified racing, and vintage racing.

Featured drivers include Lloyd Ruby, Frankie Lies, Walt McWhorter, Jerry Blundy,

Harold Leep, Grady Wade, Jud Larson, Gordon Woolley, Jan Opperman, Dale Reed,

Roy Bryant, Jerry Stone, and many more.

If you love midget, sprint car, and super modified racing from the 1940's-1980's, you

will love this book.

There is a flyer on the Racing From The Past Website you can order from, the book

is also available at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, the Belleville High Banks Hall of

Fame, and through Jerry Wilson at Chet Wilson's Custom Engines Shop in Wichita, Kansas.

Ray C

I think Jerry told me at a KARS meeting that the photo of Jay, Jerry & Mrs. Wilson was the only photo he has seen. To bad I didn't take a class on photography. But it still preserves history no matter how bad it is. It was of Jay winning the 1st Chet Wilson Memorial Race @ 81 Speedway. How many Chet Wilson Memorial races was there after that? All the greats were there that night. It was like a non NCRA race.

Warren Vincent
Cans 4 Kansas Heroes

i got my copy fri, afternoon. a great book, spent the entire afternoon with my nose glued to it. DONNA did a fantastic job with this master piece. i have books by BOB MAYS and this one is just as good. she has had to devote lots of hours to create it. a must read for all racin folks !!!!!!!!!!

I remember those early Chet Wilson Memorial races very well. Unfortunately after 1980

I was was in school at KU, and was never back in the fall when they typically raced them.

I remember at the first one, or maybe the second, Jerry brought out the "Offy Killer" before

restoration and Frankie Lies hot lapped it. It was very exciting for me to see "Big Red" on

the track, and Frankie seemed very excited to hot lap the historic racer. I didn't see the car again until

it was restored in 1996 at Del Mar, California. It was a special moment for me, to be so far from

home, and see my favorite race car restored and looking incredible.

Many of you may have been at OKC in 1972 when the "Offy Killer" won its last race with

Grady Wade behind the wheel. It was a special moment to see this 15 year old car beat

up on all the new state of the art sprinters. Grady beat a field that included, Thad Dosher,

Ray Lee Goodwin, Chuck Amati, Dale Reed, and Dick Sutcliffe among others.

It was a great moment, and when I think of Chet and Grady I always remember that race.

Ray C