Features VINTAGE SPRINT CAR PIC THREAD, 1965 and older only please.

I remember back in the 60s, at my old home town track, the starter and his asst. would walk down the lineup and pull every drivers belts tight. Don't see that anymore.

 

Looks like Chris Economacki of Speed Sport News

 

A Mystery Model from Charlie Browns with a Black Deuce T-Shirt

 

any one with pics from englewood or lakeside speedways in colo 68 - 74 .also take a look at colo racing memories great site .thanks

 

Yeppers, ya got it. Guess he didn't need his Buddy Holley glasses back then.

 

FYI- CRM is no more, closed it down last week and he ain't giving up nothing Much of my mis-spent youth was spent at both those tracks and have some great memories of those days. Here's a few of the old RMMRA Englewood/Lakeside midget "gang."

 

rootie thanks for the pics . i went to crm and nothing there im bumed out ,i hope it gets worked out .some cars i worked on as a kid are on those pages like the phillips and anderson cars .thanks again

 

we need more info on this midget!!

 

The one and only, and worlds best gunsmith Verne Trester

 

some great memories on this post - the picture of the rear engine midget (robin's egg blue #24) owned by noted midget owner Mr. Ken Brenn (inducted this year into the national midget hall of fame) was driven a number of times by my uncle Fred "jiggs" Peters (1951 ARDC Champion) one time in particular on dirt at Nazereth Speedway where he flipped it in warm ups into the creek/swamp in turn 1, and told promoter Jerry Fried for more appearence money he'd do it again, then turned to Mr. Brenn and said " now give me my real race car back" (an upright with a 110 offy!

 

The ole boy that's the starter at Bonneville must be from the old school---he punishes everyone with an extra tug on the straps

 

Unfortunately, thanks to lawyers, they can't anymore. Very few cars are perfect in construction, especially at the hobby level. If they actually inspect the cars and someone is hurt it opens them up to a lawsuit. If a track inspects a car it's like the track is certifying that the car is safe, which would be a key factor in proving negligence against them. I'm a safety nut and think it would be great to point out the risky situations that drivers put themselves into, but in the legal world, it's better to have blinders on. I've seen it all! Oil well casing roll cages brazed together, seats bolted to the interior sheet metal, belts bolted the same way, belts tied in a knot around the halo bars, steering shafts that run straight from the box to the steering wheel, etc.....

 

Man, I sure like to get know how to get that t-shirt!

 

Not sure if these are Sprint Cars, but there old.

 

Roy C., Haven't heard anything about Lee Kunzman in many years, the last I heard he was working the Indy car circuit. Do you have any current info? Anyway, here's a great pic of him, G. Wooley and Opp. I believe Wooley survived pretty much intact but of course both Lee and Opp. paid a heavy price for their racing endeavours.

 

LOL, great story

 

Went to Mike Hilton's shop the other day for parts.. He has a BUNCH of Front engine dragsters.. And one sprint car.. DON'T FREAK OUT OVER THIS FIRST PIC! I just wanna see if any of you can "Find the real race car (Sprinter) in the pic"



...hint... Look just above the green injected dragster in the forground...









This is a Huge 4x5 FEET poster that hangs in the engine room at Zakira's. Its beautiful.



And one that some of you have seen of Richcraft mike, hangin it out on a cold January day on pavement... A church parking lot of coarse

 

I didn't see it mentioned, and I apologize if it was. But I saw first hand the biggest collection of sprint cars that I ever saw. Owned by Lindley F. Bothwell and kept at what is now the Bothwell Ranch.
It seems that Mr. Bothwell was a cattle herder and orange grower who built a farm on Oakdale Ave. in Tarzana Ca. in the early '20's between Ventura Blvd and Wells Drive.
I just drove past there recently and the farm is still there but the widow of lindley rents the grounds out to HIGH END car clubs ONLY. No private shows and damn sure no hot rods. I called, she was kinda grumpy.
The cars are still there but Ann has to be in her '90's by now and I have no idea what will happen to the collection or the farm when she dies.
Someone should make this a historic landmark because there is no way that anyone would think of a farm being there. It had to be built way before that area got popular.
If anybody knows of any more information I would love to hear it. I was 16 when I saw it in 1983. Do the math, I have gray hair coming in.

 

Lee still works for Ron Hemelgarn

 

fuel pump - the picture of the red sprinter #3 in your post was the Jim Shaw car that my uncle drove to runner up in points in 1968 in URC behind Earl Halaquist in the George Nesler #2, however thats not my uncle in the pic as he, my dad, their brothers (they were all part of 13 kids) all had "the curse of the Peters family, as i have inherited (nobody has any hair on their head!).

 

Here is Fred "Jiggs" Peters in 1954 at Williams Grove Speedway in the Frank Curtis Sprinter.

 

Not to be confused with Frank Kurtis 2 different people

 

A bit smaller but pre 1960 non the less

 

Someone asked about the tamale wagon.
pic 1 Here it is about 1965?
pic 2 is Bruce Bromme's.
pic 3 I forgot whoes.
pic 4 is Jimmy Oskey's.
pic 5 is me.
Thank you Rootie Kazoootie for the information, it works.

 

Ouch! That is never a fun or inexpensive experiance.

 

Here's some more leftcoasters.

 

Any of you guys got a extra buck and a half burning a hole in your pocket? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/kurt...sspagenameZWDVW

If the link doesn't work, it's item# 320214738132 A real beauty with great history (didn't know Clay Smith was killed in a pit accident at DuQuoin ?)

 

Hey Kenny, only the back row is standing up, Ascot sure had a tough crowd

 

did the ealry champ car's and sprinter's (1930's & 1940's) use a "pull" or "push" action on the hand brake. need to know for my project.