Candies and hughes

[smith625]

I don't know if anyone posted this but Paul Candies passed on the July 21. He was a great guy and did plenty for local and national drag racing including multiple championships in stock, f/c and top fuel. Not to mention the Grand Isle rodeo. RIP to a good guy!

 

[BOSS351]

Yes, he was a good dude and put Louisiana in the spotlight when it came to drag racing..Met him and Mark Oswald back in the 80s and they were both down to earth dudes. RIP.

 

[Cajun Camper]

Sorry to hear that. I met those guys in the 70's when they were giving the competition hell. Used to see them race in LaPlace & Houma when they had Drag Strips. Really nice guy.

 

[dantheman]

Used to watch them run at Laplace . Super Stock I believe .

 

[dantheman]

Correction , Funny Car .

 

[BOSS351]

Guys you know we are showing our age!!!

 

[Request Dust Off]

Correction , Funny Car .

They had Funny Car & Top Fuel, but I mainly remember the blue funny car.

Keith Black was the engine used IIRC.

 

[BOSS351]

Yep, Keith Black Hemis....the dominator engine of the top fuel/funny cars at the time. Those were some good days..Dan, I too went to LaPlace and saw them run there.

 

[sawgrass]

RIP Paul Candies.

At LaPlace, Candies and Hughes gave the big teams like "Big Daddy" and "Cha-Cha" a run for their money. Pun intended. Some of the other local racers like Car Shop, The Green Gang, and Leon Greff did not disappoint either.

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[Storm52]

I remember Paul and still have contact with Glenn Cupit. Good memories

 

[buttanic]

One of my good friends was on the crew. He started with Paul and Que Ball Wales in the early 60's. Que Ball was killed when his chute failed at a race in Monroe . My friend who had packed the chute suffered great regret from the incident. He was on Paul's crew until the team shutdown. Part of the reason it shutdown was chief mechanic Leonard Huges, also an old timer couldn't or didn't want to adjust to the computer age and because of that Ford Motorcraft pulled their sponsorship. That was the story he told me. He has one of the Wales and Candies old front engine chassis he plans on restoring.

 

[Cajun Camper]

I was there when Candies & Hughes ran the quarter in just under 5 seconds in their fuel dragster. The crowd went crazy. Someone used to run a '65 or '66 Plymouth Belvedere with a 426 Hemi. Called it Hell's Hemi, they were almost unbeatable in Super Stock. Richard's Ford used to sponsor a '69 Mustang that was pretty tough also.

 

[Request Dust Off]

I went when I was pretty young to Laplace Dragway. The guy my dad knew had a car and I finally remember it was a 'Cheetah' bodied funny car. They both knew the Candies. I also remembered the wheelstanders where there once.

https://www.google.com/search?q=whe...47,d.eWU&fp=bc60bbd327367de6&biw=1429&bih=686

http://www.brandoncollinsracing.zoo...495ea47bb35b79e6f1f55ad50a_11582853130/:album

Everyone that I ever heard speak of the Candies spoke highly of them.

 

[dantheman]

Bringing back old memories now . Sox & Martin , Tom Prudhomme , Fast Eddie Schartmann , Tom McEwen , Roland Leong .