60'-70's Vintage Oval Track Modifieds

Thanks for posting this Rich ! Thats in 63 at Daytona , my dad is the one standing to our right on the back of the truck ! He was just a 20 year old kid ! lol He just could not believe it when i showed this to him !

And the Trenton video ! wow !

Richard Chartrand.

 

Mike Bebe

Mike Ducanic

Mike Ducanic

Hey Rich getting any goosebumps with this one?? You were probably in the infield snapping away with the camera! Mike Ewanitsko and "Flying Dutchman" Fred Harbach

Mike Grbac

 

I think they were banned because of the automatic transmission fluid. If those things blew up, you'd have a lot of very slippery fluid all over the track.

 

hmmmm interesting, thanks for the info. George do you have any of the videos on disc now that you put them the computer? If you'd like maybe we could try and upload them on PitstopPitbull to make them look better for you. OR Do you have WS_FTP Pro? It's how I upload them to my site.

 

I know I was in the infield for that one...and Guy Chartrand...WOW! One of my Modified heroes! Who didn't love the "Hemi-Cuda"?

 

Pete, I don't even know what WS_FTP is! I have the original movie films from the '60s & '70s that I videotape with my mini DV camcorder and I then upload the video to my hard drive. I make the movie with Windows Movie Maker. I add the music and race sounds. The sound in the Trenton video is from the 2002 Thompson Ice Breaker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0s2Pe_Jtk

 

ok I'll try to see what I can work out for it for you. I had to upload from JA through aol messenger. lol

 

arty tappen had and automatic also,,they were banned for the fluid cleanup problem...tom and arty said they were not that great on restarts,,,,rather low then high no spread,,,but they only took a few horsepower to run

 

I ran a Powerglide in my Late Model back in '78 for two weeks. It was VERY fast but tough on brakes (coasted into the turns), and VERY unreliable. Had to change back to a std. trans.

 

Kenny Weld took this car to Bridgeport New Jersey with a Transmission that had a forward and reverse working gear. Somewhere after 5 wins or so in a row, they barred the car. They claimed it had to have 3 or four forward gears. Rules just said forward gear.

 

Anyone know which Weld car this is?

The first batch had inboard shocks. These coil overs are in the conventional placement.

Compared to todays "Bill Board" modifieds, this car speaks reams for a return back in time.

 

Bill Williams

Bill Williams

Charlie Kremer????

Don Bushbaker

Jack Wilson's two rides

 

Jack Wilson

Mike McClelland

Mike McClelland

Mike McClelland

Mike McClelland

 

Mike Stefanik in Richie Evans ride. Coming off the track at Thompson

Mike Taylor

Bringing back some memories for the Long Island crew???? Mini mods!!! Name some if you can!

Mini Mods Islip

Mini Mods Islip

 

Mississippi Mike Curtis

Bobby Santos

Ron Bouchard

 

Heres a link about the Eastern Bandits. http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/opinion/01/15/retro.racing.maumann.rcharland/index.html

 

Falcon run at Islip

Modifieds at Islip lineup for a heat race, packed house!

Moe Gherzi

Monk Tate and Ted Harifield

Moody spins

 

Moose Cary

Moose Hewitt

Moose Hewitt

Moose Hewitt

Moose Hewitt

 

Moose Hewitt

Moose Hewitt

Morrie Waters

Morrie Waters

Mort Sanderson

 

Mort Sanderson

Mousey Kempster

Mousey Kempster

Mousey Kempster

Mousey Kempster

 

Referring to Kenny Weld's transmission, I remember him at Flemington one night. Once he figured out the track, he worked over the regulars.

In the pits everyone was grumbling about the trans. I heard guys saying that it looked like a boat trans, fluid drive, forward and reverse only.

Kenny didn't race there after that night.

 

Pete, most excellent photos today!

 

Great thread!! On page 80 there is a picture of my dad's old car, it's easy to find look for the 72 that's upside down. He was going down the back stretch at the Waterford Speedbowl, jumped wheels with another car and landed on top of the pit gate ripping it out of the ground. He said he remembers sitting in the car and he thought the air cleaner came off because it was touching the windshield. Nope it was still on the motor, the frame was bent up 90 degrees right in front of his feet.
The track ran the rest of the races that night minus the pit gate, they just parked a backhoe in the hole in the wall so no one would get hurt. Gotta love the good old days!

 

That was some nasty crash, I recall thinking that when I saw the photo. It is amazing what photos pop up here and then who shows up verifying they or someone they knew drove this or that car. So much bull ring history here on this thread,

 

in the very early 60s at Waterford it seemed like there was a car in the fence in front of the grandstands every week.I remember a modified wheel and axle hitting the grandstand about 5 rows up from the bottom and bouncing completely over the bleechers into to consession area behind it !that was about 2 rows infront of my family .I was right around 6 years old and I thought it was great but the folks didn't think so wonder why !Nobody got hurt and racing just went on.Walt Simmons lived in Moosup Ct. then and I remember him having several Cars stripped and ready to get the racing parts transfered from his latest wreck to the "new " stock car.

 

Remember dirt mods with drag rubber?

 

The driver in that photo of the Open Cockpit Modified #3 is Ronnie Schwendenmann at Freeport. he also drove the 333 modified,141 sedan,and #1 open cockpit car at Freeport. He left Freeport first for Islip and then Middletown. He ran the white X at Middletown. Keep the photos coming,love them.

 

Have to say, the guys who put their names in the middle of a photo they did't even take crack me up. This is a great thread, lots of stuff I haven't seen before.