60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Lou Prior

Lou Renna

Lou Toro

Boochie Harris

Luchesi wins

 

Lou Lazzaro

I'm suprised no one mentioned the windshield replacement slash tear-off!

 

Ed Forte and Chris Dawson

Cleary and MacTavish



Maggie Heckler

Harver

 

Jack Malone

Malone and Wimble

Plainville

Mario Caruso

Mark Geer

 

Mark LeJeunesse

Mark Wisausky

Marlin Morgan

Marshall Smith

Martin Bezema

 

Martin Bezema

Martinsville

Marty Kessler

Marty Himes

Marty Himes

 

almost 9 o'clock eastern time and no one has posted....hey where's my photos???

Here they are!

Junior Ambrose Garage

Bob Polvevari

Budd Olsen

Will Cagle

Carl Van Horn

 

Ert Campbell

Flemington

Freddy Adams

Jack Wilson

Jim Lawerence

 

Marty Himes

Marty Himes

Marvin Chase

Marvin Chase

Marvin Chase

 

Marvin Chase

Marvin Chase

Marvin Chase gets knocked out after his pedal was stuck

Matt Badessa

Matt Jones

 

Marty Himes


Peter; I'm in this one. Langhorne.

 

Found this gem on the 'Jam.

 

Rich the Trenton footage is excellent. I remember the grandstands were set up more for shows at the fair rather than racing so there were some blind spots. It was still an awesome place to go and see modifieds run when you were used to the short tracks.

 

A Gem! Wow! Thanks! That's my latest You-Tube video. It's actually a work in progress. I have more footage from the 1967 infield. I also intend to work on increasing the video quality. You lose so much from the original film to You-Tube.
Look for the changes soon. I also will be making a Langhorne video soon.

 

A Langhorne video...sweet!

 

It certainly was!

 

Did someone say Langhorne!

 

Yeah I said Langhorne on page 76 lol for a better aerial photo. Welcome aboard George, thanks for the videos. I direct upload my videos on the site then go through youtube, you lose way too much.

Matt Jones

Max Berrier

Maynard Troyer

Maynard Troyer

Troyer

 

Troyer

Maynard Forrette

Troyer

Troyer at Dover

Racin' Tom McCann, Pops liked McCann

 

Meme DeSantis, maybe too many fresh mushrooms?!?

Jim Leary

Jimmy Smith Danbury CT

Danbury

Merv Treichler

 

Merv Treichler, looks like he's on a cell phone, maybe he was James Bond or like Maxwell Smart from Get Smart and his shoe phone. "Hello, Roger, yeah, ummmm going need a new ride, mind if I borrow one of yours this weekend? Roger? Roger? hmmm must of hung up!"

Merv Treichler

Merv Treichler

Messic M3 Rene Charland 3x

Mickey Corr

 

You're right, it is a better photo. It was also back when it was still oiled dirt. They attempted to put a back straight into it as you can see in the '71 pic. They sort of tightened up the third turn as you can see.

Looking at the pic it always amazed me that houses were so close to the back straights on some tracks like Trenton and Freeport.

Nowadays Port Royal has that as well.

 

Thanks Pete! I've been following this thread for awhile! I decided it was finally time to join. Where did you get all those old pictures? They're great! You'd have to teach me how to upload directly to the site. I'm not as computer savvy as you young guys, but I've got tons of old movie film to convert. By the way...on page 29, The ace of Spades Falcon is driven by Bobby Holmberg, not Al DeAngelo that particular day. George Meade aka "Fat Albert"

http://www.metacafe.com/channels/Nynay9A/

 

Well I did, that's when he wasn't quitting cause he got pissed off so often. Talk about hot heads, LOL. He was I believe, the first to run a modified powerglide transmission in a pinto also.

 

That video is a mix of a few years. Really great to watch.

Never did see the modifieds at Trenton, but I did get to see NASCAR Cup there in '71.

My only trip to Langhorne was for the last modified race they had there. I think that pic of Merv in the #58 coupe, a few posts before mine, was the winner.

But Bodine in the #99 was the show of the day until his rear axle broke and put him in the wall.

 

Only a few guys ran them, I think Cook did too. They were banned in the same season.

 

why were they banned? What advantages did they have with them? Was it that huge of a difference?

Mickey Corr

Mike Cappucitti

Mike DiRoma

Mike DiRoma

Mike DiRoma Jr.

 

Mike Ducanic

Mike Ewanitsko one of the most talented drivers, lots of set backs hurt him, but his record is still very impressive!

Mike McLaughlin, some of you might know Mike from his run with the Busch cars.

Mike Murphey

Mike Rowe

 

Mike Stefanik, Steffie is still running on the Mod tour and still winning championships! Watching him and Ted "TC" Christopher battling it out is amazing to watch on a small bull ring like Riverhead. They never seem to disappoint!

Mike Stefanik

Mike Stefanik

Mike Stefanik

Mike Allevo