Category: Drivers
There have been about 200 drivers enter the Montana 500 over the course of the last 40 years. Almost everyone who enters comes back another year to try it again. In fact about 80 percent of Montana 500 drivers return…
by Tom Carnegie Hal Wilson passed away recently. I knew him from when I ran in the Montana 500 in the seventies. I will describe my first impression of him. I don’t recall what year it was, but on this…
As remembered by Nan Robison My first recollection of Cokey Williams was in 1972. My brother Rick had decided to try his luck in the Montana 500 endurance run. My Mom and I had been enlisted as pit crew. When…
by Steve Coniff and Tom Carnegie It was the late 1960’s, and Joe was visiting relatives, who lived in Montana. While he was there, a bunch of T’s came roaring through Livingston. He had run into one of the local…
by Gillian Hensley The Model T Racing Bug bit Bill in l960. He restored a 1925 Model T in the garage, painted it black and blue, and was off and running. His first competition was the 50-mile race Labor Day…
By Tom Carnegie Bud Peters of Ledger, MT. first entered the Montana 500 in 1963 and didn’t miss many times after that. He ran every year from 1963 through 1994. 1998 was the last time Bud entered. In 1981 Bud…
Tillman Oblander grew up in Oklahoma. Later, he left home and moved to La Grange Park, Illinois, where he met Don and Clem Englmann. The Englmanns got Tillman interested in joining the Montana Cross Country T Association. Tillman Oblander first…
By Tom Carnegie with help from Bob Braun Don Mc Carl was part of the group that came from Bozeman. He ran in 1965 and 1966, which were the largest races based on the number of drivers that entered. In…
by Tom Canegie Perry Mathews was from Helena Mt. He was a voc-ed teacher teaching Diesel mechanics. He first raced a model T in the Montana 500 in 1969. At that time he ran in the cast iron division. In…
by Tom Carnegie Grant was quite involved in Model Ts as he owned the Antique Auto Ranch. In the late 1960s his friend of his named Dick Bergan decide to enter the Montana 500. Grant went along as pit crew….
By David Lingle Evan was a born mechanic like his older brother Melvin, so he had a role model from the start. Fords were his favorite, starting with the model T’s. When Evan was 18, he went off to serve…
by Tom Carnegie Frank Iverson came from Ledger, Montana – or was it Conrad? In the past, drivers had signs on their cars to tell their hometown. Sometimes Frank was from Conrad and sometimes he was from Ledger. Frank first…
