Category: Photos
Of general interest
Syracuse State Fairgrounds. L-R: Ed Ortiz, Bill Rafter, Bill Wimble, Ernie Gahan, unknown, Lou Lazzaro.
Elton Hill
Elton was another of Ed’s many “students”.
Junior Johnson
1959 – Daytona.
Of general interest
Elton Hill
Former top-ranking driver Moe Gherzi is holding the flag.
Elton Hill
Photo from Speedwaylinereport.com.
Of general interest
Link Pettit.
Of general interest
Of general interest
1964 – Norwood Arena.
Other – 14
1968 – The #14 owned by Dick Barney, driven during this period by Richie Massing.
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Mike Nazaruk
Mike Nazaruk
Ted Tappett
1950.
Of general interest
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
Of general interest
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.
Of general interest
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
Of general interest
Banjo Matthews.
Richie Evans
Of general interest
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.
Of general interest
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.