VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Red Farmer.

 

September 2, 1963 Fireball Roberts won the Southern 500 at Darlington.

 

Cale Yarborough.

 

Tony Stewart with his dad Nelson.

 

Lee Petty.

 

Jimmy Davies, 1950, 1951, 1952 National Midget Champion. National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Inductee.

 

Bobby Unser at the Tulsa Fairgrounds after a win in 1966 in the Jack Colvin KEY car.

 

kool old pic, riding mechanics 20's into 30's

 

Oakland Ca. 5/8 paved

 

John Zink Track burner. John Zink in the glasses with Dan Gurney in the center and Denny Moore the Chief Mechanic with his hand on the roll bar. did not DNQ.

 

It was underpowered, a B**ch to maintain like most streamliners (steam and diesel). The cars were basically modified bus bodies lamely suspended on a single axle on each end. It was a knee jerk to the passenger mess that evolved post ww2. It had fins tho.

 

John Dodge's birthday 1914

 

Mini me in the showroom