1961-08-19 – Islip. George Flemke is in the $, Ed is in the 21. Al DeAngelo is in the 18 and Rene Charland is in the 3. Photo is from Brad Charland. Thanks to Robert Clock, Bruce Cohen and Denny Zimmerman for help in identifying the drivers.
Category: Other
Jimmy Hensley
Bob Polverari
Don MacTavish
1961 – Norwood.
Lou Lazzaro
Smokey Boutwell
1961 – Norwood. Photo by Kent Ingves.
Fats Caruso
Gene Bergin
Norwood. This car, owned by Benny Washburn, was also raced by Ed.
Rene Charland
1961 – Utica-Rome. Rene can be seen leaning against his car in P1 on the grid.
Tony Mordino
1961.
Gil Hearne
1961. Photo from Robert Clock.
Red Farmer
1961 – Hollywood Speedway.
Bill Wimble
1961-09-04 – Norwood. Jack Malone is in the 79. This was a rare appearance at Norwood for Bill, who would have come there as part of a trip that included the Stafford Springs dirt track the night before. In 1961 Bill was chasing NASCAR points, and that took him to many tracks that he otherwise would not have visited. Photo by Paul Conley.
Gene Bergin
1961.
Dick Dixon, Jerry Humiston, Jocko Maggiacomo
Jerry Humiston, Buddy Krebs
Dick Dixon
Car owner/builder Beebe Zalenski is second from right.
Jocko Maggiacomo
Fred Schulz
Norwood. Fred is in the #60.
Bobby Allison
Rene Charland
1961-09-10 – The new asphalt on Utica-Rome had not completely cured by the start of the race so the drivers were forced to use dirt track techniques.
Pete Corey
Photo by John Grady, caption by www.Coastal181.com.
Jim Hurtubise
Dick Dixon
Bill Wimble, Lou Lazzaro
1961.
Gene Bergin
1961 – Thompson.
Ernie Gahan
1961 – Yankee 500 race for NASCAR Grand Nationals at Norwood Arena. Ernie drove the #55 at the left of the photo and finished 11th.
Bill Slater
Waterford – Baldy Simons in the center, Rex Records on the right. Photo from Racingthroughtime.com.
