60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

this is cool:

 

i love racing and i love this thread.but man it hurts my heart to see all this vintage tin ruined. snif,snif ok i feel better now.............on with the show

 

B.A.King - If the old coupes and sedans were not cut up for race cars they probably would have been junked anyway. At least they went out in a blaze of glory!

 

Jeep Herbert, probably Fonda Speedway, NY

 

The Flying Finn would make for one hell of a hot rod for the road!!!!hint hint hint hint rich hint hint hint.......................

 

It sure would....I'm surprised more hot-rodders don't go with the oval track theme for their cars.

 

This '32 Chevy has been a race car since the '50s, I forget the name of the track it originally ran, I think a defunct track south of Richfield Springs NY.



Note the singe 4 under the double 4 on the side - this was the first car Lou Lazzaro drove, at Columbia Speedway (NY, north of Richfield Springs, long gone) if I remember right.



Ken Thompson drove this car at Weedsport and around Watertown ages ago. It can be found on eBay with an asking price probably twice what it's actually worth.



This car came with the story that Wayne Reutimann drove it around 1970 or so - unusual because it has a Plymouth body. It may be in the Zephyrhills video a couple pages back, it's in Florida now and ran there in the fall. It's interesting in that it has a shortened tunnel ram intake with one 4bbl carb on it. Which is how they ran at Lebanon Valley apparently.



This one is a new build with a '36 Chevy coach body, it's legal for the Midstate Vintage club in upstate NY.

I have a few others I could post - one '37 Ford coupe that has a cage in it made out of what looks like household water pipe - if I can find more pictures of them.

 

There are some beautiful modifieds in this thread. I would have loved to see some of the great racing up north.

If you take this thread and the one about old stock cars and combined them, you would have a true history of stock car racing in america. At least a modern day version of it.

 

There are some beautiful modifieds in this thread. I would have loved to see some of the great racing up north.

If you take this thread and the one about old stock cars and combined them, you would have a true history of stock car racing in america. At least a modern day version of it.

Man, what a coffee table book that would be! Of course it would have to be two or three volumes.

 

Rustynewyorker,
Might that #11 coupe have been driven by John McArdle. I used to watch him at Canandaigua in 1964 in a Limited Sportsman coach. Flathead power, same #11, and also blue & white. Just a WAG...

 

One at a time...start gathering parts Pete!

 

For those that are Rapid Roman savvy; we all know this tale, but this recent article is still a good read especially for those that were not fortunate enough to see Richie drive.


http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/01/08/retro.racing.maumann.revans.titles/index.html

 

I loved the Richie book, great stories of how Evans and Jerry Cook would battle night after night, state after state! Sure they were battling for points but also for wins, Evans was more out there, while Cook raced for a good finish! Some of the stories are funny, because both guys lived in the same town of Rome, NY. They seemed to show up at the same track, they would play games with each other to trick the other guy going to another track. Evans had two trailers and one time left one on the side of the interstate with a modified, while he slipped out the back door and headed to another track. Sometimes his wife would go a track and Cook would come up and asking where's Richie, they were always playing games!


John Maitland Jr.

John Maitland Jr.

Ed Samples rolls 3xs but still finishes out the race.

Kenny Webb

Kent Beaumont

 

Ken Wismer

Kershaw Mad Dog

Kershaw Mad Dog

Kerslake

King Carpenter

 

Al Sanders

Lou Funk Sr.

Judson

Langhorne, where's the straight away?!?!? lol, just got a video that has some great action from Langhorne

 

Larry Flynn Williamson Motors

Larry Fiandacca

Larry Flynn

Larry Flynn

Larry Flynn Mryle Beach Fox Special

 

Thanks for sharing......

 

Aside from the Islip "pit entrance/exit" pics, the gas station images of modifieds are my favorites. It takes me back to the day when it seemed like every gas station (or body shop) had some sort of race car there. My neighborhood, when I was a kid, had no fewer than half a dozen modfieds and a smattering of figure eight cars with-in a five block radius, and that was before Marty Himes moved in!

 

now the only thing that has modifieds scattered around is Marty Himes!!!
http://www.flyinbryan.com/himes/info.html

 

Bullfather,
Didja get my email?

 

yes, I'll send ya something soon. It might help it might not!

Dover, Charlie Jarzombek, on Long Island Jam, we believe this was the day he took off to the moon shot, that famous racing shot of him up in the air and in the fence.

This has to be the baddest Super Modified EVER! Bad Ass!

Another shot of Charlie J

Bill Blumrick

Black Jack DuBrul

 

Charlie Schield

Charlie Schield and Lee Cade, I believe these Mods are from Texas

Not sure if these we post of not, but here ya go Scheeves! Chratrand

Jean Guy Chratrand

Ray Hendrick

 

Denis Giroux at Martinsville

Donnie Miller The Golden Jet

Jess Tokbrit

Jimmy Willis

Joe Plowman

 

Larry Flynn

Famous Islip Speedway promoter Larry Mendlesohn

Larry Ross

 

here's the famous photo....

 

You're absolutely right Rich. It seemes everywhere you looked there was a racecar around. On a Saturday afternoon you would almost be able to set your watch by the stream of racecars being hauled/towed for when Islip's back gate opened at 4:00PM.

I also remember it was a big deal when they closed down the dragstrip to make the pits larger for the Saturday night crowd.

 

Brookfield might be where it ran originally, but the current paint is from when it last ran with the Midstate club as a vintage racer.

 

Is that the same King Carpenter who ran some midget races years ago?

 

question? you seem to have 2 types of cars here,a latemodel and a modified. was this a open competion race?or was the ford running as a mod. and yes i know this is a older pic. jus wandering

 

When the Modifieds ran at Dover , it was under the ALL STAR RACING LEAGUE banner...and late models where part of the mix...

And thanxs for the Hemi Cuda Pics , the one on top ,i had never seen !
Here's Jean Guy at Dover with injectors on the Hemi power plant !