Marty Handshaw in the famous #237 leads Ronnie Grim’s #56 and Rod Perry’s Blue Jewel #119 through turns one and two at Hollywood Speedway. Many things point to this being from 1963, possibly ‘64. This is a great picture, much to see here. Good, close, two groove racing, Hollywood Speedway was as close to being the perfect race track as one could get. The technology of the supermodifieds was evolving at breakneck speed, and this picture shows that as well. The wings were light years ahead of what was being run just a year or two earlier. Now they were developing a chord, as well as sideboards to keep the air flowing over the wing. Bob Hamke always kept 119 ahead of the curve, note the size of the wing, it was the best of these three cars for sure. But that was only part of it. Look at the Handshaw car and compare it to Roddy’s hot rod. Notice how much lower 119 is, not to mention the Fuel injected, small block Chevy that was far superior to the heavy, carbureted big block Ford in the Handshaw ride. Handshaw’s Crosley bodied Super was state of the art just a couple of years earlier, built to compete against Perry’s #71 Black Bandit, now both cars were obsolete. Marty Handshaw saw the handwriting on the wall, and rather than compete against the Perry/Hamke juggernaut, sold out and went late model racing at Hialeah Speedway. As for the third car in this picture, Ronnie Grim loved the competition at Hollywood Speedway as well as the thrill of driving what have always been the fastest short track cars of them all. He build a new car, and competed regularly here for years to come. Until March 9, 1968, when, in almost the exact spot of this picture, his gold #10 super somersaulted over the turn two fence, rolling violently down the embankment. Ronnie Grim died on the way to the Hospital.