From what I can see looking around on the internet, is that he was indeed a very gifted driver who could win most anyplace he went. I think the last info I saw said he won 35 season championships on many different tracks. He drove Dale Swanson built old model cars for years, at Playland in Council Bluffs and other midwest tracks. In 1956 Beauchamp competed on IMCA tracks in a late model Chevrolet and won 43 features in that one year, running away with the season championship. Now that is great performance.
Beauchamp's first car, in 1948. In front of Swanson's garage. I think it is a 32 roadster. 2 men were killed in these kinds of cars in the next year, 1949, at Playland. Massive head injuries. Easy to see why that happened.
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Swanson coupes, 39's, mostly driven by Beauchamp with the #55. Tiny Lund drove another one #5 when he was on leave from the Air Force, as can be seen here. Lund and Beauchamp were both fierce competitors, and also friends.
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Nathan Pitts, on Flickr
Swanson's and Beauchamps first late model, 55 Chevrolet. Swanson by the rear fender and Short the car owner in the center.
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Nathan Pitts, on Flickr
I would like to know the colors on Beauchamp's roadster and the 55 in case a model got built of either one. Cannot find any info on the colors anyplace.
Beauchamp had a stunning NASCAR career also, for a boy from the midwest who only competed for a few years in just a few races. More on that later perhaps.
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