Nelson Carlson drove this Wilbur Dirks owned Ford in races at Larned, Kansas in 1957 and 1958 winning the track championship there in 1957.  Don Spreier then became the car's driver in 1959 - Toiler & Toiler

 

 

 

Another digit had been added to the car number by the time this photo of Nelson Carlson was taken of him standing beside the same Wilbur Dirks owned Ford just after his 85th birthday calibration in the spring of 2012 - Ron Carlson collection