Link Pettit.
Author: flemke
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Of general interest
1964 – Norwood Arena.
Other – 14
1968 – The #14 owned by Dick Barney, driven during this period by Richie Massing.
34
Mike Nazaruk
Mike Nazaruk
Ted Tappett
1950.
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Syracuse State Fairgrounds. In this image can be seen, among other cars, two of Dave McCredy’s black-white-and-red #33s, one of which would have been driven by Bill Wimble, the Chris Drellos #111 often driven by Ken Shoemaker, the Turner Bros orange #18, usually piloted by Dutch Hoag, and Lou Lazzaro’s maroon-and-white #4.
Charlie Jarzombek
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This appears to be Trenton. We can see the William Mason #45, on this occasion probably driven by Perk Brown or Bobby Allison, the V8 of Bill Slater, and the Circle J of Don MacTavish.
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Other – 3
This is the car of Mousey Kempster, who mainly campaigned in the New Jersey-Long Island area.
Other – 33
Charlie Jarzombek
Fred Harbach
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Banjo Matthews.
Richie Evans
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New York City’s Polo Grounds baseball park was used for board track racing.
Other – V4
Other – XL1
The Lincoln-powered XL1 cars were often driven by Tommie Elliott and by the driver pictured here, “Joe Kelly”, whose real name was Dave Haupt. The cars were owned by Don House.
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In the white jacket is Larry Mendelson. Larry was the promoter of racing at Islip Speedway. He invented figure-8 racing and was the primary impetus behind the All-Star Racing League.
Other – 81
The Turner Bros #81 coach was usually driven by Lee Osborne.
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Old Bridge, probably about 1965.
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Constructing the board track at the Polo Grounds.
Ray “Zero” Brown, Jocko Maggiacomo
Ray is in the center, Jocko on the right. Photo via Chas Hertica.
Brian Ross
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Wallie Branston raced out of Canada.
34
1972 – Islip. That may or may not be Ed driving the 34. Photo by Appolt.
Memorabilia
Thanks to Jerry Fascione for adding the color to the original Area Auto Racing News black-and-white drawing.